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2014-15 Women's Basketball

21 Melissa Gilkey

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Woodinville
  • Hometown Woodinville, Wash.

Biography

2014-15: Sixth player in school history named to the WBCA All-America Team ... Also earned First-Team All-America from Women's DIII News and All-America Second Team from D3hoops.com ... Named to the D3hoops.com All-Central Region First Team for the third straight year ... Tabbed as the UAA Player of the Year for the second year in a row, while earning first-team all-UAA honors for the third straight year ... One of 10 finalists for the 2015 Jostens Trophy ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Wartburg Holiday Tournament ... Selected as the McWilliams Classic Most Valuable Player ... Ranks second in WashU history in career scoring (1,707), third in rebounding (876), fourth in blocked shots (144), and sixth in free-throw percentage (.785) ... Her senior season totals of 534 points (fifth), 45 blocks (seventh), 249 rebounds (eighth), and .826 free-throw percentage (10th) all rank on WashU's all-time single-season top-10 lists ... UAA Athlete of the Week five times (Dec. 8, Dec. 15, Jan. 12, Jan. 19, March 9) ... Started all 28 games to finish her career with starts in all 110 games ... Led the team with 19. 1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game to go with her team-high 45 blocked shots ... Scored in double figures in 25 games, including 13 games of 20 or more points ... Pulled down double-digit rebounds 12 times and finished with 11 double-doubles on the season ... Scored a career-high 34 points against Fontbonne Dec. 18, and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds at Wartburg Dec. 30 ... Tallied career-highs of seven assists and five steals at Carnegie Mellon Feb. 6 ... Named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week Dec. 19 ... 2014-15 D3hoops.com Preseason All-America Second Team ... Received the Robert L. Pearce 110% Award ... Capital One Academic All-America Third Team ... Capital One First-Team Academic All-District Five First Team ... UAA all-academic ... W Club's William K.Y. and Anne Tao Distinguished Senior Award winner.

2013-14: Selected to the Women's DIII News All-America Second Team, the D3hoops.com All-America Third Team and the WBCA All-America honorable mention ... Received D3hoops.com All-Central Region first-team honors for the second year in a row ... Named the UAA Player of the Year ... Earned first-team all-UAA honors for the second year in a row ... Selected to the D3Hoops.com Preseason All-America Second Team ... Became the 13th player in school history to join the 1,000-point club, doing so at Rochester Jan. 31 ... Started all 27 games, scoring in double figures 26 times, including nine double-doubles ... Led the Bears with 16.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, while also recording a team-high 32 blocked shots ... Led the UAA in free-throw percentage (.821), while ranking second in scoring (16.7) and blocks (1.2), third in rebounding (8.3), and eighth in field-goal percentage (.513) ... Her 450 points scored ranks ninth on WUSTL's all-time single-season list, while her .821 free-throw percentage is 10th in single-season school history ... Selected as the Most Valuable Player at the 13th Annual McWilliams Classic ... Named the UAA Athlete of the Week Dec. 9 and Feb. 3 ... Received the Art & Marge McWilliams Junior Award from the W Club.

2012-13: Named All-America honorable mention by the WBCA, Women's DIII News and D3hoops.com ... Selected to the D3hoops.com All-Central Region First Team ... Received first-team all-UAA honors ... Named to the D3Hoops.com Preseason All-America honorable mention team ... Played and started all 28 games ... Led the team with 15.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 29 blocks ... Shot 50.8 percent from the field and 74.3 percent from the free-throw line ... Ranked second in the UAA in scoring, third in field-goal percentage, fifth in free-throw percentage and blocks, and sixth in rebounding ... Scored in double figures in 25 of 28 games, including seven games of 20 or more points ... Scored a season-high 25 points against Southwestern (12/30) ... Recorded seven double-doubles, including grabbing a season-high 14 rebounds at Rochester (1/13) ... Made a season-high three three-pointers at Chicago (1/5) ... Tallied a season-high four steals at Brandeis (2/17) ... Led the Bears in scoring 17 times, and was the team's leading rebounder in 12 games ... Selected to the all-tournament team at the 12th Annual McWilliams Classic ... Named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week Jan. 1 ... Selected as the UAA Athlete of the Week Jan. 5 ... UAA all-academic.

2011-12: Named to the 2012 Women's DIII News All-Freshman Team ... Selected as the D3hoops.com Central Region Rookie of the Year, as well as the UAA Rookie of the Year ... Also garnered second-team all-UAA honors ... Played and started all 27 games as a freshman ... Finished second on the team averaging 10.9 points, while leading the Bears and ranking fifth in the UAA with 7.3 rebounds per game ... Finished with 38 blocked shots, which ranks ninth on the all-time single-season list at Washington U. ... Tied the WU single-game record with seven blocks in the Bears' NCAA First-Round win over Ferrum College (3/2) ... Finished the season with three double-doubles ... Scored in double figures in 16 games, including a season-high 21 points at Carnegie Mellon University (1/15) ... Led WU in rebounding in 15 games, including pulling down double-digit rebounds seven times ... Recorded a career-high 14 rebounds against Case Western Reserve University (2/10) ... Received UAA Athlete of the Week honors twice (Feb. 13, March 5) ... Selected as the Lucy Lopata Rookie of the Year by the W Club.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned varsity letters in basketball, volleyball, and track at Woodinville High School … Averaged 15.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game as a senior … Named first-team all-State and first-team all-league as a senior … School's all-time leading rebounder and second all-time scoring list with 1,035 points … High's School's Athlete of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Majoring in economics & strategy, and marketing … Daughter of Mike and Kathleen Gilkey.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013-14Junior

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    6'1"
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    2014-15Senior

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    6'1"
    21