Professional Experience

• In 2025 with the Grand Rapids Rise, Grote featured in 18 matches (48 sets). She finished with 58 kills (.331), 26 blocks, 25 digs, and four aces... Had a season-high 14 points (eight kills, five blocks, one ace) in a five-set win over Orlando (1/30).
• 2025 PVF All-Star Match Selection
• Played all 26 matches (25 starts) and featured in every set except the first frame of the year for the Rise in the inaugural 2024 Pro Volleyball Federation season, recording a team-high 69 blocks and 17 aces to go with 153 kills (.292), 62 digs, and seven assists... Put down a block in 24 matches with three or more blocks in 15 matches... Season-high 17 points with 13 kills (.650) and four blocks in a 3-1 loss to the San Diego Mojo (5/4).
• Played one season in the Athletes Unlimited Pro League in 2023, scoring 1,426 points (38th best in the league).
• Made pro debut with Sigortashop in Turkey during the 2022-23 campaign.

College Experience

• Competed for the University of Washington from 2018-22, finishing fourth in school history with a .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 .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 .331 attack percentage.
• Lost 3-1 to Baylor in the 2019 NCAA Final Four.

High School / Club Experience

• Ranked No. 20 in the PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces list
• Named to Volleyball Magazine Fab 50, annual list of top seniors nationally
• Three-time Pacific League MVP (2015-17), and 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 Information

• Born in Flagstaff, Arizona
• Younger sister Lydia currently plays volleyball for the University of Minnesota and was drafted by the Orlando Valkyries in the 2024 PVF draft 
• Married Jacob Medjo 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.