Jay Willis

#3, Defender

DOB: 7/11/81
Height: 5'11
Birthplace: Springfield, MA
Hometown: Ludlow, MA
Last Team: WM Pioneers
Years With Pioneers: 2004-

Honors:
2007 - All League First Team

Total Stats with Pioneers:

Games Played: 68

Minutes: 5459

Goals: 3

Assists: 2

Points: 8

Shots: 15

Fouls: 108

Position: Right tackle

Where did you go to school: Holyoke Community College & Southern New Hampshire University.

What are some of the clubs you have played for: Lusitano Whites.

What do you do for a living: Play soccer and coach soccer.

What’s your favorite and least favorite thing about playing at the Western Mass Pioneers?: My favorite thing is playing at the stadium, my least favorite thing is long bus rides.

How did you get started in soccer? I got started playing soccer by moving to Ludlow, which is a soccer town.

What’s your favorite food?: Lobster.

How would you describe Coach Wrona’s coaching style?: He coaches to win.

Do you play or have you played any other sports besides soccer? I have played basketball, hockey, bmx.

Who’s your dream date? Verronica Barrows.

Who do you think the best player you’ve ever played against is? Are they still around? Robbie Russel, he plays in the Norways 1st division for Rosenborg BK.

What do you do outside of soccer for work, if anything? Coach and do work soccer camps.

Where do you think you’d like to go on vacation that you have never been to? Hawaii.

If there was one thing you could change about soccer, what would it be? People that dive should get straight red cards.

What do you think that the most important attribute a soccer player has to possess to succeed? Heart and passion.