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Marin Grote
6′4″2 Year ProBurbank, California
Marin Grote
Player Stats
2024 View Stats

 

Professional Experience

  • Played all 26 matches (25 starts) and featured in every set except the first frame of the year for the Grand Rapids 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)
  • Set a Rise franchise record with seven blocks in a 3-2 loss against the Atlanta Vibe on Feb. 18, 2024
  • 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
Year Team Country
2024 Grand Rapids Rise United States
2023 Athletes Unlimited Pro League United States
2022-23 Sigortashop Turkey

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
  • 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 Information

  • Born in Flagstaff, Arizona
  • Younger sister Lydia currently plays volleyball for the University of Minnesota
  • Engaged to Jacob Medjo, getting married 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