BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott women's volleyball student-athlete Amanda Gilbert '22 M'23 (Hopkinton, Mass.) has been chosen as Endicott College's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service, and leadership of graduating female college student-athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2023.
Gilbert, Ryleigh Cavanaugh (Roger Williams), Sarah Padellaro (UNE), Kaitlin Pettenger (Wentworth), and Valeria Nilan (Gordon) are now eligible to be selected as the Commonwealth Coast Conference's (CCC) nominee by the league's Senior Woman Administrators, which will be announced next week.
From there, Conference nominations are forwarded to the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee, which identifies the top 10 honorees in each of the three NCAA divisions. Of those 30 honorees, the selection committee determines the three finalists in each division for a total of nine finalists.
The Committee on Women's Athletics will then select the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine finalists.
AMANDA GILBERT RESUME
OFF THE COURT
Gilbert currently sports a 3.80 cumulative grade point average (GPA) in the Bachelor's of Science (BSN) accelerated nursing program and most recently completed her Bachelor of Science in exercise science degree with a 3.56 GPA (cum laude).
She also garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors, four CCC Academic All-Conference selections, eight Dean's List citations, and was inducted into Phi Epsilon Kappa.
Additionally, Gilbert was one of five students selected to present her senior thesis to the entire exercise science graduating class.
Her internships included experiential learning opportunities at Platinum Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine (physical therapy) and the Whittier Health Network (nursing assistant).
Since 2022, Gilbert has served as a part-time clinical associate at nearby Addison Gilbert Hospital.
Outside of her academic-based work, Gilbert was a member of EC L.E.A.D., the Exercise Science Club, Relay for Life, and a coach for the Nike Volleyball Camp.
ATHLETICS
Gilbert appeared in 117 matches (374 sets) and compiled 1,119 kills (2.99 k/s), a .245 hitting percentage, 111 service aces (0.30 sa/s), 785 digs (2.10 d/s), and 137 total blocks (15 solo, 122 assisted, 0.37 b/s).
She ranks second all-time in kills per set (2.99), third in points per set (3.50), seventh in total kills and total points (1306.0), and eighth in hitting percentage (.245).
Her awards include the following:
- 2022 AVCA All-America Second Team
- 2022 AVCA All-Region II First Team
- 2022 NEWVA Co-Player of the Year
- 2022 NEWVA All-Region First Team
- 2022 CCC Player of the Year
- 2022 All-CCC First Team
- 2021 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
- 2021 AVCA All-Region
- 2021 All-CCC First Team
- 2019 All-CCC Second Team
- 2018 All-CCC Third Team
- CCC Player of the Week (9/12/2022, 10/3/22, 10/11/22, 11/7/22)
- 2x CCC Rookie of the Week (10/1/18 & 10/9/18)
As a team, Endicott posted an 84-37 overall record (.694) and a 32-2 conference record (.941) during Gilbert's career.
The Gulls won three CCC Championships, made four CCC Tournament appearances, and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)
