Biography
SPU: One-year letterwinner. ... GNAC Newcomer of the Year in 2018.
Senior (2018): Played in all 27 matches, with 24 starts, and was in 103 of the 104 games. ... In her only year at SPU, rewrote her career highs in six statistical categories and tied her highs in two others. ... Set new highs with 19 kills and 45 attacks at home vs. Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 6. ... In her very first match as a Falcon, delivered a career-best seven service aces in the season opener against Fresno Pacific on Aug. 24. That was one more than she had in her three seasons combined at Concordia Irvine. ... Came up with seven digs against Chaminade on Aug. 31. ... Had eight block assists / total blocks at Montana State Billings on Oct. 20. ... In a span of four matches, had three career highs for kills: 15 at Northwest Nazarene, 18 at Central Washington, and 19 vs. Anchorage. ... Hit a team-leading .210 for the season. ... Season totals for kills, attacks, aces, digs, block assists, total blocks, and points topped her three-year career totals from Irvine. ... Logged her 200th, 300th, and 400th career kills, her 100th block, 100th dig, and 500th career point.
Junior (2017 at Concordia Irvine): Appeared in all 27 matches with three starts and played in 91 games. … Third on the team with 185 kills while collecting 38 blocks. … Tied her career-high of 12 kills in back-to-back matches on the same day against Chico State and Western Washington (Sept. 8). … Hit a season-high .438 with nine kills and had three blocks. … Set a career-high of five blocks with one being solo in a sweep of Chaminade (Oct. 7) where she also had 10 kills and hit .391. … Had nine kills and four blocks in a five-setter with Biola (Oct. 16).
Redshirt sophomore (2016 at Concordia Irvine): Member of Concordia’s first PacWest Championship team. … Played in six matches and 11 sets with one start. … Totaled 14 kills, four blocks, two digs and two assists. … Had a season-high eight kills and 20 attempts with two block assists against Cal Baptist (Oct. 8). … Hit .286 with five kills and a block at Holy Names (Sept. 26).
Sophomore (2015 at Concordia Irvine): Did not play.
Freshman (2014 at Concordia Irvine): Played in 33 games. … Had a career high eight kills twice, against Montana Tech (8/22) and William Jessup (Oct. 21). … Finished the season with 44 kills, nine digs, 18 blocks, two assists, and four aces.
Capistrano Valley High School: Played two years of varsity volleyball.
Personal: Hailey Jacqueline Gaines. ... Born Nov. 21, 1995. ... Three-time Pacific West Conference All-Academic selection. ... Completed her psychology major and marketing minor degrees at Concordia Irvine in spring 2018. ... Now pursuing masters degree in industrial organizational psychology.
Fun facts: Also has done soccer and track. In fact, if not for volleyball, would pursue soccer "because it's a team sport and it's outside." ... Favorite sport to watch is gymnastics. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Office Christmas Party." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Captivating." ... Favorite junk food is ice cream. ... Favorite healthy food is almond butter. ... Favorite TV program is "Hawaii Five-O." ... Favorite sports teams are the USC Trojans. ... Favorite athlete is beach volleyball player April Ross. ... Her dream car is a Jeep. ... Loves to shop for food. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be comedienne / actress Tiffany Haddish "because she is hilarious and had a crazy life story that I would love to hear about." She would serve tacos. ... If she could be any action hero / heroine, would be Wonder Woman "because she has obviously got the strong woman thing going for her, and she can fly, which is one super power I would love to have." ... In 10 years, hopes "to be married to one heck of a guy and have a career that I am passionate about." ... Wants to visit the Polynesian island of Tonga for the opportunity to swim with humpback whales in the wild. "I'm an awe of whales and it is at the top of my bucket list to experience them in the wild."
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr GP K E TA Pct Ast Ace D BS BS TB Pts
14* 33 44 33 122 .090 2 4 9 0 18 18 57.0
15# 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
16* 11 14 9 41 .122 2 0 2 0 4 4 16.0
17* 88 136 61 395 .190 14 2 56 8 41 49 166.5
18 103 271 118 727 .210 2 29 83 5 77 82 343.5
TOT 235 465 221 1285 .190 20 35 150 13 140 153 583.0
* 2014-17 at Concordia Irvine. #2015 redshirt at Concordia Irvine.
