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Grace Heaney Season 2025-26

#14
PositionOPP/RS
Height6-2
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownOmaha, Neb.

2025 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE

  • AVCA Third Team All-America
  • First Team All-Big Ten
  • AVCA Midwest Region honoree
  • Big Ten Player of the Week on 10/27
  • Started and played in all 34 matches this season
  • Only player in the Big Ten to record multiple errorless 30-attack matches during the 2026 season
  • Only player in the nation with three errorless performances with 30+ attacks
  • Posted nine matches hitting above .400 and four matches above .500 – including a .515 clip (19 kills, 2 errors and 33 attacks) vs. No. 10 SMU (9/14/26)
  • Averaged a .329 attack %, 0.8 blocks per set, 1.99 digs/set and 2.68 kills/set
  • Recorded six double-doubles
  • Produced at least a .400 attack % in five of eight matches played on a Sunday
  • Only player in the league to post 18 digs and 15 blocks in a match in 2026 (18-0-31 for a .581% at Rutgers, 10/19/26)
  • Posted a career-high six blocks on two occasions
  • In the reverse sweep at Michigan State (10/31/26) set a career-high six blocks while going errorless on the attack with 15 kills, 0 errors on 37 swings (.405%)
  • Set a career-high three aces in the NCAA Second Round vs Baylor (12/5)
  • Led the Boilers in Big Ten play with a .329 average hitting %
  • Her Big Ten Player of the Week honor was earned following a 16-1-28 (.536) offensive performance at Illinois (10/24/26) and a 22-6-24 (.364) and 11 digs showing in the reverse sweep vs. #20 Minnesota (10/26/26)
  • Matches with 10+ kills this season: 20
  • Matches with 15+ kills this season: 9
  • Matches with 2 attack errors or less this season: 15
  • Matches with 1 attack error or fewer: 9
  • Matches hitting above .300: 15
  • Matches hitting above .400: 9
  • Matches hitting above .500: 4
  • Matches hitting above .550: 1

2024 /  AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Redshirted the season

2023 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Played in 22 matches, including six starts
  • Averaged 1.33 kills per set
  • Totaled 50 blocks, including four block solos
  • Put on a career-best performance at Ohio State (10/15/23) with an errorless career-high 13 kills on 24 swings (.542)
  • Went errorless on the attack in six matches
  • Posted at least a .429 attack efficiency seven times, including five matches .500 or better
  • Set a career-high hitting % (more than five attempts) with .600% vs. UCF (9/14/23) with her six kills and no errors on 10 swings
  • Went errorless on the attack in all three NCAA postseason matches: 2-0-2 vs. Fairfield (11/20/23), 2-0-3 vs. Marquette (12/1/23) and 3-0-7 vs. Oregon (12/7/23)
  •  Secured a career-high six blocks vs. Indiana (10/18/23)
  • Registered four blocks, three kills and three digs in the victory at Penn State (10/22/23)
  • Recorded at least four blocks in five matches, including vs. #18 Creighton (8/26/23), vs. #19 Marquette (9/1/23), vs. #19 Kentucky (9/9/23)


HIGH SCHOOL

  • Named a 2023 Player to Watch by VBallRecruiter, along with teammate Chicoine
  • Was a three-sport competitor in high school: volleyball, track & field and basketball
  • Totaled 1,426 kills and 907 digs during her high school career
  • Secured 226 career blocks in high school
  • Averaged 4.67 kills per set over her final three years
  • Posted 28 kills and 27 digs in the 2022 Nebraska state championship match
  • Guided Elkhorn to a state championship appearance
  • As a junior, posted 438 kills, 54 aces, 81 blocks, 268 assists, and a .260% hitting percentage.
  • PrepVolleyball 2023 top 150 No. 14
  • 2021 AVCA Phenom's Watch List
  • As a sophomore, posted 354 kills, 22 aces, 45 blocks, 203 digs, 13 assists, and a .258% hitting percentage.
  • PrepVolleyball 2023 top 150 No. 20
  • 2020 AVCA Phenom's Watch List
  • As a freshman, posted 191 kills, 37 aces, 36 blocks, 144 digs, 308 assists, and a .230% hitting percentage.
  • PrepVolleyball Frosh 59 special mention
  • With her club team, she placed fifth at the 2022, 17 open
Grace Heaney

Redshirt Junior
2026

OPP/RS
6-2 / -
Grace Heaney

Redshirt Sophomore
2025

OPP/RS
6-2 / -
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Redshirt Sophomore
2024-25

OPP/RS
6-2 / -
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Sophomore
2024

OPP/RS
6-2 / -
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Freshman
2023

OPP/RS
6-2 / -