Jacksonville State University Athletics

JSU CAREER:
2016: Appeared in 29 games in the circle for the Gamecocks as a redshirt sophomore, receiving the starting nod in 24 of them…named OVC Pitcher of the Year, All-OVC First Team and OVC All-Tournament honors…named to the NFCA All-Region Third Team…threw 155.0 innings and compiled a 16-4 record and a 1.13 ERA…recorded a team-high 127 strikeouts and only 47 walks…finished with a team-high four saves…tossed 18 complete games and nine shutouts…threw a five-inning no-hitter at Tennessee State on April 3 then a seven-inning no-hitter against Morehead State on April 16…struck out 7-or-more batters in 10 games…finished the conference play with a 14-0 record and a 0.85 ERA…threw 24 innings during the OVC Tournament and surrendered only four runs on 14 hits while striking out 11...tossed a career-high 12.1 innings and 11 strikeouts on 177 pitches in a 5-4 14-inning thriller against Oregon State during the Auburn Regional…at the plate, batted .243 with 11 doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 25 RBI…struck out only 35 times in 173 at bats…kept the season alive by hitting a two-out, 0-2 pitch off the outfield wall to tie the game against Oregon State.

2015: Appeared in 26 games in the circle for the Gamecocks as a redshirt freshman, receiving the starting nod in 10 of them…threw 99.2 innings and compiled an 11-6 record and a 2.67 ERA…recorded a team-high four saves…struck out 63 batters…tossed four complete games…appeared in 10 OVC games, starting three of them, and recorded a team-low 2.23 ERA against conference foes…recorded a 5-1 record in 37.2 innings in OVC games with two complete games and one save…selected as an All-OVC Second Team member as UTIL/DP…selected to the OVC All-Newcomer Team…started 39 games and was in the starting lineup in 35 of them…batted .327 with seven doubles, nine home runs and 23 RBI…her .645 slugging percentage was the second-high on the team and highest of players who didn’t start 37-or-more games…earned OVC Player of the Week honors once…hit two home runs in a game twice…recorded nine multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games…hit .417 in four OVC Tournament games.

2014: Sat out the season as a redshirt.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played three seasons for head coach Amy Sullivan at Pelham High School in Pelham, Ala., after spending three seasons at Kingwood Christian playing for her father Jeff Gillespie…was named first team all-state in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013, while earning Super All-State honors in 2013…in her senior season of 2013, was named the Birmingham News Metro Player of the Year after boasting a 0.76 ERA with a 13-2 record and nine saves…she threw 10 shutouts and two no-hitters in her senior season…a four-time all-district player and a three-time team MVP, she was selected to compete in the 2012 AHSAA All-Star Game…was also a basketball standout, claiming MVP honors in the 2010 regional tournament.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Whitney Dane Gillespie…born on April 11, 1995, in Birmingham, Ala…the daughter of Jeff and Stephanie Gillespie…has an older brother, Brandon…her father played collegiate baseball and basketball at Belhaven…plans to major in special education at JSU.