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Kayla Griebl

Class:
Senior
Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Katy, Texas
High School:
Cinco Ranch

2024: Appeared in 19 matches and 68 sets, making 12 starts ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week on Oct. 21 ... Was fourth on the team in kills per set (2.00) and total kills (136) ... Finished the season averaging 1.37 digs per set ... Had 15 service aces and 15 blocks ... Posted one double-double on the season ... Had seven games with double-figure kills and three with double-figure digs ... Had 11 digs against Bowling Green (Sept. 13) ... Finished with 12 kills and six digs at Princeton (Oct. 4) ... Had 11 kills against High Point (Oct. 8) ... Posted a career-high 21 kills with eight digs at Dartmouth (Oct. 18) ... Had a 14-kill, 11-dig double-double at Harvard (Oct. 19) ... Finished with 10+ kills in back-to-back matches against Penn (15) and Princeton (14) ... Had 15 kills at Cornell (Nov. 15).

2023: Appeared in 21 matches and 76 sets, making 20 starts ... Averaged 2.08 kills per set and 1.86 digs per set ... Added 21 assists, 18 service aces and 27 blocks ... Finished the season with eight matches of double-figure kills and added four double-doubles ... Had 10 kills in back-to-back matches against Stonehill (Sept. 5) and George Mason (Sept. 8) ... Posted season-highs in kills (19) and digs (14) in a five set win over Binghamton (Sept. 16) ... Had 12 kills and 11 digs against Michigan State (Sept. 16) ... Posted back-to-back double-doubles with 11 kills and 10 digs at Yale (Sept. 22) and 11 kills and 11 digs against Princeton (Sept. 29) ... Finished with 15 kills and five digs at Cornell (Oct. 7) ... Added a 10-kill performance against Dartmouth (Oct. 13).

2022: Appeared in 20 matches, 63 sets and made 14 starts ... Averaged 2.16 kills per set and 1.59 digs per set ... Added 16 assists, 16 blocks and 15 service aces ... Finished the season with seven matches with double-figure kills ... Had eight kills, seven assists, nine digs and two blocks against Yale to being Ivy League play (Sept. 23) ... Finished with 13 kills, hitting .310 with five digs at Columbia (Oct. 1) ... Posted a season-high 15 kills, hitting .361, with six digs, three blocks, three assists and an ace at Dartmouth (Oct. 7) ... Collected a season-high six service aces with six kills and three digs at Harvard (Oct. 8) ... Had 10 kills, hitting .360 with five digs against Penn (Oct. 14) ... Finished with 14 kills and seven digs at Princeton (Nov. 4) ... Had 10 kills, hitting .308, with four digs and two aces against Dartmouth (Nov. 12) ... Posted 12 kills and nine digs against Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals against Princeton (Nov. 18) ... Finished the year with an 11-kill, 18-dig double-double in the Ivy League Tournament final against Yale (Nov. 19).

2021: Played in 17 matches, 55 sets and made 11 starts ... Averaged 1.80 kills per set and 1.96 digs per set ... Totaled 108 digs, 99 kills, 17 service aces, 14 blocks and 13 assists on the season ... Finished the season with four matches with double-figure kills and two double-doubles ... Posted her first double-double with a season-high 16 kills and 11 digs against Central Connecticut (Sept. 17) ... Had 13 kills with a season-high 16 digs, five blocks and three service aces against Sacred Heart (Sept. 18) ... Posted 10 kills, hitting .364 against Hartford on Sept. 18 ... Finished with 13 digs and nine kills, adding three blocks against Yale (Oct. 22).

Before Brown: Earned First Team All-District in 2019 and 2020 … Won Team MVP accolades in 2020 … Helped team win a District 19-6A title in 2019 … Garnered a spot on the 2020 AVCA Under Armour All-American Watch List and the 2019 AVCA Phenom List … Selected as a 2020 Vype Houston Preseason Outside Hitter of the Year nominee … Made the 2020 GHVCA Preseason Team 6A … Played for head coach Danielle Wells … Competed on the club level for Houston Juniors Volleyball Club and head coach Kara Pratt … Gained All-Academic and Academic All-State laurels … An AP Scholar and High Honor Roll student.

Personal: Kayla is the daughter of Sonja and Oliver Griebl … Has one younger sibling, Karsten … Plans to concentrate in Chemistry or Biology.

Why Brown? “It was always my goal to attend a high academic college, so Brown obviously fit into that requirement. Brown's open curriculum also allows me the flexibility and freedom to explore courses outside my major. In talking with current student-athletes, coaching staff and even a chemistry professor, I got a great sense of the Brown culture and felt it was a great fit for me! I was also impressed that the volleyball coach emphasized that even though I will be an athlete, I am a student first and my studies are the highest priority. I am excited to play volleyball for Brown at the Division I level and move the team up the rankings in the conference!”