Gabrielle Rubeis
- position DS/S
- height 5-7
- class Freshman
- Hometown Gainesville, Fla.
- High school Buchholz
- position DS/S
- height 5-7
- class Freshman
- Hometown Gainesville, Fla.
- High school Buchholz
Gabrielle Rubeis Bio
2013 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 31 matches, including 23 starts…Played at defensive specialist and libero…Ranked second on the team in digs, averaging 2.30 per set…Reached double digits in digs on 11 occasions…Worked way into starting lineup to open the season and started all three matches of the Gamecock Invitational…Tallied 11 digs in win over FIU (8/30)…Finished with 11 digs and two assists in sweep of Liberty (9/13)…Collected 11 digs in sweep of Western Carolina (9/20)…Tallied 20 digs and three assists against Arkansas (10/4)…Had 19 digs, an assist and a service ace in win over Texas A&M (10/6)…Contributed a career-high 21 digs and three assists in win over Coastal Carolina (10/30)…Notched 10 digs and dished out a career-high five assists against LSU (11/24).
PERSONAL/CLUB: Lettered all four years at Buchholz High School under coach Jeff Reavis…Served as team captain during junior and senior seasons…Named the Big School Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year…Two-time first-team All-Area selection…Led Bobcats to the state semifinals as a senior…Earned Gatortown Classic MVP honors as a junior and was on the Gatortown Classic All-Tournament Team as a senior…Made All-Tournament teams for the Berkley Prep and Dig Pink tournaments…Won multiple Player of the Week honors…Played club volleyball for the Ocala Power 18 Rox for coach Bill Littel…Served as team captain for several teams…Helped team qualify for Junior Olympics on five occasions…Best team finishes were third and fifth-place showings in the Open Division…Led team to second and third-place finishes at AAU Nationals…Earned All-American honors on 17s team…Won Big South three times…Also a standout in the classroom, graduating in the top 10 percent in her class…Won the Economics Award…Member of the National Honors Society and the Honor Roll.
PERSONAL: Gabrielle Rubeis is the daughter of Reno and Elizabeth Rubeis…Has one brother, Geno, and one sister, Rochelle…Brother played baseball at Florida State College at Jacksonville…Sister played volleyball at Rollins College…Chose South Carolina because of the volleyball program and the top-ranked business school…Plans to major in business.
