A senior setter from Pickens, South Carolina, Kaylee Gillespie of Francis Marion averaged 11.14 assists and 3.71 digs per set in two matches last week. She also had four kills and four blocks in the two matches.
In Francis Marion’s four-set conference match with Mount Olive, Gillespie finished the match with 39 assists, 18 digs and two blocks. She followed that up by posting 39 assists, eight digs and two blocks in a league sweep of Chowan.
Gillespie is currently third in Conference Carolinas in assists per set at 10.05. She has 17 double-doubles on the season and now 50 in her career. This is the third Conference Carolinas weekly award of the 2023 season for the setter who currently has 3,215 assists in her prolific career.
2023 Conference Carolinas Women’s Volleyball Weekly Awards
Week 8 (Oct. 23, 2023)
Player of the Week: Hailee Blankenship, King
Specialist of the Week: Kaylee Gillespie, Francis Marion