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2023 Volleyball Roster

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3 Christine Graf

  • Position Right Side/Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Edina
  • Hometown Minneapolis, Minn.

Biography

(SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS)
Category Statistic Opponent/Date
Kills: 22 at Wofford (Sept. 5, 2023)
Attack Percentage (Min. 10 att.) .529 vs. Winthrop (Oct 28, 2023)
Assists: 2 vs. Idaho State (Sept. 9, 2022)
Service Aces: 1 at James Madison (Aug. 25, 2023)
Digs: 6 at USC Upstate (Oct. 21, 2023)
Solo Blocks: 2 at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 30, 2023)
Assisted Blocks: 6 at James Madison (Aug. 25, 2023)
Total Blocks: 6 at James Madison (Aug. 25, 2023)

AWARDS/ACCOLADES: 
  • WAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23, 2019*.
  • WAC All-Freshman Team 2019*.
  • Preseason All-WAC Team 2020 & 2022*.
  • Second Team All-WAC 2021*.
  • First Team All-WAC 2022*.
  • Big South Player of the Week (September 11, 2023).
  • Earned her 1000th career point on September 8, 2023.
  • Named to the Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team 2023.
  • Big South 2023 Newcomer of the Year. 
(* indicates prior to HPU)

Graduate Student (2023):
  • Appeared in 30 matches, playing in 107 sets.
  • Finished second on the team and fifth in the Big South in kills totaling 302.
  • Averaged 2.82 kills per set and finished with a .226 hit percentage.
  • Tied her career-high 22 kills at Wofford (Sept. 5).
  • Knocked in 10+ kills in 18 matches during the season.
  • Registered a season-best .529 hitting percentage against Winthrop (Oct. 28).
  • Totaled 50 blocks.
  • Had a career-high six blocks in her season debut with the Panthers at James Madison (Aug. 25) in the JMU Invitational.
  • Collected 48 digs, two assists and a service ace during the season.
  • Graduated with her MBA from HPU.
PRIOR TO HPU (California Baptist):
Senior (2022/CBU)
  • Played an all 95 sets as an outside hitter for California Baptist University.
  • Competed and started in all 26 matches.
  • Led the team in kills, attack percentage, and kills per set.
  • Fifth in the WAC in kills.
  • Was second in blocks at 84.
  • Recorded a season-high 17 kills three different matches this season.
  • Was named to First Team All-WAC. 
Junior (2021/CBU)
  • Started in all 24 matches on the year
  • Earned All-WAC Second Team honors
  • Ranked second on the team with 252 points (3.00 a set), 227 kills (2.70) and 47 blocks (0.56)
  • Led CBU with a .265 hitting percentage (227-79-558)
  • Posted 12 matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 16 against Southern Utah
  • Logged a career-high five blocks against Abilene Christian on Oct. 23
  • Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors. 
Sophomore (2020/CBU)
  • Played in all 16 matches of her true sophomore season, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Ranked second on the team with 135.5 (2.46 a set), 118 kills (2.15) and 33 blocks (0.60)
  • Logged seven kills or more 10 times, with three double-digit performances, including a season-high 15 against Life Pacific
  • Hit .583 (15-1-24) in the win against LPU, which ranked 10th in CBU's NCAA-era, single-match history
  • Named to the Preseason All-Western Athletic Conference Team.
     
Freshman (2019/CBU)
  • Played in all 30 matches with 23 starts as a freshman.
  • Voted to WAC All-Freshman Team.
  • Ranked second on the team with 279 kills (2.38 a set) on a .216 percentage and 60 blocks.
  • Posted a season-high 22 kills in just three sets against Southern Utah on Sept. 20, which tied for CBU's NCAA-era record in a three-set match.
  • Eclipsed double-digit kills 14 times and logged least 12 kills in seven matches.
  • Named WAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Edina High in Edina, Minn., where she graduated in 2019... Voted to Minnesota's All-State Team in 2018 after guiding Hornets to the state tournament for the program's first time... Named Defensive Player of the Year and All-Lake Conference in 2017-18... Played club for the Mizuno Northern Lights.
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Angela and Rick Graf... Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minn... Has two siblings, Derek and Kathryn... Her father, Rick, played football at the University of Wisconsin and in the NFL for nine years with the Miami Dolphins and Houston Oilers... Sister, Kathryn, played volleyball at Bradley University.

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