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2024 MIT Women's Volleyball Roster

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1 Ella Gragg

  • Position OH
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Robert L. Patton
  • Hometown Morganton, N.C.
  • Major Finance

Biography

Career Highs
Kills 23 vs. WPI (Sept. 24, 2022)
Assists 3 at WPI (Oct. 14, 2023) 
Aces 5 Three times, last vs. Maine Maritime (Nov. 21, 2024 - NCAA Tournament First Round)
Digs 15
vs. Springfield (Sept. 23, 2023)
at Williams (Oct. 20, 2023)
Blocks 6 vs. Tufts (Oct. 21, 2023)

Accolades:
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
- AVCA Region 2 All-Region First Team (2024)
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team (2024)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- NEWVA All-Rookie Team (2021)
- NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (Sep. 20, 2021)
- MIT Invitational All-Tournament Team (2023) 
- New England Challenge All-Tournament Team (2024)
- Graduated ranking 12th all-time in career kills (1,041)

2024:
- Played in 98 sets, recording 268 kills, 216 digs, 67 aces, and 41 blocks
- Led the NEWMAC in aces per set (0.68) and ranked second in aces
2023:  
- Played in 107 sets, recording 249 kills, 34 blocks, 219 digs, and 38 aces 

2022:
- Played in 107 sets, recording 259 kills, 42 digs, and 34 blocks
- Ranked fifth in the NEWMAC in kills

2021:
- Played in 98 sets, recording 265 kills, 76 digs, 36 blocks, and 30 aces

Favorite Sports Memory:
- My favorite sports memory was winning a reverse sweep during state playoffs my junior year of high school.

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- My favorite moment as an MIT student-athlete was winning Regionals last year to make it to the Elite Eight again.

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in finance
- Internships: Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (financial analyst); TIAA Bank (commercial real estate intern)
- Kappa Alpha Theta sorority

Why I Chose MIT:
- MIT provides the perfect balance of academics and athletics. Academically, MIT allows me to explore my varied interests and gives me access to resources that will help me excel in the field I choose to study. During my first Zoom with the team, I saw how incredibly supportive the team culture at MIT is and how passionate the players are about their endeavors both on and off the court. I knew I wanted to attend MIT to be a member of such a passionate and supportive community.

High School:
- Graduated from Robert L. Patton High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- Two-time Northwestern Foothills Conference Player of the Year, four-time Northwestern Foothills All-Conference Team, three-time Northwestern Foothills All-Tournament Team
- High School OT’s All-State First Team (2020)
- Four-time Patton High School Offensive MVP
- Two-time Patton High School Female Athlete of the Year
- Burke County Athlete of the Week (August 24, 2019)
- MaxPreps NC Player of the Week (October 27, 2019)
- Earned a varsity letter as a member of the swimming and diving team as well as the track and field team
- Valedictorian
- National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society
- Technology Student Association: First Place at regional competition in Biotechnology in Sports
- Photography Club vice president, Student Government, Anchor Club, Technology Student Association, Panthers vs. Cancer Club

Club:
- Carolina Union Volleyball Club 18 Premier
- JVA Ultra-Ankle Watch List 2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2021First Year

    OH
    6'0"
    1
  • 1

    2022Sophomore

    OH
    6'0"
    1
  • 1

    2023Junior

    OH
    6'0"
    1
  • 1

    2024Senior

    OH
    6'0"
    1