#8  Ansley Gilstrap

Career Stats  |  2021 Stats

2021

• Third Team All-ACC selection
• All-ACC Academic Selection
• Appeared in 51 games, including 51 starts at shortstop
• Hit .292 in 144 at bats with 43 runs, six doubles, one triple, four homers, a .431 slugging percentage, a .418 on-base percentage, and 21 RBIs
• Led the team with 15 hit-by-pitches
• Recorded 106 assists and nine fielding double plays, both of which led the team
• Tallied 10 multi-hit games, good for third on the team
• Went 4-for-4 at the plate at Virginia (March 7), which tied for the most hits by a Tiger in a single game on the season
• ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient

2020

• Missed the entirety of the season due to season-ending surgery
• Started at shortstop during the Tigers’ 2019 fall slate
• ACC Academic Honor Roll recipient

Note: Due to COVID-19, the Clemson Softball inaugural season was cut short (27 games played)

2019

• Redshirted in advance of Clemson’s inaugural season

2018

• National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Athlete of the Year
• Transferred from USC Upstate in the summer

Before Clemson

• 2018 ASUN Second Team All-Conference
• In 2018, led the ASUN conference with 42-44 in stolen bases and led the team with 40 runs scored
• 2018 ASUN Preseason All-Conference selection
• 2017 ASUN Tournament MVP
• 2017 ASUN All-Tournament recipient
• 2017 ASUN First Team All-Conference
• Helped USC Upstate win 2017 ASUN conference tournament title and advanced to NCAA Regionals in Knoxville, Tenn.
• 2017 ASUN All-Academic Team
• 2016 ASUN All-Freshman Team
• Helped USC Upstate win 2016 ASUN conference tournament titled and advanced to NCAA Regionals in Auburn, Ala.
• Three-time 4A all-state selection in high school while being named two-time Region IV Player of the year

Personal

• Born Laura Ansley Gilstrap on Feb. 24, 1997
• Daughter of Keith and Kim Gilstrap
• Earned her undergraduate degree in Health Science from Clemson in Dec. of 2019
• Currently pursuing her master’s degree in Athletic Leadership