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  Kyle Gramit

Kyle Gramit

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.

High School:
Naperville North

Height:
6-5

Position:
Outside Hitter

2007: Played in 19 matches and 70 games during the season... Finished second on the team in kills, kills per game, points and points per game... Third on the team in aces, aces per game, digs and digs per game... First-Team EIVA All-East... Named to the All-Golden Dome Classic Tournament Team... Had 12 kills against East Stroudsburg on Jan. 31... Finished with 17 kills against No. 7 Penn State on Feb. 10... Had 16 kills, nine digs and two aces against Juniata on Feb. 15... Led all players with 18 kills against Rutgers-Newark at The Golden Dome Classic on Feb. 24... Set a new career high with 26 kills against NJIT at The Golden Dome Classic on Feb. 25... Named to the All-Classic Team at The Golden Dome Classic for his performance at the two-day tournament... Tallied 11 kills and seven digs against No. 7 Ohio State on March 4... Recorded 12 kills and a team-high nine digs against Princeton on March 9... Hit .471 with 10 kills, a match-high six digs and a career-high two solo blocks against Quincy on March 24... Hit .379 with 16 kills and seven digs against NYU on March 30... Registered a match-high 25 kills and a team-high nine digs against Juniata on March 31... Hit .545 with a team-high 14 kills and six digs against Rutgers-Newark on April 6... Tallied 17 kills and seven digs against No. 6 Penn State on April 7... Finished with a match-high 14 kills on .400 hitting against East Stroudsburg on April 13... Finished with 14 kills against Princeton on April 14... Hit .381 with 12 kills and five blocks against East Stroudsburg in the quarterfinal round of the EIVA Championship Tournament on April 21... Finished with 17 kills and seven digs against St. Francis (Pa.) in the semifinal round of the EIVA Championship Tournament on April 26.

2006: One of only two players on the team to appear in all 28 matches... Saw action in 97 games during the season... Was fourth on the team in total kills with 235, averaging 2.42 per game... Recorded double-digit kill totals in 12 matches during the season, reaching a career high of 16 in two different matches during the season, on Feb. 10 against Rutgers-Newark and on Feb. 24 against Juniata... Ranked fourth on the team in points per game, averaging 3.09... Hit a career best .579 with 14 kills on 19 attempts against New York University on Feb. 18... His 24 aces were second on the team... Served up three aces in a match twice during the season, against the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Jan. 19 and against the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras on Jan. 20... Was fourth on the team in digs with 120... Reached 10 or more digs in a match three times during the season, with a career best 11 against St. Francis (Pa.) on April 1... Recorded 76 total blocks (7BS, 69BA)... Registered a career best two solo blocks against Lewis on Feb. 4... Had a career-high eight block assists in a match twice, against New York University on March 4 and against the University of California, San Diego on March 15... Set a career high for total blocks in a match with nine against the University of California, San Diego on March 15.

Prep: Attended Naperville North High School, earning four letters in volleyball and one in soccer... As a senior, named All-Conference, All-City, All-Area and All-State... Was team captain and most valuable player... As a junior, named All-Conference, All-City and All-Area and second team All-State... High school coach was Roger Strausburger... As a senior had 421 kills... Finished career with 808 kills, third most in school history... Selected for the USA Youth National Team in 2005 and competed against Brazil, Italy and Argentina.

Personal: Full name is Kyle Steven Gramit... Born May 27, 1987... Parents are Karen and Erv Gramit... Has one brother, Ryan... A 2005 graduate of Naperville North High School... Also recruited by BYU, Hawai'i, Lewis, Loyola-Chicago, Ball State, Pacific, Quincy, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara... Majoring in sports management.

CAREER STATISTICS
YR	GP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
2006	97	235	109	523	.241	19	24	120	7	69	76
2007	70	268	124	602	.239	10	14	113	11	42	53
Totals	167	503	233	1125	.240	29	38	233	18	111	129

SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS KILLS: 26, vs. NJIT, 2/25/07 TOTAL ATTEMPTS: 62, vs. NJIT, 2/25/07 HITTING PERCENTAGE: .579 (14K, 3E, 19A), at New York University, 2/18/06 ASSISTS: 3, twice, last at Princeton, 3/9/07 ACES: 3, twice, last at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 1/20/06 DIGS: 11, at St. Francis (Pa.), 4/1/06 BLOCK SOLOS: 2, three times, last vs. Princeton, 4/14/07 BLOCK ASSISTS: 8, twice, last at University of California, San Diego, 3/15/06 TOTAL BLOCKS: 9, at University of California, San Diego, 3/15/06

 

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