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Grace Penn

Class:
Junior
Position:
Setter
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
High School:
Notre Dame

AS A SENIOR (2023)
Appeared in all 32 matches and played 92 of 115 sets for the Eagles, recording 409 total assists with an average of 4.45 assists per set… Served 22 aces and recorded 144 digs on the season... registered 20 assists and 11 digs in the 3-0 win over UC Irvine (9/3)... fired off four aces, 16 assists, and two digs in the Eagle's three set win over Merrimack (9/17)... posted double-doubles in back-to-back weekends against Wake Forest (10/6) with 17 assists and 11 digs as well as against Duke with 15 assists and 11 digs… recorded her fourth double-double of the season against Georgia Tech (10/27), tallying her season high 26 assists along with 10 digs and one service ace.

AS A JUNIOR (2022)
Appeared and started in all 37 matches and played 141 total sets, recording a team-leading 852 assists with an average of 6.04 assists per set, 225 digs and 25 service aces on the season... registered 22 assists and five digs in three sets in win vs Siena (8/26)... recorded 24 assists, seven digs and an ace in three set win over Montana State (9/2)... dished out 20 assists and seven digs in four sets in win over Bryant (9/3)... was selected to the Bryant Invitational All-Tournament Team to help lead the Eagles to a 3-0 weekend... tallied a career-high 42 assists to go along with 14 digs and two service aces in five sets in win over LIU (9/9)... dished out 31 assists and seven digs in five set win over Duke (9/25)... recorded a 15 assist, 12 dig double-double in five set win against Bryant (9/28)... dished out 29 assists and added 10 digs for her third double-double of the season in a five set win against Virginia Tech (11/19)... had her second biggest assist total of the season with 36 and added six digs in five set win against Xavier in the NIVC Quarterfinals (12/7)... recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 34 assists and 10 digs in four set win over Drake in the NIVC Championship (12/14).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)
Led BC with 610 assists, averaging 5.08 per set in 120 sets across 33 matches… posted 178 digs, averaging 1.48 per set, and added 18 service aces… surpassed 30 assists in a match on four occasions… tallied three double-doubles… dished out 30 assists in a five-set win over Northeastern (8/28) with seven digs… started first match of the season and registered a 25-assist, 11-dig double-double at St. John’s (9/10)… collected 31 assists in four sets to beat Fordham (9/11)… recorded 24 assists and eight digs in a four-set win over Syracuse (9/22)… collected 23 assists and 13 digs in a win over Virginia Tech (10/1)… posted 28 assists and six digs in a four-set win over Clemson (10/22)… tallied 20 assists, seven digs and three aces to beat Duke (11/13)… registered 29 assists and nine digs at Virginia Tech (11/19)… career-high 35 assists and 14 digs against Connecticut (12/5) in the NIVC second round.

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Totaled 278 assists, averaging 4.48 per set, across 62 sets in 18 matches… added 71 digs and eight service aces… posted 16 assists and four digs against Louisville (10/3)… dished out 17 assists and added five digs at Syracuse (10/16)… picked up 18 assists and six digs against Notre Dame (10/24)… collected 18 assists at Clemson (3/20) in just three sets… tallied 18 kills and five digs vs. Miami (3/26)… totaled season-high 33 assists and seven digs at Wake Forest (4/2)… recorded 24 assists and matched season-high in digs at seven against Merrimack (4/3).

PENN'S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 1, 10/16/22 @ NC State (most recent)
Assists: 42, 9/09/22 vs LIU (URI Invitational)
Points: 4, 11/13/22 vs Syracuse
Aces: 4, 11/13/22 vs Syracuse
Digs: 14, 9/09/22 vs LIU (URI Invitational)
Total Blocks: 0

BEFORE BC
Four-year varsity player at Notre Dame High School… totaled more than 2,500 career assists with a career-high 1,022 in 2017; averaging 10.2 per set… picked up a career-best 196 digs in 2018… team MVP as a senior… earned all-league recognition on three occasions… Prep Volleyball senior ace watch list… helped team to two league titles in 2017 and 2018… played for Sunshine Volleyball Club for five years.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Tom and Melissa Penn… one sibling; TJ… enrolled in the Carroll School of Management as a business major... recipient of the Joseph T. Alves '44, '48 Scholarship Fund.