Grace Turner

2021

• All-ACC Academic selection
• 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)
• All-tournament selection at the Maryland Invite (Aug. 27-28)

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 

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 

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

• Currently 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