Eliza Grover

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Right-side Hitter
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Menlo Park, Calif.
High School:
Menlo-Atherton

2020: Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors … Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Earned Academic All-Ivy accolades … Ranked eighth in the Ivy League in hitting percentage (.304) … Stood seventh in the conference in hitting percentage (.342) in Ivy play … Played in all 23 matches and all 87 sets, one of three Bears to do so … Tallied 203 kills (2.33 per set), 57 blocks (0.66 per set), 80 digs (0.92 per set), and 16 aces (0.18 per set) on the year … Notched 107 kills (2.43 per set), 30 blocks (0.68 per set), 45 digs (1.02 per set), and nine aces (0.20 per set) in Ivy play … Landed double-figure kills in each of nine matches … Terminated on a season-high 18 kills on .417 hitting with a season-best six blocks at Georgia State (Sept. 22) … Tallied 13 kills, four aces, and four blocks at Harvard (Nov. 1) … Compiled 16 kills on .536 hitting at Princeton (Oct. 12) … Notched 16 kills on .481 hitting at Columbia (Nov. 8).

2018: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Gained Stetson Invitational All-Tournament Team accolades … Played in all 24 matches … Appeared in 97 of 99 sets … Ranked second on the team with 2.53 kills per set and 245 total kills … Totaled 76 digs (0.78 per set) and 66 blocks (0.68 per set) … Hit .260 on the year … Notched 2.33 kills, 0.93 digs, and 0.66 blocks in Ivy League play … Played in all 58 sets in Ivy competition … Registered double-figure kills in each of 13 matches … Posted one double-double on 16 kills and 11 digs vs. Columbia (Nov. 9) … Landed a season-high 21 kills at Hartford (Sept. 8) … Notched 13 kills, seven blocks, and five digs at Harvard (Nov. 3).

2017: Gained Holy Cross Invitational MVP honors … Averaged 1.52 kills, 0.55 blocks, and 0.49 digs per set … Posted double-figure kills twice … Hit .179 on the season … Landed 10 kills vs. Manhattan (Sept. 1) and at Bryant (Sept. 9) … Notched four or more blocks in each of six matches.

Before Brown: Earned Co-MVP of the Peninsula Athletic League in 2016 …Gained All-Bay Area Second Team accolades as a senior … Captained team … Won Northern California Division I titles in 2015 and 2016 … Took home Second Team All-League and a Central Coast Section title as a sophomore … Tallied 410 kills and a .353 hitting percentage as a senior … Played for coaches Fletcher and Lauryn Anderson … Competed on the club level for Red Rock Volleyball Club and Vision Volleyball Club.

Personal: Eliza is the daughter of Ann Banchoff and Christopher Grover … Has two younger siblings, Natalie and Mariah … Born on July 27, 1999 … Cognitive Neuroscience concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because I love the flexible, open academic curriculum that will allow me to explore different areas of study. I am also excited to be a part of the incredibly diverse student population. At the same time, I will get to compete at a high level for the volleyball team at Brown.”

CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 21, at Hartford (Sept. 8, 2018)
Assists: 2, 3x, last vs. Columbia (Oct. 19, 2019)
Digs: 11, vs. Columbia (Nov. 9, 2018)
Blocks: 7, at Harvard (Nov. 3, 2018)
Service Aces: 4, at Harvard (Nov. 1, 2019)