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Autumn Gillespie
Autumn Gillespie
Autumn Gillespie is in her first season as a volunteer assistant coach, joining Jamie Trachsel’s staff. 

Gillespie served on the staff as a student assistant coach in 2022, assisting in one of the Rebels’ most successful seasons in school history, tying the record for most regular season wins with 39 and notching the fourth ever 40-win season. 

She brings valuable experience to the Rebels, with nearly 200 starts in her playing career in Oxford. During her years behind the plate, she was regarded as one of the nation’s top defensive catchers, including earning All-SEC Defensive Team Honors in her senior campaign. Over her four-year career at Ole Miss, the Redlands, California, product registered an elite .985 fielding percentage with only 16 errors in 1,083 chances. On the offensive side, Gillespie was a career .274 hitter in an Ole Miss uniform. She ranks inside the top 10 in program history with 21 home runs, 98 runs batted in, eight triples and a .467 slugging percentage.  

Gillespie graduated from Ole Miss in 2020 with a degree in Multi-Disciplinary Studies before completing her master’s in Sport & Recreation Administration in 2022. A Redlands, California, native, Gillespie began her collegiate career at UCF before transferring to Ole Miss.