Serena Gray Season 2019

CAREER
Awards: Earned two honorable-mention All-America honors (2018, 2019)…Is a two-time All-Northeast Region honorable mention…Earned one Academic All-Big Ten honor…Voted to 2019 NCAA Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team…Won one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award.

2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named an honorable-mention All-American and honorable-mention All-Northeast Region…Voted to Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team…Named the MVP of the Penn State Classic.

Season: Started all 33 matches and played in all 117 sets at middle blocker…Was second on the team in kills (317), kills/set (2.71), aces (34), blocks (92) and blocks/set (0.79)…Recorded double-digit kills in 14 matches…Hit over .700 in three of those matches, over .500 in five those matches and over .300 in 12 of those matches…Had a season-high 18 kills on .708 hitting in a three-set win over Wichita State…Hit .636 with 21 kills and no errors in two matches at the Stanford Regional of the NCAA Tournament…Had five or more blocks five times, including a season-high seven twice.

Holy Cross (8/31): Hit .765 with 13 kills and two blocks in a three-set win. Wichita State (8/31): Hit .765 with a season-high 18 kills in a three-set win. at Iowa State (9/6): Hit .500 with nine kills. vs. LSU (9/7): Hit .667 with six kills and three blocks. Stanford (9/13): Hit .368 with 10 kills and two blocks. Pitt (9/20): Hit .438 with eight kills and four blocks. at Pitt (9/22): Totaled 10 kills, six blocks and two aces. Michigan State (9/25): Hit .333 with six kills and four blocks. Rutgers (9/28): Hit .583 with eight kills, two blocks and one ace. Iowa (10/5): Hit .500 with nine kills, three blocks and two aces. Maryland (10/11): Tallied 13 kills and four blocks. Ohio State (10/12): Hit .368 with nine kills, five blocks and one ace. at Michigan State (10/20): Hit .389 with nine kills, two blocks and one ace. Illinois (10/23): Finished with 17 kills on .378 hitting and added three blocks and five digs. at Nebraska (11/2): Posted a season-high seven blocks and added seven kills. Indiana (11/8): Hit .500 with 10 kills and two aces. at Rutgers (11/24): Hit .313 with seven kills, three aces and one block. Wisconsin (11/29): Hit .333 with 13 kills and five blocks. Minnesota (11/30): Hit .435 with 13 kills and three blocks. Princeton (12/6): Hit .450 with 11 kills, two blocks and one ace in the NCAA First Round. Towson (12/7): Matched a season high with seven blocks in the NCAA Second Round. vs. Cincinnati (12/13): Hit .700 with 14 kills, four blocks and three aces in the NCAA Regional Semifinal. at Stanford (12/14): Hit .538 with seven kills and two aces in the NCAA Regional Final.

2018 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named an honorable-mention All-American and honorable-mention All-Northeast Region honoree…Selected to the American Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team…Earned one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award (11/26).
Season: Played in 95 sets over 30 matches before having her season cut short due to injury…Finished with 171 kills, 119 blocks (1.24/set) and 13 aces while hitting .325…Had three matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 12 against Wisconsin (11/24)…Tallied five-plus blocks in a match 14 times, including a season-high seven in a three-set win over Texas A&M (9/1).

Eastern Kentucky (8/24): Made collegiate debut and tallied three blocks.UMBC (8/25): Hit .545 with seven kills. Temple (8/31): Totaled six blocks and hit .333 with five kills. Texas A&M (9/1): Tallied a season-high seven blocks and hit .600 with six kills. vs. Oregon (9/8): Finished with six blocks and hit .333 with six kills.vs. Buffalo (9/14): Hit .667 with 11 kills and three blocks.at Howard (9/14): Posted six kills.at American (9/15): Totaled 10 kills on .300 hitting and added six blocks. at Minnesota (9/19): Contributed four blocks and four kills. at Ohio State (9/23): Tallied six blocks. at Michigan State (9/28): Finished with six blocks and hit .500 with five kills.at Michigan (9/30): Hit .571 with nine kills and had six blocks for the second-straight match.at Purdue (10/10): Contributed four blocks and seven kills. Nebraska (10/13): Totaled six blocks and nine kills.at Rutgers (10/20): Hit .333 with six kills. Indiana (10/26): Registered four blocks. Purdue (10/27): Totaled seven kills and five blocks. at Iowa (11/3): Hit .300 with eight kills and five blocks. at Illinois (11/10): Hit .500 with eight kills and five blocks.Northwestern (11/17): Hit .889 with eight kills on nine attacks and added three blocks. Minnesota (11/23): Hit .318 with nine kills and five blocks. Wisconsin (11/24): Hit .647 with a season-high 12 kills and added six blocks.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was the No. 5 ranked 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace…Was a member of the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team…Was the runner-up with club SG Elite for Girls’ Junior National Championship in 15 Open, and finished in third place in 2017 for the 17 Open age group…Named the TCHS Varsity Defender of the Year and Rio Hondo League 2014 Second Team All-League as a freshman…Did not play her sophomore season…Named the TCHS MVP in her junior and senior seasons and was Rio Hondo League 2016 and 2017 First Team All-League.

PERSONAL
Born Serena Nicole Gray on January 21, 2000, in Glendale, California…Parents are Terence and Kristen Gray…Has one older sibling, Cameron…Majoring in psychology.