Pronounced: GAIR-ig
2013: Played and started in 33 matches ... played setter before moving to outside hitter in last nine matches ... second on the team with five double-doubles (assists and digs) ... recorded a season-high 54 assists against South Alabama Oct. 4 ... registered a season-high 14 digs against Memphis Sept. 17 ... had a season-high 11 kills against Texas State Nov. 17 ... led the team with 750 assists on the season and second with a 6.36 assists per set mark ... third on the team in service aces with 19 ... finished with 130 kills on a .206 hitting percentage, 200 digs, and 39 blocks.
Previous College (2012): Played junior season at LSU ... totaled 12 appearances, including two starts at the setter position ... distributed 4.33 assists per set, second on the team ... also averaged 1.62 digs, 0.48 kills and 0.10 aces per set ... registered 10 kills on 17 errorless attempts for a .588 hitting percentage ... tallied a kill, an assist and a dig during her career debut versus Cal Poly (Aug. 25) ... added four assists and two digs against No. 12 Washington (Aug. 31) in her first extended action ... handed out a career-high 29 assists to go along with seven digs during her first career start at South Carolina (Sept. 16) ... notched 22 helpers, five digs and a career-best three kills off the bench in LSU's four-set win at Auburn (Oct. 19) ... totaled 16 assists and a career-high eight digs at Kentucky (Oct. 21) ... came away with eight assists and two digs at Missouri (Nov. 11).
Junior College: Coached by current Arkansas State head coach David Rehr at Blinn College in Texas ... two-time NJCAA All-American as a setter ... notched second-team honors in 2010 followed by a first-team selection during the 2011 season ...one of two players in program history to earn multiple NJCAA All-America picks ... finished third in the NJCAA with 11.04 assists per game and team put together a 38-0 season en route to the 2011 NJCAA Division I National Championship.
High School: Coached by Natalie Sutimek at Normal High School in Illinois ... collected All-Conference status and All-Area honors as a senior ... play club volleyball for Illini Elite Volleyball Club where she was named an AAU All-American.
Personal: Daughter of Doug and Becky Gerig ... has seven siblings Nicki, Vanessa, Jessie, David, Ginny, Katie and Janelle ... sister, Nicki, played volleyball at Auburn (2007) and Florida Atlantic (2008-10) ... all siblings are volleyball players ... four of them have played or are playing college volleyball ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies ... interests include volleyball and hair styling.
