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2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster

24 Kate Gillespie

  • Class Senior
  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.
  • High School Georgetown Visitation

Biography

• A 360 Leader in the Holy Cross Leadership Academy.

Career Honors
2015-2016 Team Captain
2014-2015 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2013-2014 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2012-2013 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2014-2015 (Junior):

  • Played in all 32 games with 18 starts at guard
  • Averaged 6.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in 20.9 minutes per contest
  • Shot 36.0 percent from the field (71-197), 35.9 percent from beyond the arc (46-128) and 77.4 percent from the free-throw line (24-31)
  • Led the team in three-point percentage and stood fourth in points per game
  • Ranked sixth in the Patriot League in three-point percentage and ninth in three-pointers converted per game (1.4)
  • Led the team in scoring three times, assists and steals two times, and rebounding once
  • Recorded eight double-digit scoring games including one 20-point game
  • Posted career-highs of 23 points, five rebounds and five assists versus Manhattan (11/16), while also hitting 5-of-9 from behind the arc
  • Totaled 12 points on four three-pointers and had four rebounds at Yale (11/18)
  • Tallied 12 points and four rebounds at Dartmouth (11/20)
  • Registered 16 points with four three-pointers made versus Harvard (11/25)
  • Recorded seven points and a team-high four assists versus Georgetown (11/30)
  • Posted 12 points with four assists and three rebounds at UMass (12/14)
  • Totaled 19 points, four rebounds and two steals versus UMass Lowell (12/22), while hitting four three-pointers
  • Scored eight points with a pair of three-pointers versus Western Michigan (12/29)
  • Recorded a team-high 16 points with a trio of three-pointers at Boston University (12/31)
  • Posted 11 points and a team-high five assists versus American (1/3)
  • Totaled 16 points on 6-of-9 (3-of-4 3PM) shooting against Colgate (1/7)
  • Recorded seven points on 3-of-3 shooting with two assists in the Patriot League quarterfinals versus Lehigh (3/6)
  • Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
  • Member of the Holy Cross Leadership Academy

2013-2014 (Sophomore):

  • Played in 31 games at guard
  • Averaged 1.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game in 8.5 minutes per contest
  • Connected on 17-of-50 from the field (34.0%) and shot 38.9 percent from behind the arc (14-36)
  • Ranked fourth on the team in three-pointers made
  • Scored eight points and hauled in two rebounds in win over Bryant
  • Tallied five points, three boards and a pair of assists in the win over Lafayette (1/22)
  • Scored five points against American (2/1)
  • Posted a career-best 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting from behind the arc in win over Army (2/12) in a career-high 26 minutes of action
  • Recorded three points, two rebounds and a pair of assists versus Lehigh (2/15)
  • Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
  • Member of the Holy Cross Leadership Academy 

2012-2013 (Freshman):

  • Saw action in 14 games and made a pair of starts
  • Averaged 3.8 minutes, 0.5 points per game
  • Also posted two assists and two rebounds
  • Started in first collegiate game against Yale and played in a season-high 13 minutes
  • Scored first collegiate points in start versus Boston College (11/13) and finished with two points
  • Tallied two points and a pair of rebounds against Brown
  • Also scored two points in Patriot League semifinal game versus Colgate
  • Went 1-of-2 from the free throw line
  • Finished season 3-of-11 from the field (27.3%)
  • Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School:

  • Played guard for head coach Mike McCarthy at Georgetown Visitation
  • Team captain for junior and senior years
  • ISL (Independent School League) Champions, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
  • Member of All-ISL Team in 2010, 2011 and 2012
  • Named to Washington Post All-Met First Team as a senior, Second Team as a junior
  • Voted DC Gatorade Player of the Year in 2012
  • League Record of 66-4 and overall record of 103-19 on high school team
  • Team voted into Washington Post Top 20 all four years
  • Georgetown Visitation’s all-time leading scorer with 1,887 points
  • Averaged 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists during senior campaign
  • Also played lacrosse and cross country
  • Played AAU basketball for Maryland Flames with three top-five finishes at national championship
  • Student Government Association Vice-President as a senior
  • Cum Laude Society, Cloviere Scholar, and Spanish National Honor Society member from 2010-2012

Personal:

  • Daughter of Jim and Kathy Gillespie
  • Has two brothers (George and Tommy)
  • Father, Jim, played football at Grinnell College
  • Mother, Kathy, was Academic All-American while playing basketball at George Washington University
  • Majoring in Political Science
  Minutes  Total  3-Point  F-Throws  Rebounds   
Year  gp-gs  min  avg  fg  fga  pct  fg  fga  pct  ft  fta  pct  off  def  tot  avg  pf  fo  ast  t/o  blk  stl  pts  avg 
2012-13   14-2  53  3.8  11  .273  .000  .500  0.1  0.5 
2013-14   31-0  263  8.5  17  50  .340  14  36  .389  12  .583  25  28  0.9  14  16  55  1.8 
2014-15   32-18  670  20.9  71  197  .360  46  128  .359  24  31  .774  46  55  1.7  24  52  43  15  212  6.6 
TOTAL  77-20  986  12.8  91  258  .353  60  170  .353  32  45  .711  12  73  85  1.1  38  70  55  19  274  3.6 

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2012-13Freshman

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2013-14Sophomore

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2014-15Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    24
  • 24

    2015-16Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    24
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