2024 Women's Volleyball Roster
Biography
2024: Started all 25 matches ... Totaled 159 kills and compiled a .249 hitting average ... Recorded 102 blocks to lead the team and rank among the conference leaders ... Her nine blocks against Northeastern (9/21) were a season high.
2023: Played in 26 matches and 92 sets ... Posted a career-high 165 kills and 178 total blocks ... Hit .336 to finish among the conference leaders ... That mark ranked fourth on UNCW's single-season leaders list ... Set program record with 13 total blocks against Elon (9/24).
2022: Played in all 25 matches, making 20 starts ... Had 163 kills, averaging 1.72 per set ... Finished third on the team with 73 blocks ... Set career-high with 13 kills against William & Mary (9/17) and later equaled that mark against Elon (11/6) ... Hit a career-high .571 (13-1-21) against Elon (11/6) ... Had 13 matches of 7+ kills.
2021: Started 21-of-25 matches played her rookie season for the Seahawks ... Made collegiate debut against Wake Forest (8/27) and collected two kills and two blocks ... Posted a season-best eight kills in back-to-back matches against Hofstra (10/31) and William & Mary (11/6) ... Also had seven kills in the second match against W&M (11/7) ... Had 12 matches with at least two blocks ... Recorded a season-high five blocks at Hofstra (10/31) ... Played with Canadian National team the summer of 2022.
Prior to UNCW: Three-time Team Ontario provincial team member ... Canada Cup silver medalist ... Two-time Team Ontario Beach athlete ... Trained with Canadian National team (NEP) in Vancouver, B.C. ... Played club volleyball for Defensa Volleyball Club ... Earned silver medals at the North Coast Power League (Parma, Ohio) and Capitol Hill Classic (Washington, D.C.) ... Placed fifth at Canadian National Championships (Edmonton, Alberta).
Personal: Full name: Grace Elizabeth Deanna Melnick ... Daughter of Dale Melnick and Julius Banfai ... Born in Guelph, Ontario ... Mother, Dale, helped Georgia to a pair of SEC championships and coached Canada's youth/junior national team at NORCECA in 2018 (silver medal) and 2019 World Championships ... Also led York University (Toronto, Ontario) to two OUA Championships ... Brother, Dallas, plays volleyball at St. Thomas (Fredericton, New Brunswick)and was on the ACAAÂ All-Rookie team and helped the Tommies to a conference title.
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