Marin Grote
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Marin Grote
Middle BlockerBurbank, California
Marin Grote

Professional: Made pro debut with Sigortashop in Turkey during the 2022-23 campaign … Played one season in the Athletes Unlimited Pro League in 2023, scoring 1,426 points (38th best in the league).

 

College: Competed for the University of Washington from 2018-22, finishing fourth in school history with a 0.380 career attack percentage … All-Pac-12 and AVCA All-Region member in 2022 … Two-time Pac-12 champion in 2020 and 2021 … Career-best season in 2021 and was named to the AVCA All-American Second Team, AVCA All-Region Team and All-Pac-12 Team, leading the Pac-12 with a 0.415 attack percentage, which was the sixth-best single-season mark in school history … In 2021, averaged career highs with 2.13 kills per set and 1.05 blocks per set … 2020 AVCA All-Region Team member and All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention … Reached the 2020 NCAA Final Four and ranked fifth in the Pac-12 with a 0.331 attack percentage … Lost 3-1 to Baylor in the 2019 NCAA Final Four.

 

High School / Club: Ranked No. 20 in the PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces list … Named to Volleyball Magazine Fab 50, annual list of top seniors nationally … The three-time Pacific League MVP (2015-17) also was an All-CIF First Team and First Team All-SoCal (2016) … Pacific League First Team all four years (2014-18) … Played club six years for San Gabriel Elite and coaches Vanessa Williams, Otto Lacayo, Ben Diaz, and Brian Thornton … Took 5th at the 2018 Junior Nationals and 3rd in 2017 and 2nd in 2015, earning All-Tournament and All-America honors.

 

Personal: Daughter of Laura and Paul Grote … Born in Flagstaff, Arizona … One younger sister, Lydia, who currently plays volleyball for the University of Minnesota … Engaged to Jacob Medjo, getting married on June 22, 2024 … Earned college degrees in Biological Anthropology: Human Evolution and Political Science … Can play the flute, piccolo and piano … Favorite food is pasta … Favorite books include Where the Crawdads Sing, Arc of the Scythe series and Jane Eyre … Enjoys vacationing anywhere with a beach.