2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
Career Awards and Milestones
- 2022-23 First Team all-WAC selection
- Three-time Academic all-WAC selection (2020-23)
- 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District selection
- Utah Tech Career Assist Leader (393)
- Utah Tech Third All-Time Leading Scorer (1,112 pts)
- Utah Tech Single Season Assists Leader (200 in 2022-23)
- Utah Tech Single Season Assists/Game Leader (6.4 in 2022-23)
- Utah Tech Single Game Assists Leader (13 twice in 2022-23)
At Utah Tech 2022-23: Earned first team all-WAC honors after spending the entire season at, or near the top, of the WAC scoring list … wound up as the conference's second leading scorer at 17.8 points per game and was the WAC's leader in assists at 6.45 apg … finished in the WAC’s top-10 overall in assist/turnover ratio (2nd; 1.77), field goal percentage (5th; .438), and free throw percentage (10th; .744) … scored in double figures in all 31 starts last season, and in 43-straight games dating back to last season … had 12 starts of 20 or more points, highlighted by a career-high 26 points in a home win vs. Utah State (11/15) … six of her 12 20-point outings came in WAC play, including a three-game stretch that saw her score WAC season highs of 24 points against both UTRGV (2/18) and California Baptist (2/25) that bookended a 20-point night at Seattle U (2/23) … in that UTRGV win, Gillen (1,082) became the fifth member of Utah Tech's 1,000-point club, and became the third player to score 1,100 career points (1,112) vs. CBU in the WAC Tournament quarterfinals (3/8) … is one of three players in program history with over 1,000 career points and at least 200 assists … posted six double-doubles on the year, five of which came with 10 or more assists … dished out a single-game record 13 assists against both La Verne (11/26) and Lindenwood (12/21), and broke the single season assist record with 200 dimes … was named WAC Player of the Week twice (11/14 and 11/21) … earned Academic all-WAC honors.
At Utah Tech 2021-22: Started in all 29 games and led the team in assists (156; 5.4 apg) and steals (33; 1.1 spg), and was the second-leading scorer (15.2 ppg) and rebounder (5.3 rpg) … posted her first collegiate triple double with 14 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the season opener vs. Life Pacific (11/14) … scored in double figures in 26 of 29 starts with six 20-point games, highlighted by a season-high 24 points vs. Simpson (12/11) … pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds at Oregon (11/14) … also notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists at Seattle U (2/26) … earned Academic all-WAC honors.
At Utah Tech 2020-21: Started in all three games before the season ended due to COVID-19 pandemic … scored nine points against both Park University (12/12) and Southern Utah (12/20) … earned Academic all-WAC honors.
At Utah Tech 2019-20: Started in six of 29 games played and averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game … scored a season-high 10 points twice vs. Fort Lewis (2/15) and at Colorado Christian (2/22) … pulled down a season high seven rebounds at Regis (2/21) … finished the year with 32 assists and 16 steals.
Before Utah Tech: Won four varsity basketball letters at Copper Hills HS and helped lead the Grizzlies to four-straight region titles … was a two-time all-state selection and two-time region MVP … was a McDonald’s All-American nominee after she averaged 18.0 points and 6.2 rebounds as a senior … garnered offensive player of the year accolades as a sophomore … earned academic all-state honors and was a member of the National Honor Society.
More on Breaunna: Was born in Sandy, Utah … parents are Glen and Jennifer Gillen … wears her father’s high school track necklace in every game … favorite teams are the Utah Jazz and the Las Vegas Aces … favorite athlete is Sabrina Ionescu … favorite actors are Florence Pugh and Chris Hemsworth … favorite sports moment was scoring her 1,000th career collegiate point … favorite food is steak … her biggest influence as an athlete is her AAU coach Lonnie Zunguze … the people she would most like to meet are her great grandparents … plans to pursue a career as a physicians assistant after the conclusion of her athletic career … graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Population Health in 2023.
Why Breaunna chose Utah Tech: “I chose Utah Tech because I loved the location, but it was the team, the coaches and the culture that sealed the deal. It felt like home.”
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Historical Player Information
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2019-20Freshman
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2020-21Sophomore
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5'9"
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2023-24Fifth Year
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