Born June 12, 1982 ... daughter of Anna and Jose Vilchis.

High School: Won conference and sectional championship her junior and senior years in the one-meter diving event ... placed fifth in the Illinois state meet her junior year and second her senior year ... MVP for Homewood-Flossmoor H.S. her junior and senior years ... broke six diving records at Homewood-Flossmoor in the one-meter with a total of 287.40 ... participated in soccer and gymnastics for one year each during high school ... father was a member of the 1968 Mexican Olympic Gymnastics team.

Major: Mass Communications.

Spohn on Vilchis: "Jessica is an extremely talented former gymnast who will be redshirt this season to undergo surgery. She is easily one of the most talented divers ever to enter Miami.