Gainesville High School Volleyball Player Avery Lindsey Named ITG Next’s October 2024 Georgia Female Athlete of the Month
Gainesville High School three-sport athlete Avery Lindsey is the ITG Next October 2024 Georgia Female Athlete of the Month.
“I am so appreciative of the Gainesville community and everyone else that has supported me, and I am honored to have received the ITG Next Georgia Athlete of the Month award,” Lindsey, a senior, said.
The Gainesville, Georgia, native swims and plays soccer and volleyball, and she has lettered in all three sports every year that she has attended Gainesville High School.
“Volleyball is definitely my favorite sport,” Lindsey said. “I try to play every day and anytime I can. When I can’t play indoor, I play beach volleyball. My goal is to get as many touches as I can on a daily basis.”
The dedication and the time devoted to volleyball has paid off for the setter. This past season in a region volleyball tournament match against Milton, Lindsey became the school’s record holder for all-time career assists and for most assists in a single-season.
The previous school record of 2,369 career assists was set by Savannah Roys. In the match versus Milton, Lindsey picked up her 2,370th career assist.
The Red Elephants finished fourth in the region, and Lindsey said she is proud of what she and her teammates accomplished this year.
“We played pretty well throughout the season, and I was pleased with how we finished the season in a very tough region,” Lindsey said. “I feel like our entire team really bonded over the season, and we grew as a team.”
She added how much it meant to take the court with teammates who are also longtime friends.
“My favorite part of this senior season was sharing the court with my friends that I have been playing with since the sixth grade,” she said.
It’s no surprise that Lindsey is an athlete, as she comes from athletic parents. Adam Lindsey, her father, actually serves as the athletic director at Gainesville High School.
“Both of us (parents) are athletic, so she was born into it,” Adam Lindsey said of his daughter. “From a small child, she has always been active and wants to be playing something at all times.”
Adam Lindsey said that his daughter’s love for volleyball started at an early age and that she has never looked back.
“Avery started playing volleyball when she was 6 years old, and ever since she has worked at it every chance she gets,” he said.
As Avery Lindsey grew, so did her love for volleyball. When she entered the sixth grade, she began to train six days a week and has continued that same level of energy and commitment to making herself the best she can be.
That hard work and love for the sport has paid off. She currently has offers to play college volleyball, but has not yet decided on where she’ll go.
“At this time I have four college offers, so we will see where I will wind up,” she said.
