University of South Carolina Upstate

2014:  Appeared in 14 matches with five starts and played in 27 sets…Registered 26 kills while adding nine blocks (two solo, seven assisted) and five digs…Had a season-high seven kills at Presbyterian College…Recorded two digs each versus North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T where she also tallied five kills.

2013:  Started in 15 matches, and 56 sets, before suffering a season-ending injury against Stetson…Missed the final 12 matches of the season due to the injury…Finished the season fifth on the team with 80 kills and second in total blocks with 30 (10 solo, 20 assisted)…Averaged 1.43 kills per set…Added nine digs to her season total…Collected a career-high 15 kills in a five-set loss at Northern Kentucky…Followed with 11 kills versus Florida Gulf Coast…Posted four blocks in three consecutive matches against East Tennessee State, UNC Asheville and Northern Kentucky…Had four assisted blocks in the match with UNC Asheville…Posted two solo blocks against East Tennessee State and Northern Kentucky...Contributed 8 kills against Georgia State.

2012:  Saw action in 26 matches with four starts, while playing in 48 sets as a freshman…Averaged 0.75 kills per set and collected 0.10 digs per set, while tallying 0.35 blocks per set…Recorded five kills and a career-best three total blocks at Stetson.  

High School:  Played middle blocker at North Central High School…Blocked her way into the program history books, owning every solo rejection record at North Central…Tallied 62 career solo blocks, 51 single-season individual blocks in 2010 and six single match solo blocks…A three-time Academic All-Conference selection, picking up the honor in 2009, 2010 and 2011…Earned North Central’s Major Athletic Award in 2010…Played club volleyball with Team Indiana 18-1 Elite, where she was named Most Improved Player in 2009.

Personal:  Born on July 31, 1994…Parents are Joseph Gates and Christina Hill…Has a younger sister named Jayla (15)…Is majoring in exercise science and minoring in pre-physical therapy…Her hobbies include playing volleyball, reading, listening to music and watching movies…Her aunt (Nikki Hill) played volleyball at Indiana University from 2000-04…Lists lasagna bolognese as her favorite food…Claims “The Lion King” and “The Help” are her favorite movies, and “Teen Wolf” and “How I Met Your Mother” her favorite TV shows…Names Chris Evans and Gabrielle Union as her favorite actors…Lists Alicia Keys as her favorite musical artist…Summer is her favorite season…Enjoys reading The Fault In Our Stars…Names U.S. beach volleyball Olympic gold medalists Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings as her favorite sports figures… Dream job is to be a model or being a physical therapist for a professional sports team.