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4 Lilly Gunter

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Position L
  • Major Economics
  • Hometown Oviedo, FL
  • High School Oviedo
  • Prev School Mississippi State
  • Instagram lillypgunter
  • Twitter GunterLilly
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Biography

CAREER HONORS:
  • 1,500 career digs (10/27/23)
  • Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week (9/18/23)
As a fifth-year (2024):
  • Appeared in all 12 sets at the LSU Tournament recording a team-high 50 digs.
  • Set a season-best 23 digs vs. New Hampshire (8/31)
  • Currently ranks eleventh in the Big Ten with 3.41 digs per set
  • Had two matches with 10+ digs during the Maryland Tournament
  • Added season-high three service aces at American (9/7)
  • Led the Terps in digs against Lehigh and UMBC, totaling 13 on the weekend
  • Totaled 25 digs across two games at Oregon & Washington 
  • Collected 16 digs against Michigan St.(11/07) and 18 against UCLA (11/09).  
As a senior (2023):
  • Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week (9/18)
  • Appeared in all 114 sets and 32 matches, the only player on the roster to accomplish the feat
  • Led the Terps with 421 digs and a career-high 33 service aces
  • Ranked seventh in the Big Ten with 3.69 digs per set
  • Added 109 assists
  • Yielded double-digit digs in 22 matches and 20+ digs in four outings
  • Made her Maryland debut at the Canes Classic (8/25-26), recording 44 digs across three matches
  • Tied career-high four service aces in victory over Lamar (8/26)
  • Led the Terps in digs through all three matches at the Kristen Dickmann Invitational (9/1-3), collecting 14 digs in a win over Utah Valley (9/2)
  • Recorded 16 digs, including seven in the fifth set, in dramatic win over Coastal Carolina (9/8)
  • Notched a career-high five service aces in sweep over Howard (9/10)
  • Collected 14 digs in just three sets in victory over FAU (9/16)
  • Picked up 20 digs in a five-set win over Florida Gulf Coast (9/16)
  • Led team with 19 digs in upset over No. 16 Minnesota (10/6)
  • Racked up 20 digs in just three sets against Indiana (10/7)
  • Marked second consecutive 20-dig contest against Northwestern (10/13)
  • Racked up 26 digs, a season-high, against Illinois (10/20)
  • Recorded 1,500th career dig at No. 1 Nebraska (10/27)
  • Logged 19 digs and eight assists in three sets to spark win over Ohio State (11/12)
  • Led Maryland with 19 digs in five-set win over Rutgers in season finale (11/24)
As a junior at Mississippi State (2022):
  • Played in 107 of the team’s 108 sets and all 28 matches
  • Led the team in digs with with 453
  • Third in the SEC with 4.23 digs per set
  • Third on the team in assists with 104
  • Recorded a career-high 36 digs against LSU (Oct. 30)
  • Named SEC Defensive Player of the week twice this season
  • Tabbed seven assists and 24 digs against Oklahoma (9/3)
  • Put up a season high eight assists twice this season against Notre Dame (8/27) and Bowling Green (9/15)
  • 22 digs against South Carolina (10/19)
  • Had five assists and 28 digs against LSU (10/29)
  • Put up six assists and 25 digs against Kentucky (11/11)
  • Tabbed four assists and 25 digs against Tennessee (11/20)
  • Logged eight 20+ dig games on the season
  • Recorded 20+ digs in six of last 10 matches of the season
As a sophomore at Mississippi State (2021):
  • 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 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)
  • Combined 7 assists and 37 digs in series sweep over No. 24 Tennessee (Nov. 13-14) 
As a freshman at Mississippi State (2020-21)
  • 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)
  • Led team with 17 digs and had nine assists in collegiate debut against Arkansas (Oct. 17)
  • Tallied season-high 20 digs twice
  • Added 79 assists
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Tallied season-high four services at Alabama (Feb. 26)
  • Tied season-high 20 digs in season finale against Georgia (April 1), doing so in just three sets (6.67 digs per set)
Before College:

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.
Club
  • 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
  • Won three straight conference beach championships between 2017-19
  • Three-time first team all-conference selection
Personal
  • 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 economics
Updated November 13, 2024
GUNTER'S CAREER HIGHS
  • Kills: 1 (6x), last vs. Princeton (9/9/23)
  • Attacks: 3 at LSU (10/29/22)
  • Hitting Percentage: 1.000 (2x), last vs. Lamar (8/26/23)
  • Digs: 36 at LSU (10/30/22)
  • Assists: 9 (3x), last vs. Princeton (9/9/23)
  • Aces: 5 at Howard (9/10/23)

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2023Senior

    Libero
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2024Fifth Year

    Libero
    5'8"
    4