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Grace Kauth

10 Grace Kauth

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Vandalia, Ohio
  • High School:
    Chaminade Julienne
  • Position:
    OH
m 31
k/s 3.53
h % .230
a/s 0.41
b/s 0.54
sa/s 0.23
d/s 2.81

2016 | SENIOR SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats
 | Named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award…earned Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Fall accolades…named to the Horizon League Fall All-Academic Team…named AVCA All-Midwest Region…tabbed the Horizon League Player and Offensive Player of the Year…earned a spot on the All-Horizon League First Team…finished the season with 1,457 career kills and 1,240 career digs – one of just six Vikings all-time to eclipse the 1,000-milestone in both categories…finished the year ranked in the top-10 in the CSU Career Record Book in seven categories – kills (3rd), digs (4th), total points (3rd), kills per set (6th), points per set (7th), attack attempts (2nd), and sets played (5th)…named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after recording double-doubles against Northern Kentucky (9/30) (12 kills, 10 digs, 7 blocks) and Valparaiso (10/1) (16 kills, 10 digs, 6 blocks)…picked up Cherry & White Challenge MVP honors after averaging 4.25 kills and 2.58 digs per set against Temple (9/9), Rutgers (9/10), and New Hampshire (9/10)…named the CSU Invitational MVP and Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week after posting 12 kills and nine digs against Eastern Michigan (9/2), and 22 kills and 16 digs against Tennessee (9/2)…earned a spot on the Golden Dome Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 4.40 kills and 3.60 digs per set in the season-opening tournament…recorded 16 double-doubles on the season…finished the season with eight kills and eight digs against Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2015 | JUNIOR SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats
| Named to the All-Horizon League First Team…tabbed the Horizon League Fall Scholar-Athlete and earned a spot on the Fall All-Academic Team…became the 16th Viking all-time to record 1,000 career kills, and finished the season with 1,040…played in and started all 33 matches for the Vikings, recording 458 kills, 338 digs and 46 total blocks…finished the year with top-10 single season performances in kills (458 – 8th), attack attempts (1,279 – 5th) and total points (512.5 – 9th)…also closed out the season ranked in the top-10 in the Cleveland State career record book in kills per set (3.05 – 7th), attack attempts (3,244 – 8th) and points per set (3.48 – 10th)…named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after leading the Vikings to the 2016 tournament title with back-to-back double-double performances against Valparaiso (14 kills & 12 digs) and Northern Kentucky (13 kills & 12 digs)…tallied 18 double-doubles on the season, and led the Vikings in kills during 14 matches…recorded a career-high 28 kills against Valparaiso (10/16) – one of four 20-kill efforts on the season…notched a career-best 23 digs at Wright State (10/10) along with 15 kills on a .452 hitting percentage…named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week after combining for 38 kills on a .400 hitting percentage (38-8-75) in a pair of wins over Green Bay (10/23) and Milwaukee (10/24)…earned a spot on the Blue Raider Bash All-Tournament Team after notching a team-high 62 kills and 42 digs throughout the four-match tournament, including a 26-kill and 16-dig performance against Notre Dame (8/29)…named to the CSU Invitational All-Tournament Team after posting a pair of double-doubles against Central Michigan (12 kills & 10 digs) (9/4) and Cincinnati (14 kills & 12 digs) (9/5)…earned a spot on the Blue/Gold Invitational All-Tournament Team after helping the Vikings capture the tournament title with double-doubles against Radford (17 kills & 16 digs) (9/18) and Toledo (14 kills & 14 digs) (9/19)…helped the Vikings pick up an upset win over Baylor (9/12) with 23 kills, five digs and two block assists…finished the season with a 15-kill and 10-dig performance against top-seeded USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2014 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats | Named First Team All-Horizon League after leading the Vikings with 277 total kills on the season…started all 28 matches and appeared in all 101 sets…ranked second on the team with 299 total digs on the season, averaging 2.96 per set…recorded nine double-doubles, including five against league opponents…tallied a team-high 23 service aces, including a career-high of five against Tennessee Tech (8/30)…notched a season-high 20 kills against UIC (11/1) and a season-best 22 digs against Oakland (9/27)…recorded a season-best .389 hitting percentage against Navy (9/13), posting 16 kills and just two errors out of 36 attempts…named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week on November 10 after notching back-to-back double-doubles against Green Bay (13 kills & 19 digs) and Milwaukee (16 kills & 12 digs)…earned a spot on the Jayhawk Classic All-Tournament Team after leading the Vikings with 30 kills and 40 digs over the two-day tournament…finished the season ranked ninth among Horizon League players averaging 2.74 kills per set and 10th averaging 0.23 service aces per set.

2013 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Match-By-Match Stats
| Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team after posting 305 kills and 271 digs – the only Horizon League freshman to accomplish the feat…played in and started all 29 matches and was one of three Vikings to play in all 111 sets…was named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week on September 16 after earning Cincinnati Invite MVP and All-Tournament Team honors…led the Vikings averaging 3.90 kills and 2.60 digs per set over the two-day tournament…posted a team-best nine double-doubles on the season, including six against league opponents…tallied a season-high 17 kills against James Madison (9/21) and Green Bay (10/19)…recorded a season-best 17 digs against Youngstown State (10/25)…ranked third on the team with 22 service aces, including a season-best of three against High Point (9/6), UC Irvine (9/7), Northern Kentucky (9/14), and UIC (10/11)…tallied a season-best four blocks against Oakland (11/22).

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time member of the All-League First Team and All-District First Team (So., Jr., Sr.)…also named to the All-State First Team as a junior…named the League Player of the Year as a junior and senior and the District Player of the Year as a senior…led Chaminade Julienne to the GGCL championship during her final season…tallied over 1,000 kills throughout her high school campaign.

PERSONAL
Born October 27, 1994 in Altus, Oklahoma…daughter of Dave and Margie Kauth…has two brothers, Zack and Alex, and one sister, Emily…Zack played football at the United States Air Force Academy, while Alex played lacrosse at USAFA and Emily played volleyball at Bowling Green…mother played volleyball at Ohio State…was a scholar-athlete all four years of high school and part of the National Honor Society…marketing major.

Recent Games
Nov 6 Youngstown State W, 3-0
Nov 9 at Green Bay L, 3-2
Nov 11 Wright State W, 3-0
Nov 19 Oakland W, 3-2
Nov 20 Green Bay W, 3-2
Dec 2 vs. Arizona L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 31 16
Sets 118 60
Kills 417 202
Kills per set 3.53 3.37
Errors 164 83
Total Attacks 1101 554
Hitting Percentage .230 .215
Assists 48 23
Assists per set 0.41 0.38
Service Aces 27 16
Service Errors 26 11
Service Aces per set 0.23 0.27
Receptions 467 226
Reception Errors 35 15
Digs 332 150
Digs per set 2.81 2.50
Block Solo 7 3
Block Assist 57 38
Block Total 64 41
Blocks per set 0.54 0.68
Block Errors 19 7
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 479.5 240.0
Points per set 4.1 4.0
Matches started 31 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Western Michigan W, 3-1 1 4 19 6 44 .295 1 0 1 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Aug 27 at No. 1 Notre Dame L, 3-0 1 3 16 5 41 .268 0 1 0 10 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 17.0
Aug 27 vs. Seton Hall W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 26 .231 3 2 1 27 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Sep 2 Eastern Michigan W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 34 .265 2 1 1 - 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 2 Tennessee W, 3-2 1 5 22 7 50 .300 4 1 3 - 1 16 1 3 1 4 0 25.5
Sep 3 Boise State L, 3-1 1 4 8 5 33 .091 3 1 1 - 3 19 0 1 2 1 0 9.5
Sep 9 at Temple W, 3-2 1 5 23 7 50 .320 2 0 3 44 4 11 0 3 2 3 0 24.5
Sep 10 vs. Rutgers W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 21 .381 1 0 2 21 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 12.0
Sep 10 vs. New Hampshire W, 3-1 1 4 16 7 33 .273 2 2 0 20 1 16 1 2 1 3 0 20.0
Sep 16 vs. IUPUI W, 3-1 1 4 20 5 42 .357 1 0 1 21 1 10 1 1 0 2 0 21.5
Sep 17 vs. Arkansas State W, 3-1 1 4 13 6 39 .179 2 1 0 20 1 12 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Sep 17 at Indiana L, 3-0 1 3 7 6 22 .045 1 1 1 27 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 23 Oakland L, 3-2 1 5 12 7 52 .096 2 1 2 34 2 5 0 3 1 3 0 14.5
Sep 25 at Youngstown State W, 3-0 1 3 8 6 21 .095 3 1 1 - 2 8 1 1 1 2 0 10.5
Sep 30 at Northern Kentucky W, 3-2 1 5 12 3 47 .191 0 0 1 16 1 10 1 6 0 7 0 16.0
Oct 1 at Valparaiso W, 3-1 1 4 16 8 46 .174 4 1 3 44 1 10 0 6 0 6 0 20.0
Oct 7 Milwaukee W, 3-2 1 5 13 7 46 .130 0 0 0 - 2 14 0 4 2 4 0 15.0
Oct 8 UIC W, 3-0 1 3 13 4 28 .321 1 2 0 - 1 8 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Oct 12 Green Bay W, 3-0 1 3 14 5 33 .273 0 0 0 - 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Oct 14 at Wright State W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 28 .393 0 1 0 15 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Oct 21 at UIC W, 3-1 1 4 17 7 43 .233 3 0 1 33 1 10 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Oct 22 at Milwaukee W, 3-2 1 5 16 8 40 .200 3 1 0 46 2 14 1 3 1 4 0 19.5
Oct 28 Valparaiso W, 3-0 1 3 11 4 30 .233 2 0 0 - 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 29 Northern Kentucky W, 3-0 1 3 10 5 29 .172 0 4 0 - 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 15.0
Nov 5 at Oakland W, 3-0 1 3 7 5 15 .133 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Nov 6 Youngstown State W, 3-0 1 3 16 2 35 .400 0 1 1 - 1 9 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Nov 9 at Green Bay L, 3-2 1 5 17 4 36 .361 1 1 1 38 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 20.0
Nov 11 Wright State W, 3-0 1 3 8 7 25 .040 4 2 1 - 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Nov 19 Oakland W, 3-2 1 5 19 4 44 .341 1 0 1 - 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Nov 20 Green Bay W, 3-2 1 5 11 8 37 .081 2 0 0 35 1 17 0 3 2 3 0 12.5
Dec 2 vs. Arizona L, 3-0 1 3 8 5 31 .097 0 1 0 15 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2013-14 29 111 305 2.75 172 993 .134 21 0.19 22 0.20 762 46 271 2.44 5 37 42 0.38 350.5 3.2
2014-15 28 101 277 2.74 133 972 .148 30 0.30 23 0.23 629 22 299 2.96 8 25 33 0.33 320.5 3.2
2015-16 33 128 458 3.58 176 1279 .220 33 0.26 29 0.23 555 30 338 2.64 5 41 46 0.36 512.5 4.0
2016-17 31 118 417 3.53 164 1101 .230 48 0.41 27 0.23 467 35 332 2.81 7 57 64 0.54 479.5 4.1
Total 121 458 1457 3.18 645 4345 .187 132 0.29 101 0.22 2413 133 1240 2.71 25 160 185 0.40 1663.0 3.6
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 31 118 417 3.53 164 1101 .230 48 0.41 27 0.23 467 35 332 2.81 7 57 64 0.54 479.5 4.1
Conference 16 60 202 3.37 83 554 .215 23 0.38 16 0.27 226 15 150 2.50 3 38 41 0.68 240.0 4.0
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Home 13 50 169 3.38 68 476 .212 21 0.42 13 0.26 69 15 154 3.08 1 24 25 0.50 195.0 3.9
Away 11 43 151 3.51 60 389 .234 17 0.40 8 0.19 273 14 102 2.37 3 25 28 0.65 174.5 4.1
Neutral 7 25 97 3.88 36 236 .258 10 0.40 6 0.24 125 6 76 3.04 3 8 11 0.44 110.0 4.4
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Wins 25 95 349 3.67 132 886 .245 41 0.43 21 0.22 343 26 275 2.89 6 49 55 0.58 400.5 4.2
Losses 6 23 68 2.96 32 215 .167 7 0.30 6 0.26 124 9 57 2.48 1 8 9 0.39 79.0 3.4
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August 3 10 44 4.40 14 111 .270 4 0.40 3 0.30 38 1 36 3.60 0 3 3 0.30 48.5 4.8
September 12 48 165 3.44 66 444 .223 23 0.48 9 0.19 203 19 129 2.69 5 23 28 0.58 190.5 4.0
October 9 33 122 3.70 49 323 .226 13 0.39 9 0.27 138 8 94 2.85 1 20 21 0.64 142.0 4.3
November 6 24 78 3.25 30 192 .250 8 0.33 5 0.21 73 6 65 2.71 0 11 11 0.46 88.5 3.7
December 1 3 8 2.67 5 31 .097 0 0.00 1 0.33 15 1 8 2.67 1 0 1 0.33 10.0 3.3