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2025 Volleyball Roster

21 Ella Graper

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool James Madison Memorial
  • Hometown Madison, Wis.
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

Major Accomplishments:
Wid Guisler Invitational All-Tournament Team - 11/5/2023
2023 All-Liberty League Second Team
2023 Liberty League All-Academic
2023 AVCA All-Region III Honorable Mention Team
Liberty League Performer of the Week - 9/16/2024
Liberty League Honor Roll - 11/18/2024
2024 Most Outstanding Performer of the in the Liberty League Volleyball Championship
2024 Liberty League All-Academic

2025: Started the season with 2 kills and three blocks in the 3-1 victory over St. John Fisher (08/29)...Recorded four kills on six attempts in the 3-1 victory against John Carroll (08/29)...Totaled six kills on 10 attempts in the sweep against Rochester (08/30).

2024: Started the season off with 10 kills and two blocks against Springfield (8/30)...Recorded two blocks in the Bombers sweep over Rivier (8/31)...Recorded 10 kills and served up a pair of aces against Stevens (8/31)...Totaled six kills and two blocks against Rochester (9/6)...Put down seven kills and three blocks against Middlebury (9/6)...Totaled a season-high 12 kills, which also matched a career-best against Johns Hopkins (9/13)...Added three kills and a service ace against Susquehanna (9/14)...Recorded 10 kills in Ithaca's sweep over Marymount (9/14)....Tried rallying the squad with two aces and four kills against No. 1 Juniata (10/26)...Hit an impressive .667 with four blocks against Bard (11/02)...Recorded four kills against Nazareth (11/9)...Tallied seven kills and three blocks against RIT (11/15)...Helped lead the Bombers to their third-straight Liberty League Championship with an impressive seven blocks in sweep over William Smith (11/16)...Tallied six kills and four aces against Lasall (11/21) to begin the NCAA Tournament...Totaled three kills and three blocks against Smith (11/22)...Received three kills and two blocks against Johns Hopkins (11/23)...Battled an injury during the middle portion of the season but still managed to appear in 20 matches, while playing in 55 sets...Totaled 97 kills while hitting at .296 as Graper also added a career-high 21 aces along with 57 blocks, which included 26 block solos. | 2024 Statistics

2023: Recorded seven kills and four blocks in Ithaca's five set match with Kean (9/2)...Tallied three kills and one block against MIT (9/8)...Registered five kills in Ithaca's sweeps of both Endicott (9/9) and SUNY Cortland (9/12)...Registered six kills and three blocks in Ithaca's loss to #8 Johns Hopkins (9/15)...Recorded three kills and two blocks against Susquehanna (9/16)...Notched two kills and one block during the Bomber's 3-0 win over SUNY New Paltz (9/22)...Recorded three kills, three aces, and three digs agaisnt Williams (9/23)...Recorded 12 kills and two solo blocks against Eastern (9/30)...Registered seven kills and five blocks against Union (9/30)...Recorded an incredible eight service aces, which turned out to be a season-best to go along with four kills and, three digs against St. Lawrence (10/6)...Registered two kills and a block against Skidmore (10/7)...Registered five kills, three blocks, and two aces against Stevens (10/14)...Recorded six kills, three blocks, and two aces against Denison (10/14)...Registered 10 kills, two service aces, and three blocks during Ithaca's sweep over William Smith (10/17)...Recorded five kills and two blocks against Bard (10/20)...Recorded eight kills and two aces against Vassar (10/21)...Registered eight kills and a pair of blocks against Clarkson (10/27)...Recorded five kills and two blocks against Scranton (10/28)...Registered two kills and three blocks during Ithaca’s sweep of St. John Fisher (11/3)…Tallied 10 kills, three digs and five blocks against Ohio Wesleyan (11/4)…Came up big to begin the postseason with seven blocks, eight kills, and three digs in the LL Semifinals against Vassar (11/10)…Tallied six kills, an ace, and two blocks in the Bombers LL Championship win against William Smith (11/11)…Earned seven kills and one block in the Bombers NCAA First Round match against Framingham St. (11/16) Tallied six kills with an incredible .857 hitting percentage, and four blocks against Babson (11/17)…Followed that performance up with four kills, one ace, one dig, and one block during Ithaca’s 3-0 loss to #6 NYU (11/18)...Graper concluded her sophomore season with 149 kills and hitting percentage of .383 which was second-best on the team...She also led both the team and the Liberty League with 73 total blocks including 31 block solos. | 2023 Statistics

2022: Recorded seven kills and six total blocks in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Franklin & Marshall (9/10)... Recorded seven kills and five total blocks against Virginia Wesleyan (9/10)...Registered three blocks and two aces in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Salisbury (10/15)...Recorded three blocks in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Clarkson for the Liberty League Championship (11/5)... Finished her first year as a Bomber with 3 kills and 1 block during Ithaca's 0-3 loss to Chirstopher Newport (11/11). The rookie totaled 46 kills and maintained a hitting percentage of 0.217 throughout the 2022 season. She made her mark as the thrid best blocker on the team with a total of 34 stops. | 2022 Statistics

High School: Graper had a storied four-year career on the varsity team at James Madison Memorial...She was the Cougar-Viking tournament MVP in 2019 and 2021...Graper was the 2021 Offensive MVP for James Madison Memorial...She participated in the 2022 USA Volleyball Girls 18s Junior National Championship, where the team took second place... Graper was the captain of her team her senior year. 

Personal: Graper is enrolled in the Exercise Science program at Ithaca College. She is the daughter of Peter and Kim Graper.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2022First Year

    Middle Blocker/Opposite
    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2023Sophomore

    Middle Blocker/Opposite
    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2024Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2025Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    21