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Jordan Dillard

Friday, November 16, 2012

Decatur High's Jordan Dillard Signs With Villanova

The girls basketball player signed a letter of intent with the college outside Philadelphia.

Decatur’s 6-0 senior point forward Jordan Dillard signed a letter-of-intent with Villanova University Thursday at the Decatur High Arena. Surrounded by her two sisters, two brothers and her parents, Courtney and Gayla Dillard, along with several hundred Decatur students, Dillard officially announced she’d attend the Big East Conference school about 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. Dillard becomes the second Decatur girls player to earn a Division 1 basketball scholarship in the last year. Queen Alford signed last spring with Jacksonville University and has already played in two games. Dillard said her short list of schools included Memphis, St. Johns, Georgia Tech and Harvard. “It came down to that I wanted to get away from the South,” …

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