UIC Athletics

Year	Kills	Errors	TA	Pct.	A	SA	Digs	BS	BA	Total
2016	447	140	1,330	.231	21	20	299	4	57	61
Total at UIC	447	140	1,330	.231	21	20	299	4	57	61

AS A SENIOR (2016): JAX Classic Most Valuable Player… Redhawks Invitational All-Tournament Team member… UIC Invitational All-Tournament Team member… Named Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24… Competed in all 30 matches, totaling a team-high 447 kills (3.82 per set) and 299 digs (2.56 per set)… Recorded 20 service aces (0.17 per set)… Led the team with 19 double-doubles on the season… Closed out the season hitting at .231… Hit .300 or above on six separate occasions… Collected 20 plus kills on five occasions… Finished the season with 61 total blocks and 20 service aces… Recorded season-high kills (26) and digs (20) versus Oakland (Oct. 22)… Earned a season-high six total blocks against Albany (Sept. 9)… Hit for a season-best .400 against Jacksonville (Sept. 3).

UIC Career Highs
Kills: 26 vs. Oakland (10.22.16)
Attempts: 68 vs. Oakland (10.22.16)
Attack Pct.: .400 at Jacksonville (9.3.16)
Digs: 20 vs. Oakland (10.22.16)
Aces: 3, twice, most recently vs. Wright State (9.23.16)
Total Blocks:  6 vs. Albany (9.9.16)

PRIOR TO UIC: Played at Miami [Fla.] from 2012-15 ... Helped Hurricanes reach the NCAA Tournament in each of her four seasons in Coral Gables ... Played outside hitter as a redshirt junior in 2015 and led Miami with 11 double-doubles ... Ranked second on the team in both kills (323) and digs (267) ... Contributed as right-side hitter in 2014 and led the Hurricanes with 280 digs, while ranking second with 27 service aces and third with 247 kills ... Redshirted in 2013 ... Made six starts and helped Miami to a second-place finish in the ACC as a true freshman in 2012 ... Earned first career start in a victory against No. 6 Florida State (Sept. 7).

PREP/PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner at Northwood H.S. ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Named Timberwolves' MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Three-time Orange County Register All-County honoree ... Named MVP of the Pacific Coast League as a senior and to the All-PCL team her final three prep seasons ... Earned place on Orange County "Dream Team" in 2011 ... Set Northwood record with 41 kills in a single match ... Chosen as a 2012 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace ... Also played softball and soccer at Northwood ... Born July 11, 1994 ... Daughter of Jocelyn and Scott Groot ... Father, Scott, played collegiate baseball at UNLV ... Plans to pursue a master's degree in education (MEd) in instructional leadership at UIC.