SOPHOMORE (2011-12)
Played in 35 games of the season with three starts...Averaged 5.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game...Shot a team-best 54.1 percent from the floor...Ranked second on the team with 36 blocks...Tallied double figures five times...Scored 10 points versus No. 5 Maryland in the NCAA Sweet 16...Had a season-best four blocked shots against Albany in the NCAA First Round...Had 8 point and five rebounds and started versus No. 1 Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Final...Was perfect going 3-of-3 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free throw line for 11 points and added three rebounds in just nine minutes against Texas Tech...Matched a career-best with nine rebounds at Oklahoma...Had a team- and season-high 14 points (7-of-9) with eight rebounds and two steals versus Kansas State...Grabbed seven rebounds at No. 25 Texas Tech and against McNeese State...Recorded 9 points and seven rebounds versus Iowa State...Registered three blocked shots against Texas and Oklahoma...Scored 12 points on 5-of-5  shooting and had seven rebounds versus Mississippi State...Contributed 9 points and seven rebounds against No. 9 Louisville...Had 11 points and seven rebounds versus Lamar...Earned team's Most Improved Award.

FRESHMAN (2010-11)
Played in 37 games of the season with four starts...Averaged 4.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game off the bench...Shot 52.5 percent from the field...Ranked second on the team with 21 blocks...Tallied double figures five times...Had 9 points and five rebounds in just nine minutes ver­sus Georgia in the NCAA Sweet 16...Registered her third career start at home against Texas Tech and scored a league career-best 10 points...Had six rebounds in 13 minutes at Kansas State...Recorded a season-high eight rebounds at No. 1 Baylor and added 6 points...In just 10 minutes against Kansas scored 6 points and grabbed four rebounds...Made her first collegiate start at Texas Tech and set a ca­reer high with seven blocked shots, which was the most of any Aggie this season...Also played a career-high 27 minutes with seven rebounds and two steals against the Red Raiders...Played 15 minutes against No. 1 Baylor to help hold Brittney Griner below her season average and pulled down four rebounds...Scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and added five re­bounds at San Diego State...Posted a career-high 15 points and added seven rebounds against Purdue...Pulled down a team-best seven rebounds and added 10 points with a career-high two steals versus Liberty...Registered 12 points, including going 6-of-7 from the free throw line, and four rebounds in her collegiate debut versus UALR...Received team's Rookie Award.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER 

Rated the No. 9 overall prospect in the Class of 2010 and No. 1 post player in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz...2010 McDonald's High School All-American...2010 PARADE All-America High School Girls Basketball Second Team...2010 WBCA All-American...Participated in 2010 WBCA All-America Game and 2010 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team Trials...Played at A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, Texas...Led her team to a district championship...MVP of Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 5A-4A All-Star game...Averaged 19 points, 15 rebounds, two steals and two blocks per game as a junior...Named all-state first team, District 12-5A Offensive Player of the Year, first team All Brazos Valley and team MVP...A three-sport athlete who also competed in volleyball and threw the discus and shot put for track and field.

PERSONAL 

Karla Danielle Gilbert...Born February 12, 1992 in College Station, Texas...Daughter of Nelda and Jimmie Gilbert...Has two younger siblings, a brother, Jimmie (16), and a sister, Cierra (8)...Her mother was her high school basketball coach and a former post player at North Texas...Her father played for the Texas A&M men's basketball team from 1983-86 and was named to the All-Southwest Conference Newcomer Team in 1983...Chose the Aggies over Baylor, Duke, Connecticut, Miami (Fla.) and Florida...Is a member of one of A&M's highest-ever rated recruiting classes in school history...Is the third McDonald's High School All-American to ever sign with Texas A&M...Special education major at Texas A&M...Enjoys shopping...Has future aspirations of becoming a coach.