Gabby Cleveland

Collegiate Career

2024 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
All-Pac-12 selection in 2023
Earned Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll accolades
Enters senior year with 45 collegiate games played (26 starts), posting 42 goals and 43 points, with 71 draw controls, 11 ground balls and nine caused turnovers
Spent two years at Oregon

2024 (Junior Season)

Played in 10 games
Scored in first two games of the year - Feb. 9 vs. Robert Morris and Feb. 11 vs. Kent State
Also tallied at Akron Feb. 18
Four draw controls, including two at Akron, and picked up two ground balls
Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete

Prior to Ohio State
at Oregon

Saw action in 35 games, with 26 starts, and notched 39 goals and 41 points, recording 67 draw controls and nine caused turnovers
2022 (Freshman Season): Played in 18 games, with 12 starts; posted seven goals and eight points; 42 draw controls, with five-plus in three outings; scored twice at Kennesaw State and at California
2023 (Sophomore Season): All-Pac-12 honoree; saw action in 17 games, starting 14; second on team with 32 goals and third with 33 points; recorded 25 draw controls scored at least one goal in 12 games, with nine multi-goal performances (five hat tricks); notched six goals against Stanford and scored five times vs. Colorado

at Myers Park High School

Played for Queen City Stars and ACS club programs
Enrolled early at Oregon after graduating high school in December 2020 to practice with the team during the 2021 season
Scored 44 goals and picked up 86 draw controls as a sophomore in 2019
First team all-conference selection in 2019
Named to the Under Armor 150
Represented North Carolina on the state all-star team in 2018 and 2019
Also played basketball
Member of National Honor Society and part of Younglife Charlotte

Personal

Parents are Laura and Billy; father played college golf at North Alabama and is a PGA golf professional
Twin sister Bella also plays lacrosse for the Buckeyes
Sport industry major
Enjoys spending time with friends and family, lifting, listening to music, traveling to new places and doing anything athletic
On how she got into lacrosse: "I was playing basketball in eighth grade. My coach at the time handed me a stick as I was leaving practice. She told me to give it a try and ever since then I have never put the stick down. Cameron Vestermark and Nikki Schwob played a big role in crafting me into the athlete I am today. Those two and my family instilled a positive and hard working atmosphere to become the best I can be."
On why she chose Ohio State: "I chose to come to Ohio State because of Coach Mandy Moore and the team. She has been nothing but welcoming to Bella and I. More importantly, she believes in both of us and wants us to reach a new potential. I love her vision and can’t wait to see this program take off under her tutelage. As for the team, all I have to say is great things. These girls work so hard and will push me outside of my comfort zone to be successful."