Lilly Gunter

2021 SEC Defensive Player of the Week • Nov. 15, 2021 2021 Co-Defensive Player of the Week • Oct. 25, 2021 2021 SEC Freshman of the Week • Feb. 15, 2021 2021 StarkVegas Classic All-Tournament Team 2020 SEC All-Freshman Team 2020 AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention

Ranked among the SEC’s top 10 in digs (257 – 6th) … Had a total of 125 assists and 480 digs on the season … Played in 122 of team’s 125 sets and 30 of 31 matches with 30 starts at libero … Combined for 7 assists and 21 digs versus Southeastern Louisiana (Aug. 28) … Helped get Mississippi State their first win in program history at No. 17 Florida with career-best of 33 digs (Sep. 24) … Had a 3-game streak of 20 plus digs: 25 digs against LSU (Oct. 2), 20 digs at No. 5 Kentucky (Oct. 6) and 22 digs versus South Carolina (Oct. 13) … Combined 36 digs and 8 assists to help the team win the series sweep over Texas A&M (Oct. 23-24) … Totaled 5 assists and 17 digs at Georgia (Oct. 27) … Had 15 digs against Alabama (Nov. 3) … Combined 7 assists and 37 digs in series sweep over No. 24 Tennessee (Nov. 13-14) … Stood out with 6 assists and 15 digs in the first match and had 4 assists and 20 digs in the second match at Arkansas (Nov. 20-21) … Finished the season with 4 assists and 15 digs against Hawaii (Dec. 3) in NCAA Tournament.

Season: Started every set in the libero jersey…Earned SEC All-Freshman Team Honors…Selected AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention…Finished No. 6 in the SEC in digs (3.43 per set), and No. 2 among league freshmen…Led team in digs (257 total)…Ranked No. 2 on the team in service aces (17)… Tallied season-high 20 digs twice.

Ranked No. 7 in the SEC in digs (3.36 per set), second among league freshmen…Led team in digs (111)…Added 40 assists…Tallied double-digit digs in seven of eight matches and led the team in the category five times… Totaled 31 digs and 14 assists in Arkansas series (Oct. 17-18)…Led team with 17 digs and had nine assists in collegiate debut against Arkansas (Oct. 17)…Had 35 digs combined in LSU series (Oct. 21-22), including a fall-high 20 in the opening match (Oct. 21)…Totaled 27 digs and 12 assists to help MSU defeat No. 7 Texas A&M twice on the road (Nov. 4-5)…Led team in digs in both matches against No. 2 Kentucky (Nov. 13-14).

Led team in digs (146; 3.48 per set)…Finished No. 2 on the team in aces (14)…Added 39 assists…Averaged 4.29 digs per set in State’s series sweep of Ole Miss (Feb. 11-12) to claim SEC Freshman of the Week honors on February 15…Helped MSU defense hold the Rebels to a .140 hitting percentage in the series…Tallied season-high four services at Alabama (Feb. 26)…Had 31 total digs and three aces over seven sets (4.43 per set) at Tennessee (March 5-6)…Tied season-high 20 digs in season finale against Georgia (April 1), doing so in just three sets (6.67 digs per set).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Oviedo High School under head coach Jen Darty…Led Lions to three district championships and two region titles between 2016-18…Set school records for digs (1,882) and aces (149)…Three-time first-team Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-State selection…Named first-team all-conference three times…Served as team captain her final two seasons…As a senior, was named AVCA All-Region… FACA Senior All-Star…Set single-season school marks for digs (594) and aces (62)…Tallied 39 digs against Bartram Trail (Oct. 23) to set Oviedo’s single-match record…Led Oviedo to Florida High School Athletic Association 9A State Championship as a junior…Lions rose to No. 8 national ranking by MaxPreps…Named first team all-state by PrepVolleyball.com…Helped Oviedo to conference title as a sophomore…Part of runner-up finish in state tournament as a freshman…Earned second team all-conference selection.

Played for Oviedo Volleyball Academy under head coach Jen Darty…Was a three-time AAU Open national champion between 2015-17 and three-time USA Volleyball Open National Champion in 2014, 2016 and 2018…Named 2015 AAU 13 Open Most Valuable Player and All-America selection…In 2016, selected an AAU 14 Open All-American.

Born Lillian Paige Gunter on November 5, 2001 in Winter Park, Florida… Daughter of Glenn and Linda Gunter…Has two older sisters, Grace and Emily…Father, Glenn, lettered in football at San Jose State University… Majoring in food science and technology.