Kirby Gibson

Position:
Middle Hitter/Opposite
Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Jefferson
Hometown:
Lafayette, Ind.

2005
Played in 27 matches, earning 16 starts . . . competed in 90 of the team’s 115 games . . . scored double-figure kill totals in three matches, with a season-high 12 vs. Yale (Sept. 10) . . . smashed 11 kills vs. Wichita State (Sept. 2) and at IUPUI (Sept. 6) . . . recorded a career-high six digs vs. Bowling Green (Sept. 24) . . . logged a season-best six blocks on two occasions - - vs. Southern Methodist (Aug. 26) and vs. South Florida (Sept. 2) . . . her six block assists vs. the Bulls were a season-best . . . posted a season-high .500 (9-0-18) attack percentage in the Cardinals’ thrilling Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinal victory over Eastern Michigan (Nov. 19) . . . credited with at least one block in 23 matches, including three-or-more in eight contests . . . ranked second on the team with a .247 attack percentage.

2004
Played in 27 matches, with 12 starts . . . saw action in 72 of BSU’s 110 games . . . slammed a season-best 16 kills and added a season-high .406 (16-3-32) attack percentage vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 12) . . . her 32 attempts in the contest were a career-high . . . posted her first career double-figure blocking contest vs. Houston (Sept. 18), recording a career-best 10 total blocks, including a career-high eight block assists . . . tallied at least one block in 22 matches, including three-or-more in seven . . . logged a season-high four digs in two matches - - vs. Illinois (Sept. 17) and vs. EMU . . . added an assist in seven matches and scored an ace in a pair of contests.

2003
Played in all 34 matches, earning 25 starts . . . competed in 119 of BSU’s 129 games . . . helped guide the Cardinals to a win over No. 17 Louisville (Nov. 29) with a career-high 17 kills and a career-best .536 (17-2-28) attack percentage . . . also tied a season-high mark with 28 attempts in the match . . . compiled 28 attempts and 12 kills at Toledo (Nov. 7) . . . recorded 11 kills vs. Western Michigan (Nov. 11) . . . posted a career-high two solo blocks, as well as season-highs of five block assists and seven total blocks vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 14) . . . added a pair of solo blocks in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament vs. Miami (Nov. 18) . . . tallied a then-career-best five digs vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 15) . . . smashed a pair of services aces in two matches . . . posted a pair of assists vs. Wright State (Oct. 28) . . . teammates selected her BSU’s Most Improved Player.

High School
Earned three letters in volleyball at Jefferson . . . played volleyball for Coach Gail Gripe . . . academic all-state and all-state honorable mention as a senior . . . two-time all-star candidate . . . helped guide her team to a 62-42 record in three seasons, including a 25-12 mark her senior season . . . team won the 2002 sectional championships, the school’s first since 1997 - - and advanced to the final eight at the state championships . . . played for the Circle City Volleyball Club . . . earned three letters in basketball at Jefferson . . . first-team all-conference selection in basketball her junior season . . . tallied a 4.0 grade-point-average . . . member of the National Honor Society and Who’s Who Among America High School Students . . . Academic Showcase award winner.

Personal
Major is secondary education . . . maintains a 3.32 grade-point average on BSU’s 4.0 scale . . . born October 23, 1984, in Lafayette, Ind. . . . daughter of Kevin and Kim Gibson . . . father played baseball at DePauw University . . . has two sisters, Courtney and Megan . . . full name is Kirby Lynn Gibson.