Kaylie Gibson

Position:
L
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Apex, N.C.
High School:
Apex

Junior Season: Started in 33 games at libero and played in 126 sets • Named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention, ACC Defensive Player of Year, All-ACC pick and AVCA All East Region • Leads a defense that ranked in the top-ten nationally in digs per set with 18.49 • Posted 5.48 digs per set to lead the ACC, rank top-15 in the country and move into fourth all-time in school history in career digs (1496) • Ranks second in dig average (4.16) in school history • Reeled in 32 digs, seven shy of her career-best, in a 3-2 win over No. 14 Florida State (9/30/10) • Registered 30 or more digs four times in 2010 • Posted double-digit digs in all but two matches.

Sophomore Season: Played in 118 sets appearing in every match at libero for the Tar Heels • Led the team with 4.31 digs per set, including 4.81 digs per set in conference play • Teams leader defensively who helped Carolina lead the league with 17.22 digs per set • Posted 20 or more digs 12 times in 2009, including a career-best 39 digs at Delaware (9/18/09) and 30 digs in a 3-1 win over Virginia (11/6/09)• Added 49 assists and nine service aces as a sophomore.

Freshman Season: Appeared in 116 sets and every match for the Tar Heels in 2008 • Will replace talented Brianna Eskola at libero in 2009 • Defensive specialist and libero led all freshmen with 297 digs • Ranked third on the team with 2.56 digs per game • Tallied double-digit digs in 11 different matches in 2008 • Registered 22 digs at Minnesota (9/20/08) and set a career high with 26 digs at UVA (11/7/08).

Prep: Two-time all-conference selection as a setter and libero • Named the Tri-8 Conference Player of the Year as a junior • Named a "Defensive Dandy" by PrepVolleyball • Four-year varsity performer and one-year member of the Triangle Volleyball club • Member of the A and B Honor Roll.

Personal: Exercise and sports science major • Lists wakeboarding as her favorite hobby • Lists Misty May-Treanor as the athlete she most admires • Her family has had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Lists pasta as her favorite food • "Out Cold" as her favorite movie and "The Office" as her favorite TV show • Kaylie Nicole Gibson is the daughter of Debbie and Jim Gibson • Born June 10, 1989 in Lemont, Ill.

Career Highs:
Digs: 39 at Delaware (9/18/10)
Aces: 4 vs. Liberty (10/3/11)

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