9 Lauren Grover
Lauren Grover
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • High School:
    Olentangy
  • Position:
    MH
  • m
    33
  • k/s
    2.28
  • h %
    .316
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    1.34
  • sa/s
    0.04
  • d/s
    0.35

Bio

2011: Dominant middle hitter who enters the new season as one of the very best at her position in the nation…Named to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight All-Tournament Team after getting 20 kills with a .415 hitting percentage in the national quarterfinal and semifinal matches…Had 12 kills and one error in the national semifinal against Cal State-San Bernardino, while being matched up with Division II National Player of the Year Samantha Middleborn…Named Second-Team All-GLIAC after finishing the season ranked second in the conference in hitting percentage (.392) and fifth in blocks per set (0.91)…Had career-high 15 kills in 3-1 win over Findlay Oct. 2…Had at least five total blocks in eight matches during the season, with a high of eight in the regional championship win over the University of Indianapolis Nov. 20…Had at least seven kills in 32 of the team’s 34 matches during the season…Finished second on the team with 310 kills and 107 total blocks…Had a hitting percentage of .500 or better 11 times…Had 15 double-digit kill matches, and had a .429 hitting percentage in five NCAA Tournament matches…Named the GLIAC South Division Player of the Week on Sept. 26…Member of the GLIAC All-Academic Team.


2010: Emerged as one of the most powerful middle hitters in the GLIAC...Named the GLIAC South Division Player of the Week on Sept. 20 after getting 15 kills versus one error in two wins at Tiffin and Ohio Dominican over the course of a single weekend...Had a dominant performance in First Round GLIAC Tournament match versus Ashland, getting 10 kills with no errors on 15 attempts with three blocks on Nov. 11...Followed that up with 11 kills on one error in the championship match victory over Grand Valley State three days later...Had seven kills on eight attempts without an error in sweep of Findlay Oct. 20...Second on the team with 113 total blocks...Already ranks eighth in school history in career total blocks with 196 after just two seasons...Was a very consistent blocker, getting at least two total blocks in 29 of the team's 31 matches played during the season...Ranked seventh in the GLIAC in hitting percentage and sixth in total blocks.

2009: Stepped into a starting role as middle hitter and upgraded the middle hitter position into one of a strength of the team in her first year...Finished second on the team with 83 total blocks...Had her best match of the season in a memorable 3-1 win over Grand Valley State on Oct. 2, picking up five kills and nine total blocks, including four solo blocks...Has a nice combination of strength and athleticism...Had season-high 12 kills vs. St. Joseph's College on Sept. 4 at the University of Findlay Tournament...Had seven total blocks in the regional semifinal match vs. Indianapolis.

High School: A big and strong middle hitter, Grover led Olentangy High School to a perfect home volleyball record in 2008 and won multiple conference and district championships throughout her career...Was named team MVP, First-Team All-Conference three times and First-Team All-District three times...Earned Scholar-Athlete accolades in high school...Played for the Club M m.81 club volleyball team under coach Mike Carter...Had a 3.5 overall grade point average in high school...Volunteers at the Worthington Christian Retirement Center and has served as a member of the Service Club and DECA, a Columbus-area youth group...Born March 26, 1991...Parents are Steve and Kim Grover, and Renee Grover...Is a Marketing Management major...Member of Chi Omega...Will serve as the Hillsdale College Senior Class President in the 2012-13 school year.

2012 Stats

2011 stats

2010 stats

2009 stats

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 9 at Ferris St. L, 3-0
Nov 10 at Grand Valley St. L, 3-1
Nov 14 at Grand Valley St. L, 3-0
Nov 29 vs. Grand Valley St. W, 3-1
Nov 30 vs. Ashland W, 3-2
Dec 1 at Indianapolis L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 33 18
Sets 119 65
Kills 271 137
Kills per set 2.28 2.11
Errors 85 44
Total Attacks 589 291
Hitting Percentage .316 .320
Assists 7 4
Assists per set 0.06 0.06
Service Aces 5 5
Service Errors 12 10
Service Aces per set 0.04 0.08
Receptions 40 16
Reception Errors 4 1
Digs 42 28
Digs per set 0.35 0.43
Block Solo 39 26
Block Assist 120 73
Block Total 159 99
Blocks per set 1.34 1.52
Block Errors 2 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 375.0 204.5
Points per set 3.2 3.1
Matches started 31 17
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 vs. Southwest Minn. St. L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 22 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 10.0
Aug 31 vs. BYU-Hawaii L, 3-0 1 3 6 3 16 .188 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 1 vs. Regis (Colo.) L, 3-1 1 4 13 4 35 .257 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 15.0
Sep 1 at Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 11 .000 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Sep 7 vs. California (Pa.) L, 3-2 1 5 13 1 25 .480 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 0 8 0 17.0
Sep 7 vs. Indianapolis L, 3-0 1 3 13 1 26 .462 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 15.0
Sep 8 vs. Urbana W, 3-0 - 2 2 0 9 .222 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
Sep 8 vs. Wheeling Jesuit L, 3-2 1 5 6 4 17 .118 0 0 0 9 1 0 2 5 0 7 0 10.5
Sep 14 Grand Valley St. W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 21 .238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 12.0
Sep 15 Ferris St. L, 3-0 1 3 6 5 16 .063 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 6 0 10.0
Sep 21 Ohio Dominican W, 3-1 1 4 9 2 19 .368 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 5 0 8 0 15.5
Sep 22 Tiffin W, 3-1 1 4 11 1 18 .556 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 14.0
Sep 25 Northwood (MI) L, 3-1 1 4 13 1 21 .571 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 7 0 9 0 19.5
Sep 28 at Malone W, 3-1 1 4 9 3 27 .222 0 0 1 2 0 3 4 2 0 6 0 14.0
Sep 29 at Walsh W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 11 .455 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 5 0 10.0
Oct 5 Wayne St. (Mich.) W, 3-2 1 5 11 4 28 .250 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 11 1 12 0 19.5
Oct 6 Findlay W, 3-2 1 5 8 1 16 .438 0 1 1 4 0 5 1 6 0 7 0 13.0
Oct 12 vs. William Jewell W, 3-0 1 3 11 4 18 .389 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Oct 12 vs. Rockhurst W, 3-1 1 4 12 6 23 .261 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 6 0 17.0
Oct 13 vs. Missouri S&T W, 3-1 1 4 9 1 14 .571 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 14.0
Oct 19 at Lake Erie W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Oct 20 at Ashland W, 3-0 1 3 7 6 18 .056 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Oct 26 Saginaw Valley W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 10 0 9.5
Oct 27 Lake Superior St. W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 10 .700 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 11.0
Oct 30 at Northwood (MI) L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Nov 2 at Northern Mich. L, 3-1 1 4 12 5 21 .333 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Nov 3 at Michigan Tech L, 3-2 1 5 5 2 15 .200 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 0 5 0 10.0
Nov 9 at Ferris St. L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 7.0
Nov 10 at Grand Valley St. L, 3-1 1 4 9 2 21 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Nov 14 at Grand Valley St. L, 3-0 1 3 11 1 19 .526 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Nov 29 vs. Grand Valley St. W, 3-1 1 4 11 3 22 .364 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 13.5
Nov 30 vs. Ashland W, 3-2 1 5 10 4 23 .261 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 12.0
Dec 1 at Indianapolis L, 3-0 1 3 9 3 18 .333 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2012-13 33 119 271 2.28 85 589 .316 7 0.06 5 0.04 40 4 42 0.35 39 120 159 1.34 375.0 3.2
Total 33 119 271 2.28 85 589 .316 7 0.06 5 0.04 40 4 42 0.35 39 120 159 1.34 375.0 3.2
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 33 119 271 2.28 85 589 .316 7 0.06 5 0.04 40 4 42 0.35 39 120 159 1.34 375.0 3.2
Conference 18 65 137 2.11 44 291 .320 4 0.06 5 0.08 16 1 28 0.43 26 73 99 1.52 204.5 3.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 35 78 2.23 19 156 .378 2 0.06 5 0.14 7 0 17 0.49 15 52 67 1.91 124.0 3.5
Away 12 39 81 2.08 31 183 .273 2 0.05 0 0.00 14 2 14 0.36 11 27 38 0.97 105.5 2.7
Neutral 12 45 112 2.49 35 250 .308 3 0.07 0 0.00 19 2 11 0.24 13 41 54 1.20 145.5 3.2
Result Wins 17 61 138 2.26 42 285 .337 6 0.10 4 0.07 14 0 30 0.49 25 69 94 1.54 201.5 3.3
Losses 16 58 133 2.29 43 304 .296 1 0.02 1 0.02 26 4 12 0.21 14 51 65 1.12 173.5 3.0
Month August 2 6 12 2.00 7 38 .132 1 0.17 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.17 1 6 7 1.17 16.0 2.7
September 13 48 113 2.35 30 256 .324 4 0.08 2 0.04 23 3 21 0.44 18 53 71 1.48 159.5 3.3
October 10 34 74 2.18 25 145 .338 2 0.06 3 0.09 9 0 12 0.35 13 44 57 1.68 112.0 3.3
November 7 28 63 2.25 20 132 .326 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 1 7 0.25 7 14 21 0.75 77.0 2.8
December 1 3 9 3.00 3 18 .333 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 1 0.33 0 3 3 1.00 10.5 3.5