9 Grant Couper
9 - Grant Couper
Height: 6'3
Weight: 145
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
High School: Laguna Niguel
Position: OH
Major: Computer Engineering
m 26
k/s 2.48
h % .170
a/s 0.11
b/s 0.29
sa/s 0.19
d/s 1.93

2021: Appeared in nine matches... Led the team with 58 kills, 14 service aces and 74.5 points... No. 15 on the Final 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Statistical Ranking with 0.609 service aces per set... Finished the season with five blocks and 20 digs... Notched a season-high 12 kills and two blocks in a 3-0 loss to Concordia (Wis.)... Tallied a season-high six service aces in a 3-0 win at Wisconsin Lutheran... Chipped in a season-high seven digs in a 3-0 win against Edgewood.

2020: Appeared in 10 matches... Finished the season with 51 kills, a .050 hitting percentage, 21 digs, 13 blocks, six assists and three service aces... Tallied a season-high 15 kills in a 3-2 loss to Trinity Christian... Notched a season-high seven digs in a 3-1 loss to St. Xavier... Collected a season-high four blocks on two occasions; a 3-1 loss to St. Xavier, and a 3-2 loss to Aurora... NACC Scholar Athlete.  

High School: Aliso Niguel High School boy's volleyball team captain as a senior... Played one season with the Orange County Volleyball Club, followed by three seasons with the United Volleyball Club... Scholar Athlete... Seal Biliteracy in French... Member of the California Scholarship Federation... Four-year member of the Aliso Niguel High School boy's volleyball team... Three-year member of the Aliso Niguel High School wind ensemble, playing the clarinet.

Personal: Son of Doug and Debby Couper... Electrical engineering major. 

Career Bests (Thru 2021)

Category # Opponent Date
Kills 15 Trinity Christian February 15, 2020
Assists 2 Two Times Multiple
Service Aces 6 Wisconsin Lutheran March 12, 2021
Digs 7 Two Times Multiple
Blocks 4 Two Times Multiple

 

Recent Games
Mar 26 at Concordia Chicago W, 3-0
Mar 30 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-1
Apr 3 Wis. Lutheran W, 3-0
Apr 6 Edgewood W, 3-0
Apr 9 at Benedictine (IL) W, 3-2
Apr 11 at Aurora L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 12
Sets 90 41
Kills 223 103
Kills per set 2.48 2.51
Errors 108 44
Total Attacks 675 316
Hitting Percentage .170 .187
Assists 10 8
Assists per set 0.11 0.20
Service Aces 17 12
Service Errors 50 27
Service Aces per set 0.19 0.29
Receptions 427 201
Reception Errors 13 6
Digs 174 80
Digs per set 1.93 1.95
Block Solo 8 2
Block Assist 18 9
Block Total 26 11
Blocks per set 0.29 0.27
Block Errors 14 6
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 257.0 121.5
Points per set 2.9 3.0
Matches started 23 10
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 18 Maryville University L, 3-0 1 3 8 3 24 .208 0 0 1 16 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 9.0
Jan 23 North Park W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 26 vs. Randolph-Macon L, 3-1 1 4 11 10 35 .029 0 0 3 10 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Jan 26 at Southern Virginia L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 26 .077 0 1 2 11 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Jan 27 at Roanoke W, 3-1 1 4 19 3 35 .457 0 1 1 17 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 20.5
Jan 30 at Judson (Ill.) L, 3-1 1 4 6 5 25 .040 0 0 3 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Feb 6 Ill. Wesleyan L, 3-2 1 5 8 8 33 .000 0 0 3 19 0 11 1 1 1 2 0 9.5
Feb 9 Wittenberg L, 3-1 1 4 15 5 35 .286 0 0 0 22 1 4 1 2 1 3 0 17.0
Feb 17 vs. Fontbonne W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 17 .294 1 1 1 9 0 13 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Feb 17 at Augustana (IL) L, 3-1 1 3 6 3 20 .150 0 0 2 15 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Feb 20 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 10 5 33 .152 0 0 3 24 3 3 1 1 2 2 0 11.5
Feb 22 at Benedictine (IL) L, 3-2 1 5 5 6 25 -.040 0 3 1 16 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Feb 24 Mount Union W, 3-2 1 5 8 6 21 .095 0 1 2 24 0 9 1 0 1 1 0 10.0
Feb 24 North Central (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 28 .071 0 0 0 15 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 5.0
Feb 27 Lakeland W, 3-1 1 2 6 3 13 .231 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Mar 2 at St. Norbert W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Dominican (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 9 4 23 .217 0 1 3 19 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 11.0
Mar 9 at MSOE L, 3-1 1 4 15 5 36 .278 1 0 3 39 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Mar 16 Rockford W, 3-0 - 3 5 1 12 .333 2 1 1 9 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Mar 20 at Aurora L, 3-0 1 3 6 3 26 .115 0 2 2 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Mar 23 Marian (Wis.) W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 30 .267 1 0 2 15 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Mar 26 at Concordia Chicago W, 3-0 1 3 9 5 28 .143 2 0 1 14 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Mar 30 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-1 - 4 11 6 38 .132 1 0 5 16 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Apr 3 Wis. Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 17 .294 0 3 3 10 0 4 0 2 3 2 0 10.0
Apr 6 Edgewood W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 22 .318 0 0 2 14 0 8 0 1 2 1 0 8.5
Apr 9 at Benedictine (IL) W, 3-2 1 5 12 6 46 .130 1 2 3 29 2 13 1 0 0 1 0 15.0
Apr 11 at Aurora L, 3-0 1 3 10 6 26 .154 1 1 2 24 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
  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
2019-20 10 29 51 1.76 44 140 .050 6 0.21 3 0.10 108 8 21 0.72 0 13 13 0.45 60.5 2.1
2020-21 9 23 58 2.52 36 145 .152 0 0.00 14 0.61 77 3 20 0.87 0 5 5 0.22 74.5 3.2
2021-22 25 70 168 2.40 100 482 .141 7 0.10 18 0.26 394 15 106 1.51 6 12 18 0.26 198.0 2.8
2022-23 23 72 134 1.86 77 383 .149 8 0.11 18 0.25 453 20 105 1.46 11 16 27 0.38 171.0 2.4
2023-24 26 90 223 2.48 108 675 .170 10 0.11 17 0.19 427 13 174 1.93 8 18 26 0.29 257.0 2.9
Total 93 284 634 2.23 365 1825 .147 31 0.11 70 0.25 1459 59 426 1.50 25 64 89 0.31 761.0 2.7
  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 26 90 223 2.48 108 675 .170 10 0.11 17 0.19 427 13 174 1.93 8 18 26 0.29 257.0 2.9
Conference 12 41 103 2.51 44 316 .187 8 0.20 12 0.29 201 6 80 1.95 2 9 11 0.27 121.5 3.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 13 42 99 2.36 43 292 .192 3 0.07 6 0.14 193 7 65 1.55 6 8 14 0.33 115.0 2.7
Away 11 41 105 2.56 52 331 .160 6 0.15 10 0.24 215 6 85 2.07 1 8 9 0.22 120.0 2.9
Neutral 2 7 19 2.71 13 52 .115 1 0.14 1 0.14 19 0 24 3.43 1 2 3 0.43 22.0 3.1
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Wins 11 35 92 2.63 32 242 .248 7 0.20 9 0.26 147 2 78 2.23 3 8 11 0.31 108.0 3.1
Losses 15 55 131 2.38 76 433 .127 3 0.05 8 0.15 280 11 96 1.75 5 10 15 0.27 149.0 2.7
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January 6 19 50 2.63 25 146 .171 0 0.00 2 0.11 74 0 36 1.89 1 3 4 0.21 54.5 2.9
February 9 34 71 2.09 42 225 .129 1 0.03 5 0.15 148 5 61 1.79 5 7 12 0.35 84.5 2.5
March 7 23 66 2.87 27 193 .202 7 0.30 4 0.17 128 4 43 1.87 1 5 6 0.26 73.5 3.2
April 4 14 36 2.57 14 111 .198 2 0.14 6 0.43 77 4 34 2.43 1 3 4 0.29 44.5 3.2