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Gina Kilner

12 Gina Kilner

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Cleveland, Ohio
  • High School:
    Padua
  • Position:
    S

2016 | JUNIOR SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats
 | Named the Horizon League Setter of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Horizon League First Team after starting every match as Cleveland State’s primary setter…finished the year ranked sixth in the CSU Career Record Book with 3,199 career assists – one of just six Vikings all-time to eclipse the 3,000-assist mark…earned a spot on the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after combining for 101 assists against Oakland (11/19) and Green Bay (11/20) in the semifinals and championship match…named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week twice during the season (10/31 & 9/12)…earned a spot on the Cherry & White Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 11.1 assists per set against Temple (9/9), Rutgers (9/10), and New Hampshire (9/10) – including a 50-assist performance against the Owls…named to the CSU Invitational All-Tournament Team following a season-high 54-assist match against Tennessee (9/2) and a 26-assist performance against Eastern Michigan (9/2)…recorded nine double-doubles on the season, including five in Horizon League play…tallied a season-best five total blocks against Oakland (9/23), Milwaukee (10/7), and Green Bay (10/12).

2015 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats
| Played in and started all 33 matches for the Vikings as the primary setter…posted 1,413 total assists on the year, a mark that ranks third on the Cleveland State single-season record list…the 1,413 total helpers also set a sophomore class record and ranked 11th nationally…finished the season with 1,947 career assists, ranking seventh in the CSU career record book…recorded seven double-doubles on the season and tallied 50 or more assists in six matches…also posted 81 total blocks on the season, including a career-high nine against Eastern Illinois (9/15)…recorded a career-high 65 assists at Milwaukee (10/24)…helped the Vikings capture the 2016 Horizon League Tournament championship with 53 assists against Northern Kentucky (11/21) and 35 helpers against Valparaiso (11/22)…named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week after helping the Vikings clinch the Regular Season Title with three straight 40-assist performances against Northern Kentucky (11/10), UIC (11/13) and Valparaiso (11/14)…earned a spot on the Blue/Gold Invitational All-Tournament Team after helping the Vikings capture the tournament title, including a 56-assist and career-high 15 dig effort against Radford (9/18)…posted 53 assists along with nine digs against EIU…tallied 52 helpers and six kills against Central Michigan (9/4)…recorded 50 assists against Wright State (10/10)…finished the season with 34 assists, five kills and a pair of digs against top-seeded USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2014 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats | Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team…appeared in all 28 matches, splitting setting duties for the Vikings…finished the season with a team-high 534 assists and ranked ninth among Horizon League players averaging 5.62 assists per set…posted a season-high 49 assists against Youngstown State (10/17)…notched at least 30 assists three more times throughout the season – 38 against Green Bay (10/11), 44 at Milwaukee (11/8), and 43 at Youngstown State (11/14)…also tallied 134 digs on the season, including a season-high of nine multiple times…finished with 15 service aces, including a season-best of three against Tennessee Tech (8/30).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Padua Franciscan High School…named First Team All-Conference, Second Team All-District, and Third Team All-Ohio as a junior…earned First Team All-Conference, All-District, and All-Ohio honors as a senior…led Padua Franciscan to four district championships, three North Coast Conference championships (as a so., jr., sr.), one regional championship (sr.), and a State Championship (sr.)…team compiled a 90-19 record during her four-year career…participated in the all-district and all-ohio all star games.

PERSONAL
Born February 7, 1996 in Cleveland, Ohio…daughter of John and Marisa Kilner…has one brother, Michael…father played baseball for the Atlanta Braves…member of the National Honor Society…business major.