Grace Turner

2022

• Started in all 29 matches and appeared in all possible 115 sets as the team’s six-rotation outside hitter
• VaSID First Team All-State
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Second Team All-ACC
• Finished eighth in the ACC in kills per set (3.45) and points per set (4.11), and third in aces per set (0.38)
• Notched six 20-kill performances, the most by a UVA player in a single season since 2010, when Simone Asque, recorded seven 20-kill outings.
• Posted 19 kills in UVA’s sweep over Virginia Tech (Nov. 11), the most by a Cavalier in a three-set match since 2013 and good for No. 5 all-time in UVA history among three-set matches
• Notched a career-high 24 kills at Boston College (Nov. 4)
• Recorded 23 kills in three matches: Charlotte (Sept. 9), North Carolina (Sept. 25) and Virginia Tech (Oct. 28)
• Also had 14 digs in UVA’s five-set win over the Hokies to earn her ninth career double-double
• Served a career-best six aces against North Carolina (Sept. 25), which tied for eighth all-time in UVA history and tied for second among five-set matches under rally-scoring format (since 2001)
• UVA All-Tournament Team (Sept. 17)
• Registered her eighth career double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs in UVA’s four-set win over East Carolina (Sept. 16)
• Recorded her second consecutive 20+ kill performance (22k) against Charlotte (Sept. 10)
• Posted a career-high 23 kills and 15 digs in UVA’s five-set win over Charlotte (Sept. 9)
• First Cavalier to register back-to-back 20+ kill performances since 2016
• Xavier Tournament All-Tournament Team – MVP
• Notched her sixth career double-double (19 kills, 14 digs) in UVA’s five-set comeback win at Xavier (Sept. 2)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021

• All-ACC Academic Team
• Appeared in all 28 matches, including 25 starts, and played in 98 sets
• Second on the team in kills (228) and kills per set (2.33)
• Led the team in aces (27) and aces per set (0.28)
• Fourth on the team in digs (157) and digs per set (1.60)
• Led the team in points (283.0) and points per set (2.89)
• Only player in the ACC to post two five-ace performances, which she did against Hofstra (Aug. 28) and at NC State (Sept. 24)
• Her five aces against the Pride and Wolfpack were a career best
• Notched a double-double with 15 kills and 12 digs against Boston College (Nov. 5)
• Her season high of 19 kills in UVA’s five-set win at VCU (Sept. 10) was the most by a Cavalier in a single match this season
• Took a career-high 60 swings against the Rams
• Tallied a career-best five blocks against in UVA’s five-set win over Akron (Sept. 3), at NC State (Sept. 24) and Boston College (Oct. 5)
• Maryland Invite All-tournament Team (Aug. 27-28)
• ACC Honor Roll recipient

2020 

• Appeared in 12 matches, including nine starts, and played in 38 sets 
• Averaged 2.45 kills per set 
• Posted a season-high 14 kills at Virginia Tech (Oct. 16) 
• Registered her fourth career double-double against NC State (Oct. 24) after posting 13 kills and a season-high 11 digs
• ACC Honor Roll recipient

2019 

• Suffered season-ending knee injury in third match of season 
• Received a medical redshirt 
• Produced a career-high 21 kills and 13 digs in season opener against Furman (Aug. 30) 
• Added 13 digs to her 21 kills against Furman to record a double-double
• ACC Honor Roll recipient

2018 

• Made 26 appearances, starting 12 matches in her first season 
• Finished third on the team with 212 kills, averaging a second-best 2.49 per set 
• Produced 22 service aces, second-most on the team 
• Added 159 digs, averaging 1.87 per set 
• Ended the year second on the team with an average of 2.99 points per set 

BACKGROUND 

• Captained her high school squad from 2016-18 
• 2017 AVCA Under Armour Third Team All-Star 
• 2017 Division II District 16 Player of the Year 
• Led McNicholas to a second place finish in the district in 2017 
• Member of the GCL Co-Ed Central champions
  

PERSONAL

• Pursuing her master’s degree in Educational Psychology–Social Foundations
• Graduated with her undergraduate degree in Sociology in December of 2021
• Recipient of the 2022-2023 Mark and Anne Sternheimer Scholarship for Excellence in Athletics Fund