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Alyssa Groves

Position:
Rightside
Height:
6-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Murray County Central H.S.
Hometown:
Slayton, Minn.
Major:
Health and Exercise Science

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS & AWARDS
Summit League All-Tournament Team (2024)
Summit League Commissioner's List for Academic Excellence (2024-25)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)

2024: Appeared in all 30 matches and 110 sets for the Jackrabbits... totaled 177 kills, fourth most on the team, on 475 total attempts… had 97 total blocks on the year, the third most for the Jacks… posted 13 kills at a .440 clip and six blocks at Western Illinois (9/6)… tallied 11 kills while hitting .444 to go with six blocks against Purdue Fort Wayne (9/7)… totaled seven blocks at Denver (9/28)… recorded 10 kills, eight blocks and seven digs against South Dakota in the Summit League Championship match (11/26)… put up 229.5 total points throughout the season, the fourth most on the team

BEFORE SDSU: Transferred to South Dakota State after a four-year career at Colorado State... appeared in 107 sets and 60 total matches for the Rams... tallied 95 kills at a .249 clip at Colorado State to go with 48 total blocks... was a member of the 2021 squad that won the Mountain West regular season title.... graduated from Murray County Central High School in 2020... was a four-year letter winner and three-time all-conference honoree in the Red Rock Conference... led the team in kills and blocks as a junior.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Dawn Groves and Randy Groves... her father, Randy, and her brother, Tyler, are both South Dakota State graduates.