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Sophomore Season: Played in 118 sets appearing in every match at libero for the Tar Heels • Led the team with 4.31 digs per set, including 4.81 digs per set in conference play • Teams leader defensively who helped Carolina lead the league with 17.22 digs per set • Posted 20 or more digs 12 times in 2009, including a career-best 39 digs at Delaware (9/18/09) and 30 digs in a 3-1 win over Virginia (11/6/09)• Added 49 assists and nine service aces as a sophomore.
Freshman Season: Appeared in 116 sets and every match for the Tar Heels in 2008 • Will replace talented Brianna Eskola at libero in 2009 • Defensive specialist and libero led all freshmen with 297 digs • Ranked third on the team with 2.56 digs per game • Tallied double-digit digs in 11 different matches in 2008 • Registered 22 digs at Minnesota (9/20/08) and set a career high with 26 digs at UVA (11/7/08).
Prep: Two-time all-conference selection as a setter and libero • Named the Tri-8 Conference Player of the Year as a junior • Named a "Defensive Dandy" by PrepVolleyball • Four-year varsity performer and five-year member of the Triangle Volleyball club • Member of the A and B Honor Roll.
Personal: Exercise and sports science major • Lists wakeboarding as her favorite hobby • Lists Misty May-Treanor as the athlete she most admires • Her family has had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Lists pasta as her favorite food • "Out Cold" as her favorite movie and "The Office" as her favorite TV show • Kaylie Nicole Gibson is the daughter of Debbie and Jim Gibson • Born June 10, 1989 in Lemont, Ill.
