Gabi Peoples Season 2017

2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Was limited to five matches during her junior campaign … Totaled 51 assists and 14 digs in 11 sets played … Dished out a season-high 13 assists and served up an ace vs. UNLV (Oct. 3).

2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Battled through injury during her second year on The Mesa, appearing in just 17 of 31 matches … Still led the Aztecs with an average of 7.83 assists in 59 sets, finishing second on the team with 462 helpers overall … Logged 30 or more assists in nine matches … Ranked sixth on the squad with an average of 1.71 digs per set (101 overall) … Recorded double-doubles in two matches vs. San José State in conference play, including season highs of 48 assists and 15 digs on the road (Oct. 18) … Followed that effort with a 33-assist, 14-dig performance against the Spartans in the season finale (Nov. 17) … Also recorded 19 total blocks for the year, including a season-best four block assists vs. New Mexico at home (Oct. 13).

2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 31 matches, making 24 starts … Served as the Aztecs’ primary setter after the team opened with a 6-2 rotation, finishing with 1,040 assists on the year … Led the Mountain West with an average of 11.71 assists in 66 sets during conference play and ranked fourth overall with an average of 9.81 assists in 106 sets for the season … Recorded a career-high 62 assists in a five-set triumph at home over Boise State, which marked the second-highest total in the MW during the 2017 campaign (Oct. 19) … Followed that performance with a 52-assist effort at Utah State to earn Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors  (Oct. 21) … Surpassed the 30-assist plateau on 20 separate occasions, including each of the last 16 matches of the season … Compiled four double-double during that span, including a 54-assist, 11-dig showing in a four-set road victory at New Mexico (Oct. 12) … The 54 assists vs. the Lobos marked the fourth-best outing in the MW for a four-set match during the season … Also recorded a .267 hitting percentage with 39 kills and 15 errors on 90 attempts … Logged a career-high four kills at Denver (Sept. 16).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played her senior season at Beaverton (Ore.) High School under head coach Melissa Merrick ... Stepped in to assume starting setter duties in her lone season there and earned first-team all-6A Metro honors to go with all-conference accolades  ... Competed at San Marcos High in Santa Barbara her first three seasons as a prep athlete for head coach Erica Downing ... Earned all-city honors as a sophomore and junior and was an all-Channel League selection in 2015 and 2016 ... Helped the Royals to a pair of league titles in each of those seasons ... Was named to the AVCA Phenom List three years and received PrepVolleyball.com “Soph 79” honorable mention in 2015 ... Was selected to train and play with a team of 2016 and 2017 college committed student-athletes during the summer of 2016 and competed with The BIP (Bring It Promotions) SE U17 team that competed in the 12th annual Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, during the summer of 2016.

CLUB: Played two years with the Oregon Juniors Volleyball Academy in Beaverton, Ore. ... Competed for the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club for five seasons ... Also spent one year with the Los Angeles Volleyball Academy (LAVA).

PERSONAL: Gabrielle Blu Peoples was born in Portland, Ore. ... Daughter of Sam and Darrien Peoples ... Mother played volleyball at Portland State, where she was a member of the 1992 NCAA Championship team ... Father was an All-American cornerback at Portland State in 1994 ... Also considered UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Loyola Marymount and Arizona during the recruiting process ... Interested in pursuing a career in pro volleyball ... Majoring in liberal communications at SDSU.