Gillian Grimes – DigNittanyVolleyball.com

Gillian Grimes #3 L 5’6″

2025 Cumulative Team Stats

2025 Season (Senior): Highlights and Awards: Named the first-ever recipient of the Big Ten Libero of the Year and earned First Team All-Big Ten honors.

Season Recap: Played in all 32 matches and all 121 sets … totaled 441 digs (3.65 digs/set) … posted double-digit digs in 24 matches during the regular season … was considered by many to be the best passer in the conference.

NCAA Tournament: Recorded 2 aces and 10 digs in NCAA First Round win vs. South Fla. (12/05) … tallied 11 digs in NCAA Second Round match at Texas (12/6).

2024 Season (Junior)

2023 Season (Sophomore)

2022 Season (Freshman)

2025 Season Highs		Date
Kills	1	11/16/2025	Ohio St.
Assists	8	10/31/2025	Michigan
Points	4	10/17/2025	Washington
Aces	3	10/17/2025	Washington
Digs	27	11/09/2025	Illinois

Career Offensive Statistics	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
2025-26	Penn St.	121	32	4	0.033	1	19	0.158	109	0.901	30	0.248	46
Totals:		505	135	9	0.018	2	51	0.137	405	0.802	125	0.248	175

Career Defensive Statistics	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
2025-26	Penn St.	441	3.645	24	0	34	0.281
Totals:		1636	3.240	85	1	134	0.265

2025 Match Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	K	E	TA	%	AST	E	SA	SE	RE	Dig	BS	BA	BE	TB	BHE	PTS
08/23/2025	at Creighton	W 3 – 0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	2
08/25/2025	at Kansas	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1
08/31/2025	vs Arizona St.	L 1 – 3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	2
09/01/2025	vs TCU	L 2 – 3	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/05/2025	vs Kentucky	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/07/2025	vs New Hampshire	W 3 – 0	0	0	2	0	8	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
09/09/2025	vs Bucknell	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/17/2025	vs Pittsburgh	L 1 – 3	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	1
09/19/2025	vs Princeton	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/21/2025	vs Central Mich.	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/26/2025	vs Southern California	W 3 – 2	1	0	1	1	7	0	2	1	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	3
09/28/2025	vs UCLA	L 1 – 3	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1
10/03/2025	vs Nebraska	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/05/2025	at Maryland	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	3
10/10/2025	vs Wisconsin	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1
10/11/2025	vs Northwestern	W 3 – 1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1
10/17/2025	at Washington	L 2 – 3	1	0	1	1	4	0	3	1	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	4
10/18/2025	at Oregon	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
10/24/2025	vs Rutgers	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/26/2025	at Ohio St.	W 3 – 1	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	2	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	2
10/31/2025	at Michigan	L 2 – 3	0	1	2	-0.5	8	1	2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2
11/02/2025	vs Indiana	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/07/2025	at Purdue	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/09/2025	at Illinois	W 3 – 1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1
11/14/2025	at Minnesota	L 0 – 3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/16/2025	vs Ohio St.	W 3 – 2	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1
11/21/2025	vs Michigan St.	W 3 – 0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/23/2025	vs Maryland	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/28/2025	at Nebraska	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/29/2025	at Iowa	W 3 – 1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	1
12/05/2025	vs South Fla.	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2
12/06/2025	at Texas	L 0 – 3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:			4	1	19	0.158	109	1	30	46	24	441	0	0	0	0	0	34

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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