Serena Gray

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Serena Gray #16 MB 6’2″

Russ Rose Then (2019): “Serena was one of the nation’s more dominant attackers last year. She’s strong, very bright both on the floor and in the classroom, and a great deal of our success is going to be attributed to the type of success that she has this season. She can be an All-American player if that’s the choice and commitment she makes.”

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2019 Cumulative Team Stats

2019 Season (Sophomore) Highlights and Awards: Named an honorable-mention All-American and honorable-mention All-Northeast Region …voted to Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team … earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team … named the MVP of the Penn State Classic.

Season Recap: Started all 33 matches and played in all 117 sets at middle blocker … was 2nd on the team in kills (317), kills/set (2.71), aces (34), blocks (92) and blocks/set (0.79 ) … recorded double-digit kills in 14 matches … hit over .700 in 3 of those matches, over .500 in 5 of those matches, and over .300 in 12 of those matches … had a season-high 18 kills on .708 hitting in a 3-set win over Wichita State … had 5 or more blocks 5 times, including a season-high 7 twice … Stanford (9/13): hit .368 with 10 kills and 2 blocks … vs. Pitt (9/20): hit .438 with 8 kills and 4 blocks … Rutgers (9/28): Hit .583 with 8 kills, 2 blocks and 1 ace … vs. Iowa (10/5): hit .500 with 9 kills, 3 blocks and 2 aces … vs. Illinois (10/23): finished with 17 kills on .378 hitting and added 3 blocks and 5 digs … vs. Indiana (11/8): hit .500 with 10 kills and 2 aces … vs. Wisconsin (11/29): hit .333 with 13 kills and 5 blocks in reverse sweep win … vs. Minnesota (11/30): hit .435 with 13 kills and 3 blocks in 1-3 loss.

NCAA Tournament: Hit .636 with 21 kills and no errors in 2 matches at the Stanford Regional of the NCAA Tournament … Princeton (12/6): hit .450 with 11 kills, 2 blocks and 1 ace in the NCAA First Round … Towson (12/7): matched a season high with 7 blocks in the NCAA Second Round … vs. Cincinnati (12/13): hit .700 with 14 kills, 4 blocks and 3 aces in the NCAA Regional Semifinal … at Stanford (12/14): hit .538 with 7 kills and 2 aces in the NCAA Regional Final.

2020 Season (Junior)

2018 Season (Freshman)

2019 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 18 08/31/2019 Wichita St.
Assists 1 11/24/2019 Rutgers
Points 19.5 08/31/2019 Wichita St.
Aces 3 12/13/2019 Cincinnati
Digs 5 11/24/2019 Rutgers
Total Blocks 7 12/07/2019 Towson
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2018-19 Penn St. 96 31 177 1.844 62 354 0.325 4 0.042 13 0.135 38
2019-20 Penn St. 117 33 317 2.709 77 628 0.382 4 0.034 34 0.291 54
2020-21 Penn St. 56 15 117 2.089 45 251 0.287 3 0.054 13 0.232 21
2021-22 Pittsburgh 125 34 267 2.136 56 506 0.417 12 0.096 43 0.344 46
2022-23 Pittsburgh 123 34 248 2.016 59 477 0.396 6 0.049 26 0.211 38
Totals: 517 147 1126 2.178 299 2216 1.807 29 0.056 129 0.250 197
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2018-19 Penn St. 40 0.417 1 9 110 119 1.240 19 2 254 2.646
2019-20 Penn St. 60 0.513 1 17 75 92 0.786 10 2 405.5 3.466
2020-21 Penn St. 14 0.250 1 10 34 44 0.786 5 1 157 2.804
2021-22 Pittsburgh 61 0.488 0 19 113 132 1.056 22 4 385.5 3.084
2022-23 Pittsburgh 79 0.642 4 20 111 131 1.065 19 4 349.5 2.841
Totals: 254 0.491 7 75 443 518 1.002 75 13 1551.5 3.001
2019 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/30/2019 vs Hofstra W 3 – 0 3 0 6 0.5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4.5
08/31/2019 vs Holy Cross W 3 – 0 13 0 17 0.765 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 14
08/31/2019 vs Wichita St. W 3 – 0 18 1 24 0.708 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 19.5
09/06/2019 at Iowa St. W 3 – 0 9 1 16 0.5 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
09/07/2019 vs LSU W 3 – 0 6 0 9 0.667 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 8
09/13/2019 vs Stanford L 1 – 3 10 3 19 0.368 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 11
09/14/2019 vs Oregon W 3 – 0 7 4 18 0.167 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
09/20/2019 vs Pittsburgh L 0 – 3 8 1 16 0.438 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 11
09/22/2019 at Pittsburgh W 3 – 2 10 7 22 0.136 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 6 0 15.5
09/25/2019 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 0 6 2 12 0.333 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 8.5
09/28/2019 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 8 1 12 0.583 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
10/02/2019 at Wisconsin L 1 – 3 6 4 16 0.125 0 4 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 8.5
10/05/2019 vs Iowa W 3 – 0 9 2 14 0.5 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
10/11/2019 vs Maryland W 3 – 2 13 5 36 0.222 0 5 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 16
10/12/2019 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 9 2 19 0.368 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 5 0 13
10/18/2019 at Michigan W 3 – 1 8 4 26 0.154 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 11.5
10/20/2019 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 9 2 18 0.389 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 11
10/23/2019 vs Illinois W 3 – 2 17 3 37 0.378 0 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 3 0 19
10/26/2019 at Maryland W 3 – 0 6 2 14 0.286 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8
11/01/2019 at Iowa W 3 – 0 9 4 19 0.263 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
11/02/2019 at Nebraska L 2 – 3 8 4 28 0.143 0 4 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 7 0 14
11/08/2019 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 10 1 18 0.5 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
11/09/2019 vs Purdue W 3 – 1 13 3 25 0.4 0 3 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 15
11/15/2019 at Illinois W 3 – 0 7 2 15 0.333 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 7.5
11/17/2019 at Northwestern W 3 – 0 10 2 16 0.5 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 11
11/20/2019 at Indiana W 3 – 0 14 2 24 0.5 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 17
11/24/2019 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 7 2 16 0.313 1 2 3 2 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
11/29/2019 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 2 13 5 24 0.333 0 5 1 4 0 3 1 4 1 5 0 17
11/30/2019 vs Minnesota L 1 – 3 13 3 23 0.435 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 14.5
12/06/2019 vs Princeton W 3 – 0 11 2 20 0.45 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 13.5
12/07/2019 vs Towson W 3 – 1 6 3 16 0.188 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 6 0 7 0 12
12/13/2019 vs Cincinnati W 3 – 2 14 0 20 0.7 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 4 2 4 0 19
12/14/2019 at Stanford L 0 – 3 7 0 13 0.538 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Totals: 317 77 628 0.382 4 77 34 54 1 60 17 75 10 92 2 405.5
Before Penn State: Was the No. 5 ranked 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace … was a member of the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team … was the runner-up with club SG Elite for Girls’ Junior National Championship in 15 Open, and finished in 3rd place in 2017 for the 17 Open age group … named the TCHS Varsity Defender of the Year and Rio Hondo League 2014 Second Team All-League as a freshman … did not play her sophomore season … named the TCHS MVP in her junior and senior seasons and was Rio Hondo League 2016 and 2017 First Team All-League.

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