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Grace Wuischpard

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/9/2023
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Santa Barbara
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Hometown
    Danville, Calif.
  • High School
    Monte Vista HS

  • UC Santa Barbara’s Grace Wuischpard had a phenomenal week of blocking for the Gauchos to secure Big West Defensive Player of the Week. This is the first career weekly honor for the sophomore from Danville, Calif.  

  • Wuischpard averaged 1.5 blocks per set while notching eight against UC Riverside and seven against UC Davis in a pair of five-set road victories for UCSB.  

  • Opening up the weekend against the Highlanders, the middle blocker also added three service aces, two kills and two digs to the stat sheet.  

  • Wuischpard is part of a solid front line for the Gauchos that averages 2.79 blocks per set on the season, good for 12th in NCAA Division I.