Anna Logan Gillens

Volleyball 2024 CAA Regular Season Co-Champions

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Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Cardinal Newman School
Hometown:
West Columbia, S.C.
Major:
Psychology

HONORS AND AWARDS

2024 Second-Team All-CAA
2024 Blue Hen Invitational All-Tournament

2024 SEASON

Appeared in all 27 matches with 13 starts, playing in 95 sets
Recorded 3.23 kills per set
Recorded 18 double-digit kill matches, including eight matches with 15 or more kills
Ranked seventh in CAA in kills per set and sixth in conference only games at 3.51
Had a career-best 26 kills and a .283 hitting percentage against Hofstra on Oct. 26
Second-Team All-CAA
Only sophomore in CAA to be named to an All-Conference team
First Delaware player in true sophomore season or earlier to earn All-Conference honors since Spring 2021, and first in a full season since 2017
Blue Hen Invitational All-Tournament

2023 SEASON

Appeared in 11 matches
Recorded 26 kills and seven total blocks
Recorded six kills and a block against Charleston on Oct. 1
Had eight kills and hit .308 with two blocks against Hofstra on Oct. 21
Recorded three kills on a 1.000 hitting percentage with a block in NCAA Tournament against Missouri

Bio: All Region 2019-2022... All Star 2019-2022... Two-time SCISA 3A Player of the Year... 2022 Midlands All-Area Player of the Year... Two-time State Champion... AVCA All-American Watchlist... Attended the UA All-American Camp... Plays for the US Virgin Islands National Team... CAZOVA U19 & U21 Gold Medalist... MVP, Best Outside, and Best Scorer for U19 & U21 CAZOVA Tournament in Trinidad... Competed in the 2023 Norceca U19 Pan American Cup... Broke the all-time Kill Record for Cardinal Newman School with 1,588... Vice President and Co-Founder of Cardinal Newman’s First Black Student Union... Bishop’s Honor Roll... House captain for Cardinal Newman School... Member of the Brookland Baptist Church... Daughter of Fredrick and Kesha Gillens... Fredrick played football at Clemson and graduated in 1996 with a degree in Accounting... Kesha graduated from Benedict College in 1998 as a track and field scholarship athlete... Kesha was an EIAC All conference competitor from 1994-1998 in both cross country and track and field and received MVP honors in 1995, 1996, and 1997... Also was a preferred walk on Member of Benedict College Volleyball Team (MH/MB) from 1994-1998 and received MVP honors in both 1997 & 1998... Was a 2018 Inductee in Benedict College Athletic Hall of Fame... Brother Fredrick "Freddie" is a three-sport class of 2025 high school athlete... Freddie is currently ranked no. 1 in South Carolina for triple jump and no. 13 in the nation