Honors: 2018 ASUN Preseason All-Conference, 2017 ASUN Tournament MVP, 2017 ASUN All-Tournament Team, 2017 ASUN First Team All-Conference, 2017 ASUN All-Academic Team, 2016 ASUN All-Freshman Team
2017: Led the team in hitting with a .339 average, 15 doubles and 32 stolen bases…Collected three home runs while driving in 31 RBI…Had a .508 slugging percentage and .431 on-base percentage…Compiled 14 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games…Had a 10-game hitting streak and reached base in a team-leading 21 consecutive games…Finished the season reaching base in 10 straight games…Hit .305 in conference play and posted a .667 average during the ASUN Softball Championship…Was 11-for-11 in stolen bases against ASUN opponents…Set new career-highs with four hits and seven total bases against Radford…Also tied her career-high of four RBI versus Georgetown…Had three RBI in a win versus Monmouth…Opened ASUN Softball Championship play by going 5-for-7 with three RBI and three runs scored versus FGCU and Kennesaw State…Ranked in the top-10 for the ASUN in runs, hits, doubles, triples, stolen bases and on-base percentage…Collected one hit in each game of the NCAA Regional and drove in one run versus 25th-ranked Ohio State.
2016: Made 55 appearances with 53 starts at both shortstop and right field…Posted a .288 average at the plate with two home runs and 22 RBI…Was second on the team, and tied for fifth in the ASUN, with 25 stolen bases in 28 attempts…Finished the season tied for first on the team, and second in the conference, in runs scored with 43…Compiled 10 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games…Had a season-long seven-game hitting streak and reached base in her last 17 games…Had a season-high three hits three times against N.C. Central, Jacksonville and South Carolina State…Drove in a season-best four RBI versus Oakland, while also driving in three against South Carolina State…Hit her first career home run against Oakland…Also homered versus Jacksonville.
High School/Travel Ball: A five-year starter at shortstop for Blythewood High School…Owned a career batting average of .476 with 140 RBIs, 166 runs, 12 home runs, 22 triples, 26 doubles and 91 stolen bases…A three-time 4A all-state selection…A four-time Region IV-4A all-region selection…Led the Bengals to four Region IV-4A championships…A two-time Region IV Player of the Year selection as a junior and senior…Hit .597 with 10 doubles, seven triples and five home runs as a senior…Scored 39 runs and drove in 43…Named the WLTX Player of the Year…Named a 4A all-star…Hit .558 as a junior…Owns Blythewood’s career records for hits (211), batting average (.476), RBIs (140)…Tied for the career record with 22 triples…Owns the school’s season records for hits (58), batting average (.597), runs (48), RBIs (43), and slugging percentage (1.139)…Played travel ball with the Carolina Elite, Lady Lightning and Fire organizations…A part of travel ball teams that have won four South Carolina state championships and advanced to Nationals…A three-time NFCA Scholar-Athlete award winner…Named Blythewood’s 2015 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Born on Feb. 24, 1997…Parents are Keith and Kim Gilstrap…Has a brother, Kirk, and two sisters, Katie and Madelyn…Is majoring in exercise and sport science.
