
JosieGilvin
- position Guard
- height 6-0
- class Senior
- Hometown Louisville, Ky.
- High school Sacred Heart Academy
- Previous School Western Kentucky
2023-25 (at Western Kentucky)
Josie Gilvin, a 6-0 guard from Louisville, Kentucky, spent three seasons at Western Kentucky … She is coming off her most productive season yet, playing and starting all 32 games for the Hilltoppers in 2024-25 … During the season, she averaged 13.1 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, 2.3 assists per game and 2.6 steals per game … She shot 53.2 percent from the field, 41.3 percent from the arc on 50 made 3s and 79.6 percent from the line … Last season, she helped the Hilltoppers to a 23-9 record, including a 13-5 mark in Conference USA, and a trip to the CUSA Championship Semifinals … Meanwhile, she was named to the 2025 All-CUSA Second Team and the 2025 CUSA All-Defensive Team … Gilvin concluded the season with nine straight games scoring in double digits, a stretch of games that also included six double-doubles on points and rebounds … Overall, on the season, she put up 10+ points 20 times and 20+ points six times … Moreover, she knocked down multiple 3s in 16 of her 32 games in 2024-25 … She set her career high in almost every category last season, including 31 points, 13 field goals and five 3s at Liberty, 14 rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee and nine assists and 11 steals vs. FIU.
High School
Prior to her time at Western Kentucky, the Louisville, Kentucky, native played four years at Sacred Heart, where she was named to the All-State First Team as a junior (2021) and a senior (2022) … She also was named the 7th Region Player of the Year and was a Kentucky Miss Basketball nominee as a senior … Gilvin led Sacred Heart to back-to-back State Championships as a junior and a senior … During the tournament as a senior in 2022, she averaged 8.3 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game and a tournament-lead 5.0 assists per game and 3.0 steals per game … Also, during the tournament as a junior in 2021, her 27 steals set a Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Tournament record.