NDSU

2018, 2017 Summit League Honor Roll

2017 SEASON (SENIOR): Started in 28 matches and 100 sets ... Hit .166 (297-140-947), averaging 3.33 points, 2.97 kills and 1.64 digs per set ... Collected 31 blocks including 10 block solo, 15 service aces and 13 assists ... Finished with double-figure kills on 17 occasions including three matches with a season-high 18 kills at Omaha (11-12-17), vs. Stetson (9-15-17) and vs. Appalachian State (9-9-17) ... Put together four double-doubles ... Had five matches with double-figure digs including a season-high 13 against Florida A&M (9-2-17) ... Named to NDSU Classic all-tournament team ... AVSR Global Player of the Week (8-28-17) ... Finished collegiate career with 1,083 kills with two seasons NDSU and two at Columbus State ... Summit League Honor Roll. 

2016 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 22 matches and 65 sets ... Hit .154 (94-46-312), averaging 1.52 points, 1.45 kills and 0.66 digs per set ... Finished with 43 digs, six blocks and an ace ... Recorded double-figure kills in two matches with a season-high 14 against Denver (11-13-16) and at Fort Wayne (11-4-16) ... Connected for a season best .467 (14-0-30) hitting percentage against Denver (11-13-16) ... Season-high three blocks including a pair of block assists, along with six digs at Denver (10-14-16) ... Including Columbus State has combined 786 kills entering her senior year ... Summit League Honor Roll.

2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out after transferring from Columbus State University, an NCAA Division II school located in Columbus, Ga.
 
2013-14 SEASONS (COLUMBUS STATE): Earned All-Peach Belt Conference second team honors as a sophomore in 2014 … Two-year starter for Columbus State, topping the team in points for both her freshman and sophomore seasons … Played in all 58 matches over two years … Led the Peach Belt Conference with 59 aces and 0.54 aces per set as a sophomore in 2014 … Tallied 351 total kills, averaging 3.22 kills per set to lead the team in 2014 … Posted 428 points (3.9 points per set) as a sophomore … Also averaged 2.64 digs per set … Registered double-digit kills in 39 matches and double-figure digs in 27 over the last two seasons.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped lead her team to the Lithuanian championship in her age division.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Vladimiras Gelzinis and Marina Gelziniene …Majoring in marketing.

THE GELZINYTE FILE
Favorite Movies: The Proposal, The Holiday, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Favorite Foods: Lithuanian Cuisine 
Favorite Singers: Ed Sheeran, John Legend
Favorite Holiday: CHRISTMAS
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Will Smith
Favorite Actresses: Jennifer Anniston, Sandra Bullock 
Favorite TV Shows: Prison Break, Suits, The Vampire Diaries
Favorite Song: Treasure by Bruno Mars
Favorite Books: Tha Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons
Favorite Athletes: LeBron James, Usain Bolt 

ERIKA'S CAREER BESTS
Kills: 18, vs. three teams, last at Omaha, 11-12-17 (34, at Lander, 10-31-14)
Attacks: 51, Fort Wayne, 11-3-17 (82, at Lander, 10-31-14)
Attack pct: .467, Denver, 11-13-16 (14-0-30)
Serve aces: 3, Florida A&M, 9-2-17 (7, Montevallo, 10-22-13)
Digs: 13, Florida A&M, 9-2-17; vs. Weber State,  (23, UNC Pembroke, 11-7-14)
Blocks: 3, vs. Stetson, 9-15-17; Denver, 10-14-16 (5, vs. Cedarville, 9-20-13)
Block solo: 2, vs. Stetson, 9-15-17
Block assists: 2, vs. six teams, last at Denver, 11-18-17 (5, vs. Cedarville, 9-20-13)
Double-Figure Kills: 17 (56 career)
20+ Kills: (4 career)
Double-Figure Digs: 5 (32 career)
20+ Digs: (3 career)
Double-Double (Kills/Digs): 4 (26 career)
(Columbus State)