Gillian Grimes – DigNittanyVolleyball.com

Gillian Grimes #3 L/DS 5’6″

“Gillian Grimes Flips Commitment To Penn State Volleyball,” DigNittanyVolleyball, Mar. 17, 2022

2022 Cumulative Team Stats

2022 Season (Freshman) Season Recap: Played all 129 sets and started in 29 of the team’s 34 matches as a defensive specialist … finished with 237 digs (1.84/set) and 29 aces, ranking 4th on the team … recorded double-digit digs 10 times, including a season-high 13 in a 4-set win over Maryland (11/2) … had at least 1 ace in 19 matches, including a season-high 3 in matches against Troy (9/2), Maryland (10/21), and Wisconsin (12/8) … made collegiate debut and contributed six digs and one ace vs. UConn (8/26).

NCAA Tournament: In the NCAA First Round vs. UMBC (12/2/) totaled 6 digs and 1 service ace … in the NCAA Second Round vs. UCF (12/3) registered 5 digs and 1 ace … finished with 9 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal at Wisconsin (12/8).

2025 Season (Senior)

2024 Season (Junior)

2023 Season (Sophomore)

2022 Season Highs		Date	Opponent
Kills	1	11/25/2022	Purdue
Assists	3	11/12/2022	Purdue
Points	3	12/08/2022	Wisconsin
Aces	3	12/08/2022	Wisconsin
Digs	13	11/02/2022	Maryland

Career Offensive Statistics

Season	Team	Sp	Mp	K	K/s	E	Ta	Pct.	A	A/s	Sa	Sa/s	Se
2022-23	Penn St.	129	34	1	0.008	1	12	0.000	30	0.233	29	0.225	34
2023-24	Penn St.	120	32	0	0.000	0	9	0.000	103	0.858	28	0.233	40
2024-25	Penn St.	135	37	4	0.030	0	11	0.364	163	1.207	38	0.281	55
Totals:		384	103	5	0.013	1	32	0.125	296	0.771	95	0.247	129

Career Defensive Statistics

Season	Team	Dig	D/s	Re	Bhe	Pts	Pts/s
2022-23	Penn St.	237	1.837	14	0	30	0.233
2023-24	Penn St.	429	3.575	18	1	28	0.233
2024-25	Penn St.	529	3.919	29	0	42	0.311
Totals:		1195	3.112	61	1	100	0.260

2022 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
08/26/2022	vs UConn	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
08/27/2022	vs Loyola Maryland	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
08/27/2022	vs West Virginia	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/02/2022	at Iowa St.	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/02/2022	vs Troy	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	3
09/03/2022	at LSU	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2
09/09/2022	vs Stanford	W 3 – 2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/10/2022	at Oregon	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/16/2022	vs Howard	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/17/2022	vs UAlbany	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/17/2022	vs Coastal Carolina	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/23/2022	vs Indiana	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/24/2022	vs Michigan	L 0 – 3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/30/2022	at Wisconsin	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
10/02/2022	vs Michigan St.	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/07/2022	at Ohio St.	L 2 – 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2
10/09/2022	vs Illinois	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/14/2022	at Nebraska	L 0 – 3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/15/2022	at Iowa	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/21/2022	at Maryland	W 3 – 1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	3
10/23/2022	vs Rutgers	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/26/2022	at Illinois	L 1 – 3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1
10/29/2022	vs Ohio St.	L 2 – 3	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2
11/02/2022	vs Maryland	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	1
11/06/2022	at Rutgers	W 3 – 0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/11/2022	at Indiana	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/12/2022	at Purdue	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
11/18/2022	vs Minnesota	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2
11/19/2022	vs Wisconsin	L 2 – 3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/23/2022	at Northwestern	W 3 – 1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/25/2022	vs Purdue	W 3 – 2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
12/02/2022	vs UMBC	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
12/03/2022	vs UCF	W 3 – 1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
12/08/2022	at Wisconsin	L 2 – 3	0	1	1	-1	2	1	3	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	3
Totals:			1	1	12	0	30	1	29	34	14	237	0	0	0	0	0	30

Before Penn State: Ranked as the No. 36 recruit in 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com and No. 29 by Prep Dig … named to the 2021 AVCA Best and Brightest First Team … started at libero all four years for Nazareth Academy, leading the team to the state title as a senior and a third-place finish as a sophomore … had a career-high 35 digs in the state championship match, which was the first state title in any sport in school history … earned 1 all-state award and 2 all-conference honors … finished with more than 1,500 digs during her high school career … played 5 years of club volleyball with 1st Alliance and 2 years with Adversity … played high school and club volleyball with Penn State teammate Katie Hurta.

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