Erin Gillcrist Season 2017

2019 Mountain West All-Academic Team
2018 Mountain West All-Academic Team

2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 22 matches, finishing fourth on the team with 144 kills and an average of 1.89 kills in 76 sets … Also ranked third on the squad with 54 blocks and 0.71 blocks per set … Posted double-digit kills in seven matches, including a season-high 11 non-returnables on four occasions … Matched her career-best with a .500 attack percentage, flooring 10 balls on 16 attempts with two errors in a four-set triumph at home over Long Beach State (Sept. 19) … Set a career-high with five digs at San Diego (Sept. 20) Helped the Aztecs to a 3-1 home victory vs. New Mexico after hitting .409 with 11 kills (Oct. 5) … Did not commit an error in 21 attack attempts at Air Force, where she finished a .476 clip and 10 kills (Oct. 19) … Tied her season-high with six block assists in SDSU’s home finale, a 3-1 conquest of Air Force (Nov. 14) … Received Mountain West all-academic distinction for the second year in a row.

2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played an expanded role in her second year at SDSU, starting 22 of 29 matches … Ranked third on the squad with 57 blocks and finished fourth with an average of 1.89 kills in 104 sets … Registered a .180 hitting percentage, good for second-best on the team with a minimum of 500 total attacks … Recorded double-digit kills in eight matches, including a season-high 15 put-aways on four different occasions … Posted a season-high .500 hitting percentage in the Aztecs’ 3-0 upset of crosstown adversary San Diego, launching nine kills on 14 attempts with just two errors (Oct. 2) … Also hit .429 after blasting 15 non-returnables on 28 swings and three miscues in SDSU’s 3-1 triumph at Nevada (Oct. 20) … Logged five or more blocks in four matches, including a season-best eight stops in a four-set home victory over New Mexico (Oct. 11) … Served up her first collegiate ace at Wyoming (Oct. 27) … Earned a spot on the Mountain West all-academic team.

2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Competed in four matches during her first season on The Mesa … Recorded eight kills, six digs and 15 blocks for the year … Averaged 0.73 kills and 1.36 blocks in 11 sets … Posted one kill, two digs and four block assists in her first collegiate appearance at UNLV (Oct. 14) … Logged a season-high seven block assists vs. New Mexico, adding two kills and a pair of digs (Nov. 11) … Registered a season-best four kills while contributing four block assists and two digs in her final match of the year at Wyoming (Nov. 15).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters at Lakewood (Colo.) High School under head coach Liz Armbrustmacher ... Served as team captain during her junior and senior campaigns ... Racked up 905 kills and compiled a .260 hitting percentage during her prep career ... Received all-state honorable mention in her final season ... Received first-team all-Jeffco 5A distinction and captured league MVP honors as a senior ... Averaged 4.7 kills per set while hitting .350 ... Also averaged almost one block per set (0.88) along with 1.9 digs per set ... Was a first-team all-conference selection as a junior when she averaged 4.6 kills per set.

CLUB: Played five years for the Front Range Volleyball Club in Centennial Colo. ... Was also a three-year competitor for the Colorado Juniors in Monument, Colo., where her team won a pair of national qualifiers in the Open Division.

PERSONAL: Erin Elizabeth Gillcrist was born in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Daughter of Edward and Annette Gillcrist ... Mother played volleyball at Tennessee ... Two older sisters also played Division I volleyball: Rachel at Saint Mary’s (2010-14) and Marie at Rhode Island (2014-17) ... Hobbies include photography, hiking and skiing ... Was also recruited by Colorado State, San Diego and Saint Mary’s among others ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.