Kate Gillespie-Jones

Katherine Gillespie-Jones is an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the AFL Women's.

AFLW career

Doctor Gillespie-Jones was drafted by Carlton with the club's second selection and the fourteenth overall in the 2016 [AFL Women's draft]. She made her debut in round 1, 2017 [AFL Women's season|2017], in the club and the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against. In May 2018, Gillespie-Jones signed with expansion club, North Melbourne, to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season. It was revealed that Gillespie-Jones was likely to explore the option of a trade in the wake of the 2021 AFL Women's season. After not finding a new home, North Melbourne delisted her at the end of the trade period.

Personal life

Gillespie-Jones completed a PhD at Monash University in 2019 under the supervision of Ramesh Rajan, with a focus on researching a new drug treatment for traumatic brain injuries.