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 23
k/s 1.86
h % .149
a/s 0.11
b/s 0.38
sa/s 0.25
d/s 1.46

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 24 at St. Norbert W, 3-1
Mar 29 Dominican (IL) L, 3-1
Mar 31 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-0
Apr 1 at Benedictine (IL) L, 3-0
Apr 5 Lakeland W, 3-0
Apr 8 Marian (Wis.) L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 23 10
Sets 72 35
Kills 134 79
Kills per set 1.86 2.26
Errors 77 30
Total Attacks 383 204
Hitting Percentage .149 .240
Assists 8 2
Assists per set 0.11 0.06
Service Aces 18 10
Service Errors 55 21
Service Aces per set 0.25 0.29
Receptions 453 256
Reception Errors 20 8
Digs 105 61
Digs per set 1.46 1.74
Block Solo 11 7
Block Assist 16 6
Block Total 27 13
Blocks per set 0.38 0.37
Block Errors 2 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 171.0 99.0
Points per set 2.4 2.8
Matches started 19 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 18 New Paltz St. L, 3-0 1 3 4 7 20 -.150 1 2 5 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Jan 21 vs. Wittenberg L, 3-1 1 4 3 3 9 .000 0 0 2 22 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Jan 21 at North Central (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 3 3 4 9 -.111 0 0 4 24 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Jan 27 vs. Thiel W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 27 .333 1 0 4 14 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Jan 27 at Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 6 7 22 -.045 0 1 3 21 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 8.0
Jan 28 vs. Mount St. Joseph W, 3-0 1 2 2 6 10 -.400 0 0 0 11 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
Feb 4 Fontbonne W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 16 .563 2 1 5 19 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Feb 8 at MSOE L, 3-1 - 4 7 6 23 .043 0 1 3 39 1 10 2 1 0 3 0 10.5
Feb 10 at Saint Xavier L, 3-0 1 3 1 6 15 -.333 0 0 2 17 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Feb 11 at North Park L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 18 vs. UC Santa Cruz L, 3-0 1 2 2 5 8 -.375 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Feb 18 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 25 Maranatha Baptist W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 25 at Trine L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at Rockford W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 10 Edgewood W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 12 .250 1 4 1 20 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 10.0
Mar 11 Wis. Lutheran W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 11 Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 17 .118 0 0 2 25 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Mar 15 Concordia Chicago W, 3-1 1 4 4 2 19 .105 0 0 3 30 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 4.5
Mar 18 at Aurora L, 3-1 1 3 6 2 13 .308 0 0 1 20 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Mar 18 vs. Endicott W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 26 .192 2 3 3 28 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Mar 24 at St. Norbert W, 3-1 1 4 13 2 32 .344 1 1 4 31 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Mar 29 Dominican (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 9 4 22 .227 0 2 2 48 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Mar 31 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 24 .333 0 0 0 16 2 5 1 1 0 2 1 12.5
Apr 1 at Benedictine (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 16 .063 0 1 3 16 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Apr 5 Lakeland W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 17 .353 0 1 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Apr 8 Marian (Wis.) L, 3-1 - 4 12 4 26 .308 0 0 2 27 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 12.0
  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 7 27 78 2.89 37 207 .198 2 0.07 4 0.15 109 2 53 1.96 3 7 10 0.37 88.5 3.3
Total 74 221 489 2.21 294 1357 .144 23 0.10 57 0.26 1141 48 305 1.38 20 53 73 0.33 592.5 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 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
Conference 10 35 79 2.26 30 204 .240 2 0.06 10 0.29 256 8 61 1.74 7 6 13 0.37 99.0 2.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 28 56 2.00 24 149 .215 4 0.14 10 0.36 189 4 39 1.39 5 5 10 0.36 73.5 2.6
Away 10 29 51 1.76 33 154 .117 1 0.03 4 0.14 184 11 46 1.59 5 8 13 0.45 64.0 2.2
Neutral 5 15 27 1.80 20 80 .087 3 0.20 4 0.27 80 5 20 1.33 1 3 4 0.27 33.5 2.2
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Wins 8 27 62 2.30 21 159 .258 7 0.26 10 0.37 162 4 39 1.44 4 4 8 0.30 78.0 2.9
Losses 15 45 72 1.60 56 224 .071 1 0.02 8 0.18 291 16 66 1.47 7 12 19 0.42 93.0 2.1
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January 6 18 29 1.61 29 97 .000 2 0.11 3 0.17 103 8 29 1.61 3 4 7 0.39 37.0 2.1
February 6 16 20 1.25 18 62 .032 2 0.13 3 0.19 80 2 18 1.13 3 2 5 0.31 27.0 1.7
March 8 28 60 2.14 20 165 .242 4 0.14 10 0.36 218 9 44 1.57 4 9 13 0.46 78.5 2.8
April 3 10 25 2.50 10 59 .254 0 0.00 2 0.20 52 1 14 1.40 1 1 2 0.20 28.5 2.9