Rylie Gillespie played with strong anticipation and positioning today. She read the game early, establishing her base before contact, which allowed her to handle swings with control rather than reacting late. Her pre-contact movement gave her an advantage throughout the match.

She stayed composed in fast sequences, absorbing contact and delivering a playable ball to target. Gillespie’s awareness and consistency helped stabilize the defense. ~Theresa @prepdigdakotas

Gillespie has been a high volume defensive factor throughout her high school career. With 930 digs, she has a three-year average of 15.8 d/m. Competing for Cleveland Volleyball Company (CVC) ‘s top 17U team this club season, she does a good job of getting balanced and ready to absorb the pace of the attack coming across the net through good angle adjustments.

Making the move to Lakeview High School, Gillespie found good success for JFK as their primary libero as she departs holding numerous digging records. Playing for CVC 17 Black this club season, she can make a big impact if she can carry that high school success to a squad that has good depth at the DS/L position. She is an active defender with good point engagement as she gets stopped and balanced well to create good angles and absorb attacking pace.

Player broke the record for most digs in a game and most digs in a set. Broke her previous record of 31 scoring 41 digs total against Cardinal Mooney High School. Broke record for most digs in a set at Cardinal Mooney with 15.