23 Ally Gruber
23 - Ally Gruber
Height: 5-10
Year: Junior
Hometown: Belgrade, Minn.
High School: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa HS (North Dakota State College of Science)
Position: Outside Hitter
m 26
k/s 1.80
h % .040
a/s 0.18
b/s 0.22
sa/s 0.25
d/s 1.78

Junior: Played in all 26 matches for the Lakers... Recorded season-highs in digs (16) and kills (13) against Minnesota St. on Sept. 4... Totalled 142 kills, 141 digs, 20 aces, 14 assists, and 17 blocks, two of which were solo.

Previous College: Attended North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D. from 2019-21… Competed in the Mon-Dak Conference… Coached by Jane Passa… Named an Academic All-American in 2019… Named the Mon-Dak Conference MVP for the 2021 season as well as Region 13 MVP… Received Academic All-Conference honors in 2019 and 2021… Named to the President’s List in 2019… As a freshman, played 33 matches and posted 198 kills on 543 total attempts… Posted a .254 hitting percentage… Added 17 block solos, 106 block assists, and 70 digs… As a sophomore, played 24 matches and posted 207 kills on 496 total attempts… Posted a .280 hitting percentage… Added 16 block solos, 72 block assists, and 54 digs... Led her team in kills and blocks as a sophomore... Member of the Regional Runner-Up team in 2019… Member of the Regional Championship team and Conference Championship team in 2021

High School: Graduated from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School in Belgrade, Minn. in 2019… Competed in the Central Minnesota Conference… Coached by Kevin Weller… Was a varsity starter and letterwinner for four consecutive years… Received All-Conference Academic Honors for all four years of high school… Served as team captain as a sophomore, junior, and senior… Named Team MVP as a junior and senior… Received All-Conference Second Team honors as a sophomore… Received All-Conference First Team honors as a junior and senior… Earned West Central All-Area First Team honors as a senior… Named to the All-State Tournament Team as a senior… Played club volleyball for Kandi Elite as an outside hitter/middle blocker. 

Personal: Daughter of Roger and Kirsten Gruber… Has four sisters, Katie, Sarah, Maggie, and Becca… Sarah played college volleyball at UW-Superior, Maggie played college volleyball at MSU-Moorhead, and Becca played college volleyball at St Cloud State… Dating back to 2005, every year the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School team qualified for the State Tournament, Ally or one of her sisters were on the team... Also played varsity softball and varsity basketball in high school… Member of student council and National Honor Society in high school... Hobbies include spending time outdoors, hiking, camping, and spending time with friends and family... Majoring in kinesiology.

Career Match Highs
Kills: 13, (vs. Minnesota State, 9/4/21)
Attempts: 35, (vs. Colorado Christian, 9/11/21)
Assists: 3, (vs. Ferris State, 10/24/21)
Service Aces: 2 (three times, vs. Purdue Northwest, 10/9/21)
Block Solos: 3 (three times, Purdue Northwest, 10/9/21)
Block Assists: 1 (vs. Northern Michigan, 9/25/21)
Digs: 16, (vs. Minnesota State, 9/4/21)

Recent Games
Oct 24 at Ferris State L, 3-0
Oct 29 Saginaw Valley State L, 3-1
Oct 30 Wayne State L, 3-0
Nov 5 at Northern Michigan L, 3-0
Nov 6 at Michigan Tech L, 3-0
Nov 13 at Northwood L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 15
Sets 79 44
Kills 142 72
Kills per set 1.80 1.64
Errors 121 61
Total Attacks 531 279
Hitting Percentage .040 .039
Assists 14 8
Assists per set 0.18 0.18
Service Aces 20 8
Service Errors 18 8
Service Aces per set 0.25 0.18
Receptions 448 247
Reception Errors 28 14
Digs 141 62
Digs per set 1.78 1.41
Block Solo 2 2
Block Assist 15 5
Block Total 17 7
Blocks per set 0.22 0.16
Block Errors 8 7
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 171.5 84.5
Points per set 2.2 1.9
Matches started 24 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 3 vs. Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 1 3 2 9 21 -.333 0 1 1 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 3 vs. Minnesota-Duluth L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 13 .231 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 4 vs. St. Cloud State L, 3-0 1 3 5 10 32 -.156 1 1 2 21 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 4 vs. Minnesota State L, 3-1 1 4 13 4 32 .281 1 1 1 29 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Sep 10 vs. Minnesota-Duluth L, 3-0 1 3 12 5 26 .269 1 1 3 9 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 10 vs. Quincy L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 19 .053 0 2 1 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 11 vs. Colo. Christian L, 3-1 1 4 9 6 35 .086 1 1 1 31 1 8 0 3 1 3 0 11.5
Sep 11 vs. Minnesota State L, 3-1 1 4 4 7 24 -.125 1 1 0 29 2 7 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 17 at Wayne State L, 3-0 1 2 4 4 12 .000 0 0 0 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 18 at Saginaw Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 5 5 15 .000 1 1 1 11 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 24 Michigan Tech L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 19 .158 0 0 1 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 25 Northern Michigan W, 3-2 1 5 10 5 29 .172 1 1 0 17 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Oct 2 Northwood L, 3-0 1 2 0 0 7 .000 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 Wisconsin-Parkside L, 3-1 - 2 1 2 6 -.167 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 9 Purdue Northwest W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 25 .200 1 2 0 21 1 8 0 1 2 1 0 11.5
Oct 15 vs. Malone L, 3-1 1 4 12 9 29 .103 0 1 0 25 3 8 0 3 0 3 1 14.5
Oct 16 vs. Truman L, 3-0 1 2 1 2 7 -.143 1 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 16 vs. William Jewell L, 3-0 1 2 3 3 14 .000 0 0 0 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 22 at Grand Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 3 4 15 -.067 0 0 0 16 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Oct 23 at Davenport L, 3-0 1 3 5 6 32 -.031 0 0 1 16 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 5.5
Oct 24 at Ferris State L, 3-0 - 3 0 4 20 -.200 3 0 2 19 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 29 Saginaw Valley State L, 3-1 1 4 13 6 34 .206 2 1 2 32 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Oct 30 Wayne State L, 3-0 1 3 3 5 21 -.095 0 1 0 7 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 4.0
Nov 5 at Northern Michigan L, 3-0 1 2 1 5 15 -.267 0 0 0 24 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2.0
Nov 6 at Michigan Tech L, 3-0 1 2 5 3 12 .167 0 0 0 23 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.0
Nov 13 at Northwood L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 17 .118 0 2 1 19 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 26 79 142 1.80 121 531 .040 14 0.18 20 0.25 448 28 141 1.78 2 15 17 0.22 171.5 2.2
Total 26 79 142 1.80 121 531 .040 14 0.18 20 0.25 448 28 141 1.78 2 15 17 0.22 171.5 2.2
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 26 79 142 1.80 121 531 .040 14 0.18 20 0.25 448 28 141 1.78 2 15 17 0.22 171.5 2.2
Conference 15 44 72 1.64 61 279 .039 8 0.18 8 0.18 247 14 62 1.41 2 5 7 0.16 84.5 1.9
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Home 7 23 43 1.87 26 141 .121 4 0.17 5 0.22 109 5 30 1.30 1 2 3 0.13 50.0 2.2
Away 8 21 29 1.38 35 138 -.043 4 0.19 3 0.14 138 9 32 1.52 1 3 4 0.19 34.5 1.6
Neutral 11 35 70 2.00 60 252 .040 6 0.17 12 0.34 201 14 79 2.26 0 10 10 0.29 87.0 2.5
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Wins 2 9 19 2.11 9 54 .185 2 0.22 3 0.33 38 1 18 2.00 1 1 2 0.22 23.5 2.6
Losses 24 70 123 1.76 112 477 .023 12 0.17 17 0.24 410 27 123 1.76 1 14 15 0.21 148.0 2.1
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September 12 40 80 2.00 64 277 .058 7 0.17 12 0.30 208 12 86 2.15 1 7 8 0.20 96.5 2.4
October 11 32 50 1.56 45 210 .024 7 0.22 6 0.19 174 10 48 1.50 0 7 7 0.22 59.5 1.9
November 3 7 12 1.71 12 44 .000 0 0.00 2 0.29 66 6 7 1.00 1 1 2 0.29 15.5 2.2