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2022 Volleyball Roster

Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography
Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
Joe Koshollek
Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography
Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography
Haley Doyle
Todd Drexler

11 Gabrielle Idlebird

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool John D. Horn
  • Hometown Mesquite, Texas

Biography

(SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS)
Category Statistic Opponent / Date
Kills: 15 vs. Campbell (Nov. 23, 2019)
Attack Percentage (min. 10 att.): .700 vs. Wofford (Sept. 20, 2019)
Assists: 1 19x, at Gardner-Webb (Oct. 15, 2022)
Service Aces: 3 5x, vs. USC Upstate (Oct. 20, 2022)
Digs: 7 4x, vs. Elon (Aug. 27, 2022)
Solo Blocks: 2 6x, vs. Charleston Southern (Oct. 20, 2022)
Assisted Blocks: 9 at Charleston Southern (Oct. 15, 2021)
Total Blocks: 9 at Charleston Southern (Oct. 15, 2021)

AWARDS & ACCOLADES
-Big South Preseason All-Conference (2021 & 2022)
-Big South Second Team All-Conference (2020-21, 2022)
-Big South First Team All-Conference (2021)
-Big South All-Tournament Team (2019 & 2021)
-Big South Player of the Week (Feb. 23, 2021)
-Big South Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021)
-Big South Player of the Week (Sept. 27, 2021)
-Big South Player of the Week (Oct. 18, 2021)
-Millis Scholar Athlete.

Graduate Student (2022)
  • Played in 85 sets, 24 matches during the 2022 season.
  • On the offensive side she was fourth on the team with 157 kills, to average 1.85 per set.
  • Finished the season with a .338 hit percentage.
  • Had a season-high 13 kills at Radford (Oct. 7).
  • On the defensive end she led the team, and fourth in the Big South in total blocks with 84, tagging nine solo blocks and 75 block assists.
  • Had a season-high eight blocks at USC Upstate (Sept. 24).
  • Recorded 5+ block assists on seven occassions. 
  • Added 29 digs, including a season-high seven versus Elon (Aug. 27), three assists and three service aces on the season.

Senior (Fall / 2021)
  • One of three HPU players to appear in all 104 sets, along with Dylan Maberry and Maria Miggins. 
  • Responsible for third-most kills (250) on the team, averaging 2.40 kills/set. 
  • Came through with third-most total attacks (506), but was highly efficient with a .368 attack percentage. 
  • Led the Panthers in solo blocks (nine), assisted blocks (87) and total blocks (96) at clip of 0.92 blocks/set.
  • Emerged with a dozen double-digit kill outings over the course of the season, including 13 in season opener at James Madison (Aug. 27). 
  • Came through with at least four blocks on seven occasions throughout the course of the slate. 
  • Tallied 10 kills and a .368 attack percentage, along with seven digs and four assisted blocks versus Sacred Heart (Sept. 3). 
  • Had 13 kills along with a .440 attack percentage against Bowling Green (Sept. 11), making three assisted blocks. 
  • Closed with 10 kills and seven assisted blocks versus BYU (Sept. 11). 
  • Responsible for 12 kills versus USC Upstate (Sept. 24), hitting .348 as an attack percentage along the way. 
  • Posted 10 kills and a .588 attack percentage in a three-set match at UNC Asheville (Sept. 25). 
  • Emerged with 11 kills and a .381 attack percentage against Hampton (Oct. 9). 
  • Drove home 12 kills in 22 attempts, posting a .500 attack percentage, to go along with a single-match season-high nine assisted blocks at Charleston Southern (Oct. 15). 
  • Finished with a .471 attack percentage in back-to-back matches with N.C. A&T (Nov. 6) and UNC Asheville (Nov. 12), closing with 10 and 11 kills, respectively. 
  • Ended her season with a 13-kill outing against Campbell (Nov. 21).
Junior (Spring / 2021)
  • Played in all 63 matches over the course of the season, one of four Panthers to achieve that feat.
  • Drove home 119 kills (1.89 kills/set), fourth-most on the team.
  • Emerged with a .384 attack percentage, after just 26 miscues in 242 attempts, second-best on the team. 
  • Topped the team in total blocks (72), most assisted blocks (62) and most solo blocks (10) at a clip of 1.14 blocks/set. 
  • Recorded at least five kills in 13 matches over the course of the slate. 
  • Assisted on at least three blocks in 11 matches for the Panthers. 
  • Began the season with seven kills (.400 attack pct.) and five blocks (four assisted) at Presbyterian (Feb. 4).
  • Tallied five kills (.545 attack pct.) along with three assisted blocks at Presbyterian (Feb. 5).
  • Emerged with seven kills, while hitting .375 and just her third miscue of the season, at UNC Asheville (Feb. 18). 
  • Established her single-match season-high in kills (11), while posting a .611 attack percentage and three blocks (two solo) at UNC Asheville (Feb. 18). 
  • Finished with nine kills, .533 attack percentage, five assisted blocks and three digs at USC Upstate (March 4). 
  • Came through with six kills, .667 attack percentage and four assisted blocks at USC Upstate (March 5).
  • Equaled her season-high in kills (11), hitting .421 along the way, while making four assisted blocks and two digs versus Winthrop (March 11). 
  • Recorded seven kills (.385 attack percentage) and two assisted blocks at Charleston Southern (March 19). 
  • Ended her one-day stay in Charleston with six kills and three assisted blocks in second match versus Buccaneers (March 19). 
  • Delivered seven kills and a single-match season-high seven assisted blocks in four-set clash with Campbell (March 25). 
  • Equaled her single-match season-high in assisted blocks (seven) in three-set battle with Gardner-Webb (April 1). 
  • Drove home nine kills, hitting .375 in the process, while closing with four digs and three blocks (two assisted) against Gardner-Webb (April 2). 
  • Began the NCAA Tournament with 11 kills, .526 attack percentage, five blocks (four assisted) and three digs versus UCF (April 14).
  • Followed with four kills and four blocks (three assisted) in a clash with Purdue (April 15).
Sophomore (2019)
  • Appeared in 112 of 122 sets for the Panthers. 
  • Delivered 190 kills, averaging 1.70 kills/set along the way, ranking fourth in total kills. 
  • Posted a .292 attack percentage, second-best on the team, after committing just 65 errors in 428 total attacks. 
  • Tied herself with teammate Kaley Rammelsberg in total blocks (102), making 90 assisted blocks along the way. 
  • Led all Panther defenders with 12 solo blocks, one more than Rammelsberg. 
  • Transitioned into the back row to record 33 digs. 
  • Notched at least seven kills in 10 matches and had a minimum of four assisted blocks in 11 matches. 
  • Emerged with seven blocks (six assisted) and five kills, hitting .833, versus Lipscomb (Aug. 30). 
  • Closed with six kills in a three-set clash with Furman (Sept. 8). 
  • Tallied six kills, five digs and four assisted blocks against Denver (Sept. 14). 
  • Drove home 10 kills and finished with seven blocks (six assisted) at Ohama (Sept. 15). 
  • Responsible for seven kills (.700 attack percentage) and four blocks (three assisted) against Wofford (Sept. 20). 
  • Ended a .500 attack percentage match with Davidson (Sept. 21) with six kills, two blocks, one service ace. 
  • Assisted on a single-match season-high seven blocks at South Carolina (Sept. 22), closing with four kills. 
  • Finished a five-set match with Radford (Sept. 28) with nine kills, .381 attack percentage and three assisted blocks. 
  • Posted eight kills, .312 attack percentage and two assisted blocks at Charleston Southern (Oct. 12). 
  • Responsible for nine kills and four assisted blocks at Radford (Nov. 1). 
  • Exploded for 14 kills, four blocks (three assisted and a .387 attack percentage versus Florida State (Nov. 2). 
  • Drove home 13 kills, while hitting .500, along with five assisted blocks at Hampton (Nov. 9). 
  • Closed with 12 kills, .478 attack percentage and six assisted blocks in a clash with Charleston Southern (Nov. 15). 
  • Established her single-match season-high in kills (15), while hitting .520 along with three assisted blocks versus Campbell (Nov. 23). 
Freshman (2018)
  • Played in 43 sets for the Panthers, recording 39 kills in 101 total attacks. 
  • Limited herself to just 19 errors in 101 total attacks, recording a .198 attack percentage. 
  • Active defensively with 22 total blocks (19 assisted) along with seven digs. 
  • Averaged 0.51 blocks/set, coming through with three solo blocks in the process. 
  • Made her collegiate debut at Auburn (Aug. 24), recording one kill in four total attacks. 
  • Delivered seven kills (.357 attack percentage) along with three blocks (two assisted) and two digs versus Jacksonville (Aug. 31).
  • Drove home nine kills in 18 attacks (.389 attack percentage) while making four blocks (three assisted) at USC Upstate (Sept. 18). 
  • Responsible for four kills (.375 attack percentage) against USC Upstate (Oct. 10). 
  • Assisted on four blocks in two sets at Winthrop (Nov. 9). 
  • Emerged with three kills and two assisted blocks at Marquette (Nov. 30). 
PREP
  • Played three seasons of varsity volleyball at John D. Horn High School
  • Named conference co-newcomer of the year in 2014.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Otis and LaTece Idlebird and has a brother, Otis, and sister, Racquelle…Deciding between going into law and engineering at High Point University.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

    Middle Blocker
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    2021Senior

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    2022Graduate Student

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