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# 14 Weslie Gaff |
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| Height: 6-1 |
Academic Major: Accounting |
| Class: Sr. |
Hometown (HS): Streator, Ill. (Streator) |
Biography:
2011: Enters season ranked second all-time in career hitting percentage (.328)… is fourth in block solos (85), seventh in total blocks (298) and eighth in block assists (213).
2010: AVCA First Team All-Midwest Region honoree… First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference performer… started all 28 matches played in… led team with 281 kills and 83 blocks… averaged 2.81 kills and 0.83 blocks per set, while hitting team-best .346, which is eighth-best single season figure in program history… ranked fourth in GLVC in hitting percentage and fifth in blocks… hitting percentage ranked 40th nationally in NCAA Division II… named GLVC Player of the Week Oct. 11 after averaging 3.57 kills and 1.43 blocks per set, while hitting .488 in road victories over Rockhurst and Drury… tied career-best 18 kills against Arkansas-Fort Smith… finished with 16 kills and four blocks against Bellarmine… added 16 kills against Northern Kentucky in five-set GLVC Tournament contest… tallied 10 kills in sweep of nationally ranked Truman State… finished with seven kills in 11 attempts and no errors against Illinois-Springfield for a .636 hitting percentage… recorded six blocks twice, including at Indianapolis and against Harding… also recorded career-best eight digs at Indianapolis… registered five blocks seven times… posted 10 kills and five blocks in loss to Lewis in GLVC Tournament… earned all-tournament honors at GLVC-GLIAC Crossover and Tritons Classic.
2009: Daktronics, Inc., Midwest Region First Team honoree… also selected by the AVCA as an honorable mention Midwest Region performer… First Team all-Great Lakes Valley Conference… started 30 of 31 matches played in… led team with 122 blocks (1.07 bps), including 85 assists and 37 solos… third on team in kills, totaling 275 for an average of 2.41 per set… 85 block assists are ninth best single season total in UMSL history, while 37 block solos ranks 10th on single season charts… hit at a team-best .322 clip, the eighth best single season figure... that number also ranked third in the GLVC and 48th in NCAA Division II… ranked third in GLVC in blocks and 32nd in NCAA Division II… earned GLVC Player of the Week honors November 9 after averaging 3.50 kills and 1.83 blocks per set, while hitting at a .400 clip in wins over Bellarmine and Northern Kentucky… in the sweep of Bellarmine, recorded six kills and eight blocks, playing in just two of the sets… registered first career double-double with 11 kills and 10 blocks, including five solos, at Wayne State… also hit at a .5556 (one error, 18 attempts) clip in that match… had nine blocks, including six solos, and 13 kills vs. Hillsdale… pounded 12 kills in 19 attempts without an error for .632 hitting percentage at Christian Brothers, while adding six blocks… had a negative hitting percentage in just one match all season… registered 10 kills and seven blocks at Illinois-Springfield… tallied season-high 18 kills at Missouri S&T, finishing with a .467 hitting percentage and five blocks… hit at a .778 clip (15 kills, one error, 18 attempts) against Ferris State.
2008: AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year, GLVC Freshman of the Year, First Team All-GLVC and AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team honoree… started 30 of 31 matches played in… led squad in hitting percentage (.295), which also ranked seventh in the GLVC… recorded team-high 95 blocks and was second in kills (282)… averaged 2.41 kills and 0.81 blocks per set… had a negative hitting percentage in just one match all season… tallied season-high 18 kills and six blocks, including five solo, against Rockhurst in five-set match… pounded 17 kills at Indianapolis… registered 16 kills at Washington University, while hitting .467 and recording four blocks… recorded 11 kills and five blocks against Southern Indiana in three sets and against Bellarmine in five sets… registered six blocks in four matches.
High School: Earned two letters at Streator Township for coach Rob Tyne… wo-time unanimous first team all-North Central Illinois Conference Reagan Division honoree… recorded 301 kills, 103 blocks and 174 digs as a senior… named the Ottawa Times Volleyball Player of the Year, was selected to the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette honorable mention all-state team and was a Bloomington Pantagraph all-area second team honoree as a senior… first team all-academic honoree.
Club: Played five years for Illini Elite VBC… member of the 17 Black squad, which won AAU Nationals in 2007… team was also eighth at Junior Olympics.
Personal: Born June 7, 1990… daughter of Bill and Jan Gaff… majoring in accounting.
Career Highs
Kills: 18 (three times) last vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith (9-10-10)
Attacks: 40 at Indianapolis (10-3-08)
Hitting %: .778 vs. Ferris State (10-16-09)
Assists: 3 vs. Ferris State (10-15-10)
Digs: 8 at Indianapolis (9-25-10)
Blocks: 10 at Wayne State (9-5-09)
Career Stats
Year-by-Year Stats
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