Gillian Grimes

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Gilllian Grimes #3 L/DS 5’6″

2024 Cumulative Team Stats

2024 Season (Junior): Hightlights and Awards: 2024 National Champion … named Second Team All-Big Ten … voted to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … named to the State College NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team … earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season Recap: Played in all 37 matches (starting all 37 as libero) and all 135 sets … led the team in digs (529) and digs/set (3.92) and was 2nd on the team with 38 aces … reached double-digit digs 30 times and had 20+ plus digs in 6 matches, including a season-high 27 in a 4-set win over Yale (9/22 )… averaged 4.12 digs/set and tallied 3 aces over Penn State’s 6 NCAA Tournament matches … vs No. 2 Nebraska (11/29) posted 12 digs and 1 ace in a 4-set win that clinched a share of the Big Ten title.

NCAA Tournament: Tallied double-digit digs in all 6 NCAA Tournament matches … opened the NCAA Tournament with 14 digs in a sweep vs Delaware State (12/6) … vs North Carolina in the NCAA Second Round (12/7) tallied 16 digs in a 4-set win … vs Marquette in the NCAA Regional Semifinal (12/13) contributed 15 digs in a 4-set win … in the NCAA Regional Final vs No. 6 Creighton (12/15) totaled 17 digs and 1 ace in a 5-set win … in a reverse-sweep win in the NCAA National Semifinal vs. No. 3 Nebraska (12/19) racked up 25 digs and 1 ace … in the NCAA Championship match at No. 4 Louisville (12/22) finished with 16 digs and 1 ace to help Penn State secure its 8th national title with a 3-1 win.

2025 Season (Senior)

2023 Season (Sophomore)

2022 Season (Freshman)

2024 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 1 11/27/2024 Rutgers
Assists 9 12/19/2024 Nebraska
Points 4 11/01/2024 Iowa
Aces 4 11/01/2024 Iowa
Digs 27 09/22/2024 Yale
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 Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2022-23 Penn St. 237 1.837 14 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 30 0.233
2023-24 Penn St. 429 3.575 18 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 28 0.233
2024-25 Penn St. 529 3.919 29 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 42 0.311
Totals: 1195 3.112 61 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 100 0.260
2024 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
08/30/2024 at Tennessee W 3 – 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/01/2024 at Temple W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/03/2024 vs Louisville W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/06/2024 at Kentucky W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/07/2024 at Ball St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/13/2024 vs Duke W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/14/2024 vs Princeton W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/2024 vs St. John’s (NY) W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/18/2024 at Pittsburgh L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2024 vs James Madison W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/22/2024 vs Yale W 3 – 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/25/2024 at Purdue W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/29/2024 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/03/2024 vs Maryland W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 1 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 3
10/04/2024 vs Oregon W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11/2024 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 2
10/13/2024 at Indiana W 3 – 1 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/18/2024 at Ohio St. W 3 – 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 2
10/20/2024 vs Minnesota W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/24/2024 at UCLA W 3 – 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/26/2024 at Southern California W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/30/2024 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2
11/01/2024 vs Iowa W 3 – 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 2 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 4
11/08/2024 at Northwestern W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/09/2024 at Wisconsin L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/15/2024 vs Illinois W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/17/2024 at Maryland W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2
11/21/2024 vs Purdue W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/24/2024 vs Washington W 3 – 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/27/2024 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 1 0 3 0.333 2 0 2 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 3
11/29/2024 vs Nebraska W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
12/06/2024 vs Delaware St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/07/2024 vs North Carolina W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13/2024 vs Marquette W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/15/2024 vs Creighton W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 1
12/19/2024 at Nebraska W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 3 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 1
12/22/2024 vs Louisville W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 3 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals: 4 0 11 0.364 163 0 38 55 29 529 0 0 0 0 0 42
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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