Gabi Placide

Class:
Junior
Position:
OH
Height:
6-0
Experience:
TR
Hometown:
Centennial, Colo.
High School:
Grandview
Prev. School:
Northern Colorado
Major:
General Business

2025 (JUNIOR): AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention … SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (9/22) … Tabbed to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List in October … Played and started in all 29 matches, appearing in 109 of 110 sets … Recorded 488 kills on .213 hitting, while adding 182 digs, 69.0 total blocks, 34 service aces and 14 assists for 558.5 points … Finished with the second highest kill output in the rally scoring era and fourth highest across all eras in Ole Miss history … Tallied 22 kills, three aces and five digs at No. 22 Georgia Tech (8/30) … Recorded 13 kills on .429 hitting and nine digs in a sweep of Wofford (8/31) … Exploded for 21 kills on .391 hitting in a win over Wyoming (9/6) … Added 19 kills and five digs at Miami (9/10) … Shined with 18 kills on .378 hitting in a sweep of Incarnate Word (9/19) … Set a new career-high with 26 kills and eight digs on .316 hitting in a win at Texas Tech (9/19) … Broke her career-high once again with 27 kills in a win over UAlbany (9/20) … Finished with 21 kills and seven digs in a win at Oklahoma (9/28) … Tallied 26 kills, eight digs and four blocks at Mississippi State (10/10) … Notched her first double-double as a Rebel with 25 kills and 10 digs in a win at Vanderbilt (10/19) … Followed it up the next match hitting .278 with 22 kills and 10 digs against No. 2 Texas (10/24) … Recorded a new career-high with 28 kills on .254 hitting in a win over Alabama (10/31) … Notched 19 kills and season-high 14 digs at LSU (11/2) … Hit .324 with 18 kills and eight digs in a win at Georgia (11/7) … Exploded for 25 kills and 10 digs in an SEC Tournament win over Missouri (11/22).

NORTHERN COLORADO: 2024 AVCA All-West Region Honorable Mention … 2024 Big Sky All-Conference First Team … 2023 Big Sky Freshman of the Year … Two-time Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (10/21/24 & 10/29/24) … Over two seasons at UNC, record 739 kills, 248 digs, 150 blocks, 40 aces and 15 assists … Tallied 496 kills, 91 total blocks and 38 service aces as a sophomore … Her 585.5 points ranked 23rd in the nation, while her 496 kills ranked 28th overall … Hit .237 in three matches against SEC opponents in 2024 and hit .247 against power four opponents … Shined in two appearances against the Rebels in 2024, tallying 24 kills, nine digs and seven blocks (9/5 & 9/7) … Notched 18 kills, 17 digs and seven blocks in a win at Sacramento State (10/12) … Was a key piece down the stretch, recording her four biggest kill outputs in the postseason … Opened the Big Sky Tournament with 20 kills and 10 digs in a win over Montana State (11/27) … Followed it up with 23 kills and 11 digs on .362 hitting in a win over Weber State (11/28) … Set a new career-high with 25 kills, 14 digs and four service aces on .267 hitting in the Big Sky championship against Sacramento State (11/29) … Added 19 kills and eight digs in a NIVC win over Georgia Southern (12/7) … Added 16 kills and eight digs in the NIVC semifinal against Arizona (12/12) … Named to 2024 Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team and 2023 Big Sky All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in all four years in volleyball … Earned First Team All-State and Academic All-State honors … Helped Grandview finish as state runner-up as a sophomore and junior … Set a record at Grandview for the fastest swing recorded at 50 miles-per-hour.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rachel Smith … Has two siblings, Gavin and Gallagher ... Studying general business.