Grace Lazard

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
LeAF Academy
Hometown:
London, England

Awards and Honors
AVCA All-Midwest Region Team (2018) ... All-Big 12 First Team (2018) ... Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018) ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23, 2017) ... Cyclone Invitational Co-MVP (2017) ... Iowa Invitational All-Tournament Team (2017) ... All-Big 12 Second Team (2016) ... Cyclone Invitational All-Tournament Team (2016) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)

2018 (Senior)
Played in 29 matches and 104 sets for the Cyclones … ranked second on the team with 295 kills at 2.84 per set, with a hitting percentage of .341, the best on the team and the fourth-best in a single season in ISU history … against Texas Tech on Nov. 23, had 13 kills with no errors on 15 attempts for a .867 hitting percentage, breaking ISU’s single-match hitting record (min. 15 att.) … had 15 matches with at least 10 kills on the season … finished with 17 kills twice, both times against Kansas State … in the Little Apple on Oct. 10, got her 17 at a .625 hitting percentage, and in Ames on Oct. 26, achieved it with a .500 hitting clip … hit .500 or better in a match six times on the season … had 16 kills at .385 hitting at West Virginia on Sept. 19 … led Iowa State with 126 total blocks on the season … finished with only career double-double against Oregon State, notching 12 kills and 11 blocks … recorded nine blocks against Bradley in NIVC Second Round … had seven blocks at K-State … was second on the team with 29 service aces on the season … finished with three aces against Ole Miss (Aug. 24) and Oklahoma (Oct. 3) … had two aces in a match five times … for her career, her .286 career hitting percentage ranks sixth in ISU history and her 363 total blocks is seventh in Iowa State history.

2017 (Junior)
Started in and played in all 29 matches and 102 sets for Iowa State … ranked third on Iowa State with 246 kills at a .279 hitting percentage … had 13 matches with at least 10 kills for the Cyclones … led the Iowa State attack during the NCAA Volleyball Championship, tying her career-high with 14 kills at a .522 hitting percentage against Princeton, and having 11 kills at a .348 hitting clip against No. 11 Wisconsin … had 12 kills four times, including in ISU’s win over No. 8 Creighton … led Iowa State with 121 total blocks … had career-high 11 blocks against West Virginia and followed that up with eight against TCU, earning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for her efforts … had nine blocks at Texas Tech … was Co-MVP of the Cyclone Invitational and was a member of the Iowa Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Summer 2017
Played for England Senior National Team in pair of matches against Scotland in May.

2016 (Sophomore)
One of three Cyclones to play in all 29 matches, making 24 starts and playing in 102 sets … was third on the Cyclones with 217 kills at 2.13 per set and a .295 hitting percentage … had eight matches with at least 10 kills, all coming in Big 12 play to help her earn All-Big 12 Second Team honors … recorded career-best 14 kills against TCU and at Texas Tech … earned 14 at TTU with career-best .524 hitting percentage … had 13 kills against Kansas … had 12 kills in win against No. 5 Texas … posted 11 kills against Kansas State … had 10 kills against Baylor, at Oklahoma and at Kansas … led Iowa State with 92 total blocks (15 solos, 77 assists) … had two solo blocks at West Virginia and against No. 5 Texas … posted career-best seven block assists against Montana … had six block assists against Baylor and at Texas Tech … posted 11 aces … had two aces against Montana … finished season with 75 digs … had career-best eight digs at West Virginia.

Summer 2016
Played for England Senior National Team at Global Challenge 2016 in Pula, Croatia.

2015 (Freshman)
Competed in 27 matches and 66 sets for Iowa State in 2015 … recorded 65 kills at 0.98 per set … had career-best nine kills at Iowa … posted eight kills against VCU … had six kills apiece against UNI and Nebraska … recorded five kills against Appalachian State, Milwaukee and West Virginia … finished season with 24 total blocks at 0.36 per set … had four total blocks twice, against VCU (two solo, two assists) and against Milwaukee (all assists).

Spring 2015
Enrolled at Iowa State for Spring 2015 semester … participated in spring volleyball practices and competitions.

Before Iowa State
Attended Thomas More Catholic School, while playing club ball for Croydon Volleyball Club and Polonia Volleyball Club in South London … prior to arrival at Iowa State, attended school and trained at LeAF Academy in Bournemouth, England … has made 15 appearances for the England Junior National Team … was team’s leading scorer at 2013 Youth Volleyball European Championship … is a member of England’s sand volleyball senior national team, having made her debut in September.

Personal
Liberal studies major.