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Jersey Number 5
Ella Grasson
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 1
- Hometown:
- Middleburg Heights, Ohio
- High School:
- Padua Franciscan
EMU: 2025: Appeared in 30 matches, playing 86 sets as a primary defensive specialist and serve-receive contributor for EMU…Totaled 150 digs, averaging 1.74 digs per set, while adding 21 assists and 20 service aces across the season…Provided steady back-row presence throughout the non-conference slate, highlighted by 10 digs in the season opener at Radford, Aug. 29…Posted a season-high 14 digs against Valparaiso, Sept. 5, anchoring one of her strongest early defensive outings…Recorded multiple high-impact serving performances, including four aces against Kansas City (Aug. 30) and five aces in a win over Kent State, Oct. 9…Turned in a balanced performance at Kent State on Oct. 10 with nine digs and two aces in a four-set win…Added 12 digs at Western Michigan, Sept. 25, and 10 digs at NIU, Sept. 26, during a strong midseason stretch of consistent back-row production…Contributed 12 digs in a five-set match at Ohio, Oct. 16, helping extend rallies in a tightly contested road battle…Recorded 11 digs in a five-set win over Buffalo, Oct. 24, continuing her steady defensive impact in MAC play…Finished the season strong with 11 digs at Miami, Nov. 14, helping stabilize serve receive in a late-season road match…Reached double-digit digs in multiple matches and provided serve pressure throughout the season, finishing as a consistent rotational defender and key depth piece in the back row...2024: Joined the EMU volleyball program as an incoming transfer from High Point University...Named Volleyball’s Teammate of the Year at the 2025 Ypsi Awards…Grabbed a career-high 20 digs (0.48 per set) while adding career-bests with six aces (0.14 per set) and four assists (0.10 per set) for a total of six points (0.14 per set), also the most in her collegiate tenure…Landed two aces twice against Morehead State, Sept. 13, and Duquesne, Sept. 14…Had a season-best performance with two assists and five digs against Buffalo, Nov. 16...Played 42 sets over 20 matches.
HIGH POINT: 2023: Appeared in 11 matches and 16 sets throughout the season…Totaled four services aces…Had a season-high two service aces versus Liberty, Aug. 31…Also added one dig.
2022: Appeared in 42 sets…Collected the eighth-most digs on the team (41)…Averaged .98 digs per set…Had a season-high eight digs at Fairfield, Sept. 10…Registered five or more digs in four games…Had a .929…Recorded two service aces versus Presbyterian, Oct. 21…Notched 17 assists, including a season-high four at Sacred Heart, Sept. 8.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Padua Franciscan H.S. in Parma, Ohio where she played on the volleyball team…Spent all four years at the varsity level…In 2019, finished in second-lace at the national championships after winning the conference, sectional, regional, and state championship.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Ella Grasson…native of Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
HIGH POINT: 2023: Appeared in 11 matches and 16 sets throughout the season…Totaled four services aces…Had a season-high two service aces versus Liberty, Aug. 31…Also added one dig.
2022: Appeared in 42 sets…Collected the eighth-most digs on the team (41)…Averaged .98 digs per set…Had a season-high eight digs at Fairfield, Sept. 10…Registered five or more digs in four games…Had a .929…Recorded two service aces versus Presbyterian, Oct. 21…Notched 17 assists, including a season-high four at Sacred Heart, Sept. 8.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Padua Franciscan H.S. in Parma, Ohio where she played on the volleyball team…Spent all four years at the varsity level…In 2019, finished in second-lace at the national championships after winning the conference, sectional, regional, and state championship.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Ella Grasson…native of Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
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