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Jersey Number 13
Grace Smith
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Woodbridge, Va.
Honors: Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Fall 2025)
Junior (2025)
• Started 15 matches and appeared in 19, averaging 0.79 kills and 1.11 blocks per set with a .215 attck efficiency
• Ranked sixth in CUSA in blocking average, tallying four or more stuffs in eight contests
• Had 11 blocks against SEMO (9/19), tying for the team’s single-match high in 2025
• Tallied a season-high 10 kills without an error on .500 hitting against CUSA regular-season co-champion Western Kentucky (10/3)
• Recorded seven blocks versus Purdue Fort Wayne (9/12) and six against Lindenwood (9/6) and at FIU (9/27)
Sophomore (2024)
• Played in 19 matches with 12 starts in her first season with the Bears
• Hit .220 with averages of 1.21 kills and 0.66 blocks per set
• Had five or more kills in eight matches, hitting above .300 in three of those
• Swatted a season-high nine kills in the MVC opener at Southern Illinois (9/19)
• Collected four or more blocks four times with a high of five against Robert Morris (8/31)
Background
• Spent the 2023 season at Norfolk State before joining the Bears in the spring 2024 semester
• As a true freshman at NSU, hit .257 with averages of 1.15 kills and 0.70 blocks per set while appearing in 74 of the Spartans’ 83 sets, earning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team honors
• Helped the Colgan High Sharks to a Virginia Class 6A state runner-up finish as a senior in 2022, earning first-team all-state honors from Prep Dig and ranking as the No. 3 middle blocker and 13th overall player in the state
• Hit .391 while ranking second on the team in blocks and kills as a senior
• Won a state title her junior year, hitting .349 and finishing second on the squad in blocks and kills
• Sophomore season was cancelled due to COVID, and she was promoted to the varsity for regional playoffs as a freshman
Personal
• Born September 30, 2005 in Oceanside, Calif.
• Daughter of Kevin and Ebony Smith
• Mother played volleyball and basketball collegiately at multiple schools in the Los Angeles area
• Majoring in psychology
Junior (2025)
• Started 15 matches and appeared in 19, averaging 0.79 kills and 1.11 blocks per set with a .215 attck efficiency
• Ranked sixth in CUSA in blocking average, tallying four or more stuffs in eight contests
• Had 11 blocks against SEMO (9/19), tying for the team’s single-match high in 2025
• Tallied a season-high 10 kills without an error on .500 hitting against CUSA regular-season co-champion Western Kentucky (10/3)
• Recorded seven blocks versus Purdue Fort Wayne (9/12) and six against Lindenwood (9/6) and at FIU (9/27)
Sophomore (2024)
• Played in 19 matches with 12 starts in her first season with the Bears
• Hit .220 with averages of 1.21 kills and 0.66 blocks per set
• Had five or more kills in eight matches, hitting above .300 in three of those
• Swatted a season-high nine kills in the MVC opener at Southern Illinois (9/19)
• Collected four or more blocks four times with a high of five against Robert Morris (8/31)
Background
• Spent the 2023 season at Norfolk State before joining the Bears in the spring 2024 semester
• As a true freshman at NSU, hit .257 with averages of 1.15 kills and 0.70 blocks per set while appearing in 74 of the Spartans’ 83 sets, earning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team honors
• Helped the Colgan High Sharks to a Virginia Class 6A state runner-up finish as a senior in 2022, earning first-team all-state honors from Prep Dig and ranking as the No. 3 middle blocker and 13th overall player in the state
• Hit .391 while ranking second on the team in blocks and kills as a senior
• Won a state title her junior year, hitting .349 and finishing second on the squad in blocks and kills
• Sophomore season was cancelled due to COVID, and she was promoted to the varsity for regional playoffs as a freshman
Personal
• Born September 30, 2005 in Oceanside, Calif.
• Daughter of Kevin and Ebony Smith
• Mother played volleyball and basketball collegiately at multiple schools in the Los Angeles area
• Majoring in psychology
Baseball Postgame vs. Liberty (5/24/26)
Sunday, May 24
Baseball Postgame vs. DBU (5/22/26)
Saturday, May 23
Baseball Postgame at Kennesaw State (5/21/26)
Friday, May 22
Baseball Postgame at Kennesaw State (5/16/26)
Saturday, May 16
