Kendra Gillispie Season 2024-2025
#35PositionForward
Height6-2
ClassSenior
HometownOklahoma City, Oklahoma
Previous SchoolBaylor/Arkansas State
Meet Kendra
Junior: 2023-24 (Arkansas St.)
- Averaged 3.5 points on 37.4 percent shooting from the field in 2023-24
- Grabbed 5.1 rebounds per game with 10 games of 7+ boards
- Totaled nine blocks and 18 steals on the season
- Finished with two or more steals in a game five times
Sophomore: 2022-23 (Baylor)
- Played in 12 games with her first career start against Houston Christian
- Tallied a career-high 10 points versus the Houston Christian Huskies on Dec. 4, 2022
- Pulled down a career-high seven boards and had one assist against TCU on Dec. 31, 2022
- Logged a career-high 22 minutes on Nov. 15, 2022, against SMU
Freshman: 2021-22 (Baylor)
- Made her Baylor debut at UT Arlington on Nov. 11, 2021
- Recorded her first career points as a Bear against New Orleans on Nov. 15, 2021
- Logged a career-high 21 minutes against Alcorn on Dec. 8, 2021
- Pulled down a career-high five boards vs. Alcorn on Dec. 8, 2021
- Scored a career-high six points against North Texas on Dec. 29, 2021
- Made her Big 12 debut at West Virginia on Jan. 29, 2022, where she finished with five points on 2-of-4 shooting
Before College
- Ranked No. 58 overall and was the No. 10-ranked forward on the ESPNW HoopGurlz Top 100 for the class of 2021
- Played her first two seasons of high school ball at Norman High School, where she led her team to an Oklahoma Class 6A State title
- As a sophomore, she put up 20.8 points, 13.9 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per contest
- Transferred to Harding Charter Prep for her final two seasons
- As a junior, she helped her new team to a 22-8 record
- Averaged 26.8 points per contest during her senior season
- Received Class 4A All-State honors from The Oklahoman
- She played for her mother, Latesha Woods, at Harding Charter Prep
- Was a member of two AAU teams, including OKC Lions Elite and Jason Terry Lady Jets
- Also competed in track and field in high school and won a state title in the shot put at Norman High School
Personal
- Daughter of Latesha Woods, the late Devin Gillispie and Justin Woods (Stepfather)
- Her mother Latesha Woods played basketball at Langston University
- Aspires to be a Division I women’s basketball coach when her playing career is done
- Also recruited by Kansas State, SMU and New Mexico State