HACKENSACK, N.J. - FDU Athletics is proud to announce the signing of Jillian Wehner as the new Director of Sales and Service for the athletic department. 

Wehner, an alum of the FDU Fencing program has made several stops in college athletics, including Stony Brook and Rider. Wehner spent the last three and a half years working at GreekYearbook in Hunt Valley, Maryland Wehner was first a Business Development Lead where she negotiated and managed contract terms clients. Wehner would later be promoted to Business Development and Customer Loyalty Manager, where she oversaw all business developments and worked to retain clients at GreekYearbook. 

"We are very excited to bring Jillian back to FDU. Someone who is a Knight through and through and brings several years of not only Division I experience. I look forward to having her part of the team, and sharing the FDU story.," FDU Senior Vice President, Director of Athletics, Brad Hurlbut said.

Wehner, a graduate of Bergen Technical-Teterboro High School came to FDU in the fall of 2013, and was a four year member of the fencing team on the Metro campus, where she was named the Sabre squad's captain from 2015-2017, as well as being named with the honor as the team's co-captain in 2016-17. Jillian achieved her bachelor's degree in Communications while obtaining minors in Convergent Journalism and Sports Media Studies in 2017. 

About FDU Athletics
FDU is home to 23 NCAA Division I teams. A member of the NEC, the Knights have had tremendous success in the classroom, in athletic competition as well as giving back to the Bergen County community. FDU became the first school in NEC history to win championships in women's volleyball, women's soccer, and men's soccer in the same season (2022). In 2023, the Burgundy and Blue also became the first NEC school to win two games as a 16-seed in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, including an upset over top-seeded Purdue. As a result of its incredible 2022-23 season, FDU placed 92nd in the Learfield Director's Cup, the first NEC program to finish in the Top 100. In 2024, Salif Mane captured the Triple Jump title at the 2024 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, went on to win the gold medal at the Team USA Olympic Trials, and compete at the Paris Olympics. In 2025, FDU won four conference championships in the span of 35 days in women's basketball, women's bowling, women's golf, and women's tennis. Off the field, FDU student-athletes were recognized for their efforts in the community by winning the NEC Building Communities Award in 2020, 2024 and 2025. In addition to recent championships, FDU holds four additional national championships, two in sport of women's fencing and two in women's bowling.