2019 Women's Volleyball Roster
Massey, Grace
Jersey Number 7
Grace Massey
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Jesuit HS
- Hometown:
- Beaverton, Ore.
Bio
• Oregon State’s all-time leader in digs – 2,174
• 16th in program history for career aces – 98
• 2021 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
• 2020-21 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2018 Iowa State Challenge co-MVP
• 2019 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30)
• 2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27)
• 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16)
• 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13)
• Three-year captain
AT OREGON STATE
2021
• 16th in program history for career aces – 98
• 2021 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
• 2020-21 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2018 Iowa State Challenge co-MVP
• 2019 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30)
• 2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27)
• 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16)
• 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13)
• Three-year captain
AT OREGON STATE
2021
- Named Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- Named the team’s MVP
- Served as team captain
- Selected as one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS award
- Started as libero in 27 matches this season – missed the first weekend of Pac-12 play due to injury
- Became OSU’s all-time digs record holder against Colorado (10/29)
- Finished the season with 396 total digs – led the team
- Led the Beavers in digs 19 times
- Tied career-high 33 digs against SIUE
- Finished second in the Pac-12 in digs per set (4.40)
- Recorded three aces against LSU – career total 98
- Ranks 16th in program history for career aces
- Third on the team in total aces - 11
- Third on the team in total assists – 72
- Dished out a season-best eight assists against Iowa State
- Started 16 matches at libero, playing in 62 sets
- Earned Pac-12 All-Conference Team honors
- Named the team’s MVP
- Was a team captain
- Recorded 4.21 digs per set on the year, seventh-most overall in a season in program history and second-most for a senior in school history for a season
- Finished the year second in the program record book in career digs (1,778) and digs per set (4.17)
- Moved up to 19th in school history with 87 career service aces
- Her 4.21 digs per set on the year were second-highest in the Pac-12
- She finished the year sixth in the Pac-12 with 261 digs
- With 18 aces, that was the 12th most in the conference and she was 14th with 0.29 aces per set and her 57 assists were 26th
- She ranked 25th in the Pac-12 with 0.92 assists per set
- Led the Beavers in digs (261), digs per set (4.21), and aces (18)
- Tallied 57 assists, second-most on the team
- Recorded season career-highs of 0.92 assists per set and 0.29 aces per set
- Led OSU in digs in 14 matches
- Tied career-highs against Oregon (3/19/21) with one kill and three attacks
- Totaled eight assists on two occasions (Arizona State, 2/12/21 & Cal, 3/5/21)
- Served up four aces in each game against Arizona State on Feb. 11 and 12
- Had a season-high 30 digs against Oregon (3/19/21)
- Notched double-digit digs in 13 matches
- Started all 31 matches at libero and was the Beavers’ only player to play in all 122 sets
- Finished her junior season ranked third in OSU history with 1,517 digs
- Concluded the season with 524 digs in 2019, the fifth-most in a single season in OSU history
- Achieved double digits in digs in 27 matches
- Honored as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30 after collecting 43 digs while beating Oregon and Colorado on the opening weekend of Pac-12 play
- Set career-highs with 33 digs and five aces against Arizona (11/17)
- Tied her then-personal-mark with 32 digs in a win over Oregon (9/26)
- Collected 30 digs in the season finale at Oregon (11/29)
- Set a career-best with nine assists at USC (11/21)
- Chosen as the team’s MVP in a vote of the players for the second year in a row
- Played in all 32 matches and 121 sets as the Beavers’ libero as a sophomore
- Honored as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week following week 1
- Named as an Iowa State Challenge co-MVP
- Recorded 560 digs in 2018, the third-most in a single season in OSU history - the most by a sophomore
- Led the team with 30 service aces
- Matched her career-high with 30 digs against Colorado (11/18) and Oregon (11/24)
- Recorded 20+ digs in 11 matches and reached double-figures 29 times
- Set a career-high with eight assists against Stanford (10/19)
- Registered 29 digs at San Diego (9/15) and at Oregon (9/20)
- Recorded three straight aces against Seattle (9/18) ... hit the trifecta again against Colorado (11/18)
- Notched kills against Ole Miss (8/25), North Texas (9/8) and at Oregon
- Earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors
- Chosen as the team’s MVP in a vote of the players
- One of four players to appear in all 33 matches and 121 sets
- Started 10 matches at defensive specialist and 15 matches at libero
- Led the Beavers with 433 digs (3.58 d/s) – the second-most by a freshman in OSU history and the ninth-most in OSU single season history
- Registered 303 digs (3.94 d/s) during the conference season
- Inserted into the lineup as the starting libero at Washington (10/13)
- Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 16 following the Beavers’ sweep of the Washington schools on the road in which she recorded 21 digs in each match
- Received Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second time on Nov. 13 after OSU swept the Arizona schools in the desert where she tallied 18 digs in each match
- Collected 30 digs against Oregon (11/24) becoming the first OSU player since 2014 to record 30+ digs
- Tallied 29 digs against NC State (12/1) in the NCAA Tournament
- Registered double-digits in digs in 19 matches, including eight in a row to end the season and 13 of her 15 matches at libero
- Received the team’s Academic Excellence Award
- Four-year letterwinner for head coach Teresa Zimerlee
- Helped Jesuit to four straight Metro League championships
- Led the Crusaders to back-to-back state championship titles in 2014 and ‘15
- Helped Jesuit to undefeated 2014 and ‘15 seasons and a 116 match win streak that lasted until near the end of 2016
- Selected to First Team All-State in 2016
- Three-time All-Metro League First Team member
- Named to the 2016 Nike Tournament of Champions all-tournament team
- Earned a spot on the 2015 Junior Nationals all-tournament team
- Team captain as a senior
- Born March 10, 1999 in Portland, Ore.
- Daughter of Tim and Mary Massey
- Has three sisters, Martie, Ireland and Zoe
- Sister, Martie, played volleyball for Oregon State 2010-12
- Earned high honor roll all four years of high school
- Prep teammates with numerous players that went on to Division I programs
- Lists her favorite athlete as snowboarder Mark McMorris
- Favorite TV show is ‘Friends’
- Chose Oregon State because “the coaches are great and it’s not too far from home”
- Majoring in management
- Participated in the Beavers Without Borders trip to the Dominican Republic in June 2019
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