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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

12 Grace Heywood

12 Grace Heywood

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Major:
    Sports and Recreation Management
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Highschool:
    Glenbrook North
  • Hometown:
    Northbrook, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2023: Appeared in 27 matches with 100 sets played ... Led the team in kills with 368, digs with 280, and service aces with 46 ... Finished third on the team in assists with 15 ... Climbed across national numbers, the week of Sep. 8, was number two in the nation for total attacks, number three in kills, and number four in points ... Crossed the 500 career kill mark against Rockford (Sep. 21) ... Had a career-high six service aces against the Milwaukee School of Engineering (Oct. 7) ... Had a career-high 27 digs against Benedictine (Sep. 28) ... In the Cougar record books, she is tenth all-time in season kills and third all-time in season attack attempts ... NACC All-Conference Second Team.

2022: Appeared in 84 sets across 24 matches ... Second in the conference in kills ... Led the team in nearly every offensive category with 356.0 points, 4.24 points per set, 324 kills, 3.86 kills per set, and a .152 hitting percentage ... Fourth on the team with 25 service aces ... Defensively she was second in digs and digs per set 352 and 3.96, respectively ... Added 14 assists and 14 blocks ... NACC All-Conference First Team ... CSC Academic All-District Team ... USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award ... NACC Scholar Athlete (2022-23).

2021: Appeared in 22 matches with nine starts in her first year in River Forest ... Registered 54 points on 32 kills ... Had a season-high nine kills and 13 digs against Illinois College (Sept. 3) ... Added 22 service aces on the year ... Recorded 141 digs ... NACC Scholar-Athlete (2021-22).

Previous College: Played volleyball for one season at the University of Northwestern Ohio.
 
High School
: Senior year MVP … Female Athlete of Class of 2019.

Family: Daughter of Catherine and John … Siblings are Catherine, John, Joe, Mary, Thomas, Chrise, Jane and Anne.

Favorite sport other than volleyball: Baseball
Favorite food: Salad
Favorite movie: 1000 to 1
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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2021Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    12
  • 12

    2022Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    12
  • 12

    2023Fifth Year

    Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    12