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  Kyle Gramit

Kyle Gramit

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.

High School:
Naperville North

Height:
6-5

Position:
Opposite Hitter

2008: Appeared in all 28 matches during the season, making 27 starts, while appearing in 99 games... Second-Team AVCA All-America selection... Named First-Team EIVA All-East... Named to the EIVA Championship All-Tournament Team... Named the EIVA Tait Division Player of the Week on Jan. 30... Named to the Volleyball Hall of Fame Morgan Classic All-Tournament Team, helping the Patriots to a runner-up finish at the tournament... Ranked sixth in the nation in points per game (5.72), seventh in kills per game (4.74) and 14th in aces per game (0.37)... Second in the EIVA in kills per game, seventh in blocks per game (1.16) and eighth in service aces per game... Led the team in kills per game, points per game, aces (36) and digs (166)... Topped 30 kills three times during the season... 469 kills during the season is the third-highest single-season total in school history during the rally-scoring era... His 36 service aces ranks fourth, 166 digs ranks fifth and his 115 blocks ranks seventh all-time in a single-season during the rally-scoring era... 31 kills against Ball State on Feb. 8 is tied for the fourth-highest single-match total in school history during the rally-scoring era... 18 digs against Loyola (Ill.) on March 28 is tied for the second-highest total in school history during the rally-scoring era... Also had 17 digs against Ball State on Feb. 28, which ranks in the top-five in school history during the rally-scoring era... Recorded five double-doubles during the season.

2007: Played in 19 matches and 70 games during the season... Finished second on the team in kills, kills per game, points and points per game... Third on the team in aces, aces per game, digs and digs per game... First-Team EIVA All-East... Named to the All-Golden Dome Classic Tournament Team... Had 12 kills against East Stroudsburg on Jan. 31... Finished with 17 kills against No. 7 Penn State on Feb. 10... Had 16 kills, nine digs and two aces against Juniata on Feb. 15... Led all players with 18 kills against Rutgers-Newark at The Golden Dome Classic on Feb. 24... Set a new career high with 26 kills against NJIT at The Golden Dome Classic on Feb. 25... Named to the All-Classic Team at The Golden Dome Classic for his performance at the two-day tournament... Tallied 11 kills and seven digs against No. 7 Ohio State on March 4... Recorded 12 kills and a team-high nine digs against Princeton on March 9... Hit .471 with 10 kills, a match-high six digs and a career-high two solo blocks against Quincy on March 24... Hit .379 with 16 kills and seven digs against NYU on March 30... Registered a match-high 25 kills and a team-high nine digs against Juniata on March 31... Hit .545 with a team-high 14 kills and six digs against Rutgers-Newark on April 6... Tallied 17 kills and seven digs against No. 6 Penn State on April 7... Finished with a match-high 14 kills on .400 hitting against East Stroudsburg on April 13... Finished with 14 kills against Princeton on April 14... Hit .381 with 12 kills and five blocks against East Stroudsburg in the quarterfinal round of the EIVA Championship Tournament on April 21... Finished with 17 kills and seven digs against St. Francis (Pa.) in the semifinal round of the EIVA Championship Tournament on April 26.

2006: One of only two players on the team to appear in all 28 matches... Saw action in 97 games during the season... Was fourth on the team in total kills with 235, averaging 2.42 per game... Recorded double-digit kill totals in 12 matches during the season, reaching a career high of 16 in two different matches during the season, on Feb. 10 against Rutgers-Newark and on Feb. 24 against Juniata... Ranked fourth on the team in points per game, averaging 3.09... Hit a career best .579 with 14 kills on 19 attempts against New York University on Feb. 18... His 24 aces were second on the team... Served up three aces in a match twice during the season, against the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Jan. 19 and against the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras on Jan. 20... Was fourth on the team in digs with 120... Reached 10 or more digs in a match three times during the season, with a career best 11 against St. Francis (Pa.) on April 1... Recorded 76 total blocks (7BS, 69BA)... Registered a career best two solo blocks against Lewis on Feb. 4... Had a career-high eight block assists in a match twice, against New York University on March 4 and against the University of California, San Diego on March 15... Set a career high for total blocks in a match with nine against the University of California, San Diego on March 15.

Prep: Attended Naperville North High School, earning four letters in volleyball and one in soccer... As a senior, named All-Conference, All-City, All-Area and All-State... Was team captain and most valuable player... As a junior, named All-Conference, All-City and All-Area and second team All-State... High school coach was Roger Strausburger... As a senior had 421 kills... Finished career with 808 kills, third most in school history... Selected for the USA Youth National Team in 2005 and competed against Brazil, Italy and Argentina.

Personal: Full name is Kyle Steven Gramit... Born May 27, 1987... Parents are Karen and Erv Gramit... Has one brother, Ryan... A 2005 graduate of Naperville North High School... Also recruited by BYU, Hawai'i, Lewis, Loyola-Chicago, Ball State, Pacific, Quincy, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara... Majoring in sports management.

CAREER STATISTICS
YR	GP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
2006	97	235	109	523	.241	19	24	120	7	69	76
2007	70	268	124	602	.239	10	14	113	11	42	53
2008	99	469	211	970	.266	3	36	166	7	108	115
Totals	266	972	444	2095	.252	32	74	399	25	219	244

SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS KILLS: 31, vs. Ball State, 2/8/08 TOTAL ATTEMPTS: 65, vs. Ball State, 2/8/08 HITTING PERCENTAGE: .769 (10K, 0E, 13TA), vs. East Stroudsburg, 3/8/08 ASSISTS: 3, twice, last at Princeton, 3/9/07 ACES: 4, twice, last vs. IPFW, 3/29/08 DIGS: 18, vs. Loyola (Ill.), 3/28/08 BLOCK SOLOS: 2, four times, last vs. NJIT, 4/12/08 BLOCK ASSISTS: 8, three times, last vs. Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 1/15/08 TOTAL BLOCKS: 9, at University of California, San Diego, 3/15/06

 

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