Jimmy Gillespie
Jimmy Gillespie
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Glen Mills, PA
  • High School:
    Garnet Valley

Bio

*2019-20: Played in four matches during his second year with the Lions tennis program…went 1-3 overall in singles matches, including a 1-1 record against Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponents…played all four of his singles matches in the No. 1 spot…posted a 2-2 record in doubles play, including going 1-1 against conference competition…was 1-1 in No. 1 doubles and 1-1 in No. 2 doubles…earned a spot on the AMCC’s Academic All-Conference Team as a Peak Performer.

*2019-20 season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2018-19: Competed in 14 matches in his first season with the Penn State Altoona men's tennis team...posted a 3-11 overall record as the Lions' No. 1 singles player...in doubles, went 5-9 overall, including a 2-3 record against Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference competition...played all but one of his doubles matches in the No. 2 spot...earned a spot on the AMCC Academic All-Conference Team as a Peak Performer.

High School: Three-year varsity golf and tennis player...was a golf team captain in 2015 and 2016...was a first team All-Central League selection in golf in 2015 and 2016...Concord Country Club Jr. champion...Chester County interclub champion in 2015...won the Tennis Ambassador award in 2014 and 2017...took the Golf Ambassador award in 2014, 2015, and 2017...member of the National Honor Society in 2016...named the Rotary Student of the Month in 2016...four-year Interact Community Service member...four-year Martin Luther King Day Community Service Committee member.

Personal: Son of Jim and Dawn Gillespie...majoring in Accounting...participates in Penn State Altoona's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...is a Sheetz Fellow...also plays on the varsity men's golf team.

News Mentions

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Lions Tennis Loses 8-1 in Regular Season Finale

ALTOONA, Pa. – In its last match of the 2021 regular season, the Penn State Altoona men’s tennis team suffered an 8-1 loss to...

April 14, 2021

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Men’s Tennis Starts Season With 7-2 Win Over Medaille

ALTOONA, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona men’s tennis team got its 2021 schedule off to a good start on Saturday, when it earned a 7-2...

March 6, 2021