Orla Travers-Gillespie

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
High School:
Catholic Central
Hometown:
London, Ontario

Orla Travers-Gillespie's Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2015 (Junior)
Appeared in 16 games and made 12 starts on the back line … part of a Ball State defensive unit that ranked 17th in the nation in goals-against average (.623) and allowed only 6.6 shots per game.

2014 (Sophomore)
Started all 18 games in which she appeared on the back line … missed two games due to injury … scored her first two collegiate goals, both on penalty kicks – one versus Bowling Green (Sept. 26) and one at Buffalo (Oct. 24) … had 15 games in which she never came off the field … part of a defensive unit that helped Ball State post nine shutouts for the second straight year.

2013 (Freshman)
Played in 15 games and made eight starts ... started the first six Mid-American Conference games for the Cardinals ... never came off the field in four games -- Sept. 15 at Air Force, Sept. 20 at IUPUI, Sept. 29 at Akron and Oct. 6 versus Ohio ... the Air Force and IUPUI games both went a full 110 minutes through two overtimes ... part of a Ball State defensive unit that ranked first in the MAC and among the top 50 nationally in goals against average (0.81).

High School
Played for coach Wendy Glover at Catholic Central ... played club soccer for North London Galaxy and coach Abe Hadzic ... her 2012 team won the Ontario Youth Soccer League Under-18 championship ... helped her team to the Ontario Cup finals in back-to-back years, including a championship in 2011 ... her 2011 team was also a national finalist.

Personal
Full name is Orla Maud Travers-Gillespie ... daughter of David Travers-Gillespie and Eavan Travers ... born Jan. 15, 1994 in London, Ontario ... has one sister, Ciara, and two brothers, Brian and Ashton ... a family and consumer sciences major.