Mari Gillespie

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Kingwood HS
Hometown:
Kingwood, Texas

Gillespie's 2016 Game-By-Game Statistics

As a Junior (2018)
Started all 19 games on the season… Played 69 minutes and recorded an assist versus LSU-Shreveport (8/17)… Played 84 minutes and levied three shots against Mississippi State (8/19)… Recorded three shots and found the back of the net against Texas Southern (8/31)… Tallied a season high with 110 minutes against Texas A&M- Corpus Christi (9/23)… Challenged McNeese (9/28) with two shots, two SOG and one goal...Played 98 minutes against Southeastern Louisiana (10/12)...… Played seven full- time games plus one extra- time game… Finished the year with two goals, one assist and 11 SOG, registering five points en total.

As a Sophomore (2017)
Appeared in 21 games and started all 20 of those…Scored a goal vs. Nicholls (10/15) and attempted 20 shots on the season…Played 90 minutes against Southern Miss (8/20)…Was on the field for 90 minutes against Texas State (9/3)…Tallied 90 minutes of action against Houston Baptist (9/22)…Notched 90 minutes at Central Arkansas (10/6)…Played 106 minutes against Sam Houston State in regular season finale (10/27)…Played in all three Southland Tournament games, including 92 minutes of action in Semifinal draw with Abilene Christian (11/3).

As a Freshman (2016)
Appeared in 17 games for the Ladyjacks and started all 17 as a freshman … Played over 1,202 minutes in the backline … Part of the defensive squad that helped SFA to be 2^nd in the conference in shutouts and 2^nd in the conference in goals allowed … Was part of the team that took its 14^th straight trip to the SLC Tournament and 8^th consecutive trip to the Tournament Semifinals.

High School: A standout at Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas … Named to the 2014 All-State First Team as a sophomore … Claimed First Team All-District honors and Team Defensive MVP in each of her four years (2013-16) … Named the 2013 Newcomer of the Year and also secured Second Team All-Region recognition as a junior … Was part of the 2016 Second Team All-State her senior year … A 2015- 2016 Academic All-District honoree … Named team captain for her 2016 campaign.

Personal: Daughter of John and Dawn Gillespie ... A member of the Challenge '98 ECNL club ... Spent two years with the Texas Heat Wave.