University of Minnesota Athletics
2024 Volleyball Roster
Lydia Grote
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Outside/Opposite
- Height:
- 6-2
- High School:
- John Burroughs
- Hometown:
- Burbank, Calif.
- Prev School:
- California
- Major:
- Political Science, Focus in Health Policy
| PRONUNCIATION |
HONORS & AWARDS:
Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
All-Big Ten Second Team (2023)
All-Big Ten First Team (2024)
All-Utah Valley Tournament Team (2022)
AVCA All-North Region (2023)
AVCA All-Northwest Region (2024)
Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team (2023; 2024)
USA Volleyball National Team Open Program Invitee (2021)
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2020-21)
FEATURES
Get to Know Lydia Grote
2024 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON:
AVCA All-Northwest Region • First Team All-Big Ten • Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team • played in 31 matches in 2024, registering 2.90 kills, 1.45 digs, 0.78 blocks and 0.30 aces per set • totaled 11 kills in the opener vs. No. 5 Stanford (Sept. 1) • went for nine kills and eight digs in an upset of No. 1 Texas (Sept. 2) • went for 15 kills, a season-high, at No. 23 Baylor (Sept. 6) • had 10 kills vs. UST (Sept. 10) • eight kills on .545 vs. LIU (Sept. 12) • 11 kills, three aces and 10 digs vs. Auburn (Sept. 13) • eight kills and five blocks against Chicago State (Sept. 21) • had 17 kills, 16 digs (career-high) and three aces vs. Wisconsin (Sept. 25) • 17 kills, 14 digs and three blocks against Purdue (Sept. 28) • 13 kills, seven digs and three aces vs. UCLA (Oct. 4) • 16 kills at USC (Oct. 5) • 12 kills seven blocks vs. Maryland (Oct. 12) • had 11 kills on a career-best .733 hitting at Rutgers (Oct. 18) • led the team with 13 kills at Michigan (Nov. 3) • tallied 13 kills, seven digs and four blocks vs. Washington (Nov. 7) • had 14 kills, eight digs at NU (Nov. 14) • had 16 kills six blocks vs. Michigan (Nov. 17) • 17 kills, six blocks at Wisconsin (Nov. 20) • seven kills, seven blocks at Illinois (Nov. 27) • nine kills, nine digs, vs. Ohio State (Nov. 29) • totaled 12 kills and five digs vs. WKU (Dec. 5) • posted 13 kills in her final collegiate match at Kentucky (Dec. 6).
2023 • SENIOR SEASON:
AVCA All-North Region • Second Team All-Big Ten • played in all 30 matches (106 sets) in 2023, averaging 2.68 kills (.245), 1.03 digs, 0.79 blocks and 0.31 aces per set • totaled 15 10+ kill matches (one 20+) and three 10+ dig matches • posted 11 kills vs. TCU (Aug. 25) • totaled a season-high 14 kills with four digs and two blocks in a win over No. 6 Oregon (Sep. 8) • posted 13 kills (.55) with a career-high four service aces in a win over HPU (Sep. 14) • had a season-high 20 kills with 13 digs and two blocks vs. Creighton (Sep. 16) • made the Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team • totaled 10 kills vs. Penn St. (9/30) • tallied a team-high 18 kills with seven blocks at Maryland (Oct. 6) • had 13 kills and eight digs at Rutgers (Oct. 7) • had 14 kills, 12 digs and a career-high five service aces vs. NU (Oct. 15) • tallied 13 kills at Purdue (Oct. 26) • totaled 13 kills, five blocks and an ace at NU (Nov. 5) • had 19 kills, five digs and six blocks at IU (Nov. 12) • went for eight kills and six blocks vs. Ohio State (Nov. 18) • totaled seven kills, 10 digs vs. Illinois (Nov. 24) • had nine kills and three blocks vs. No. 1 Nebraska (Nov. 25) • had 10 kills, five blocks and two aces in her first career NCAA Tournament match versus Utah State (Dec. 1).
PRIOR TO MINNESOTA:
Grote played at the University of California for three seasons, competing in 65 matches (226 sets) from spring 2021 through 2022 • she averaged 3.22 kills, 1.11 digs, 0.6 blocks and 0.19 service aces per set across those three years • her best season came as a junior in the fall of 2022, where she averaged career-bests in almost every statistical category, including kills (3.70), digs (1.49), blocks (0.62) and service aces (0.23) per set • her kill numbers ranked her 8th in the Pac-12 and 70th in the nation • Grote tied for second on the team with 25 service aces and placed third in both digs (167) and blocks (69) • she made the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in the spring of 2021 after registering 2.79 kills and 0.59 blocks per set in 21 matches played.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:
In high school, Grote was a 2019 All-Pacific League First Team and an All-Redondo Union Tournament Team selection • helped her team earn 2018 Pacific League Champions accolades as she led the league in kills, hitting percentage and blocks • a three-year varsity player • helped her club team earn 13th place at 2019 Nationals with SG Elite • she was named 2018-19 SG Elite Most Improved Player in both 2017-18 and 2018-19 • Prep Volleyball had her ranked as the No. 84 senior coming out of high school.
PERSONAL:
The daughter of Laurie and Paul Grote, her sister, Marin, plays volleyball at Washington • majoring in political science with a focus in health policy.
WHY MINNESOTA:
"I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to join the Minnesota volleyball program. I can't wait to be a part of a school and program that are equally invested in us as people and as players, pushing us to be our best on and off the court. I can't wait to get to compete with this amazing group of people."
