5 Grace Novotny
Grace Novotny
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Wauwatosa, Wis.
  • High School:
    Divine Savior Holy Angels
  • Position:
    DS
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    0.07
  • h %
    .313
  • a/s
    0.14
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.41
  • d/s
    2.25

Bio

2021: Named a team captain for the 2022 season … Named to GLIAC Academic All-Excellence Team … Appeared in all 32 matches and tallied 241 digs, averaging 2.13 per set … Also added 32 service aces and 31 assists … Had nine matches with double-digit digs with a season-high 15 digs in the NCAA Tournament against Hillsdale (Dec. 3) … Notched 14 digs in two GLIAC Tournament matches against Davenport (Nov. 20) and Ferris State (Nov. 21).

Spring 2021: Appeared in 13 matches and tallied 105 digs (2.33 per set) … Added 12 service aces and eight assists … Had four matches with double-digit digs … Had a season-high 15 digs at Grand Valley State (Mar. 26) and 14 digs against Ferris State (Apr. 10) in the GLIAC Semifinal … Tallied 11 digs versus Lake Superior State (Feb. 20) and at Northern Michigan (Apr. 3).

2019: Appeared in 32 matches and 111 sets … Ranked third on the team with 306 digs and 3.45 digs per set … Also added 25 assists (0.23 per set) and 19 service aces (0.17 per set) … Had double-digit digs in 16 matches … Tallied a career-high 27 digs and four assists at St. Cloud State (Sept. 13) … Had 18 digs in the GLIAC Championship match at Ferris State (Nov. 24) … Notched four service aces versus Cedarville (Oct. 19).

2018: Appeared in all 30 matches and played in all 113 sets from the defensive specialist position … Made first collegiate start against Alaska (Aug. 24) … Finished third on the team with 319 digs (2.82 per set) … Also recorded 26 service aces (0.23 per set) and 25 assists (0.22 per set) … Had 17 matches with double-digit digs … Recorded season-high 18 digs vs. against Ferris State (Sept. 15 & Nov. 2).

High School: A three-year starter for Divine Savior Holy Angels High School... As a senior, led high school team to the 2017 State Semifinalists as team captain... Earned First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-State honors... Was First Team All-Conference, Third Team All-Area, Third Team All-State in 2016... Was a Wisconsin Division 1 State Champion in 2015 and Honorable Mention All-Conference... Won a Premier Division AAU National Championship in 2014 and was named Premier Division MVP.

Personal: Enjoys hanging out with friends and shopping … Daughter of Joe and Kim Novotny … Mother played volleyball and father football at St. Norbert College … Has two young brothers, Jack and Will … Born on January 18, 2000 … Majoring in electrical engineering with a minor in economics and holds a 3.26 GPA.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 28 at Wayne State L, 3-0
Oct 29 at Saginaw Valley State W, 3-2
Nov 4 Parkside W, 3-1
Nov 5 Purdue Northwest W, 3-0
Nov 9 at Wayne State W, 3-0
Nov 11 at Ferris State L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 30 18
Sets 104 64
Kills 7 6
Kills per set 0.07 0.09
Errors 2 1
Total Attacks 16 11
Hitting Percentage .313 .455
Assists 15 12
Assists per set 0.14 0.19
Service Aces 43 19
Service Errors 38 23
Service Aces per set 0.41 0.30
Receptions 339 211
Reception Errors 19 12
Digs 234 131
Digs per set 2.25 2.05
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 50.0 25.0
Points per set 0.5 0.4
Matches started 11 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Cal Poly Pomona W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 26 vs. Academy of Art W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 4 2 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Aug 27 vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 1 2 1 9 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Aug 27 at Cal St. Monterey Bay W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 vs. Upper Iowa T, 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 vs. McKendree L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 0 1 1 15 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Illinois-Springfield W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 15 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Minnesota Crookston W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 9 Davenport L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 1 3 11 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 10 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 16 Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 17 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 20 at Northern Michigan L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 2 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 23 at Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 2 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 24 at Parkside W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 20 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 30 at Lake Superior State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at Ferris State L, 3-1 - 4 3 0 6 .500 1 0 0 19 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 7 Saginaw Valley State W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 17 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 Wayne State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 14 vs. Ashland L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 14 vs. Indianapolis W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 19 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 15 vs. Cedarville (Ohio) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 21 at Grand Valley State W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 2 2 0 14 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 22 at Davenport L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 1 12 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 25 Northern Michigan W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 1 2 3 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 28 at Wayne State L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 29 at Saginaw Valley State W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 0 - 1 2 5 13 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 4 Parkside W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 13 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 5 Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 2 .000 1 3 2 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 9 at Wayne State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 15 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 11 at Ferris State L, 3-1 1 4 0 1 2 -.500 1 1 2 19 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
  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
2018-19 30 113 5 0.04 0 14 .357 25 0.22 26 0.23 358 28 319 2.82 0 0 0 0.00 31.0 0.3
2019-20 32 111 3 0.03 0 15 .200 25 0.23 19 0.17 257 23 306 2.76 0 0 0 0.00 22.0 0.2
2020-21 13 45 0 0.00 0 2 .000 8 0.18 12 0.27 158 9 105 2.33 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.3
2021-22 32 113 2 0.02 2 11 .000 31 0.27 32 0.28 372 23 241 2.13 0 0 0 0.00 34.0 0.3
2022-23 30 104 7 0.07 2 16 .313 15 0.14 43 0.41 339 19 234 2.25 0 0 0 0.00 50.0 0.5
Total 137 486 17 0.03 4 58 .224 104 0.21 132 0.27 1484 102 1205 2.48 0 0 0 0.00 149.0 0.3
    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 30 104 7 0.07 2 16 .313 15 0.14 43 0.41 339 19 234 2.25 0 0 0 0.00 50.0 0.5
Conference 18 64 6 0.09 1 11 .455 12 0.19 19 0.30 211 12 131 2.05 0 0 0 0.00 25.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 31 2 0.06 1 3 .333 5 0.16 8 0.26 90 8 57 1.84 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.3
Away 12 43 4 0.09 1 10 .300 8 0.19 16 0.37 161 6 105 2.44 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.5
Neutral 9 30 1 0.03 0 3 .333 2 0.07 19 0.63 88 5 72 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.7
Result Wins 20 69 4 0.06 1 6 .500 8 0.12 39 0.57 203 11 158 2.29 0 0 0 0.00 43.0 0.6
Losses 10 35 3 0.09 1 10 .200 7 0.20 4 0.11 136 8 76 2.17 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.2
Month August 4 12 1 0.08 0 2 .500 1 0.08 8 0.67 22 2 31 2.58 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.8
September 11 38 1 0.03 0 3 .333 2 0.05 15 0.39 123 8 71 1.87 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.4
October 11 40 4 0.10 0 7 .571 10 0.25 12 0.30 139 6 95 2.38 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.4
November 4 14 1 0.07 2 4 -.250 2 0.14 8 0.57 55 3 37 2.64 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.6

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