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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

5 McKenzie Gruner

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Baraboo
  • Hometown Merrimac, Wis.

Biography

2024 (Junior)
  • Played in all 29 matches with 28 starts
  • Named to the UP North Tournament All-Tournament Team with 39 kills, 8 blocks, and a .471 attack percentage over three matches
  • Hit a career-high 15 kills in a victory over No. 7 St. Cloud State on 9/14/24 and in a win vs. Roosevelt on 10/11/24
  • Finished the campaign with 224 kills
  • Led the team with 57 total blocks, notching 6 vs. St. Cloud State on 9/14/24 
2023 (Sophomore)
  • Played in 28 matches for the Wildcats
  • Recorded a career-high 11 kills in a five-set victory over Davenport on 9/15/23
  • Notched a career best in blocks with eight against Parkside on 9/23/23
  • On the season, accumulated 98 kills and 48 total blocks
2022 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in 19 matches as a freshman
  • Contributed 40 kills with a season-best seven against Lake Superior State
  • Defensively added 24 digs and 18 blocks, with 11 of those solo blocks
  • Led the Wildcats with three solo blocks in a 3-0 win against rival Michigan Tech
Before NMU
  • First Team All-Conference as a sophomore and senior
  • Second Team All-Conference as a freshman
  • Team captain and team MVP three years in a row
  • Reached 1000 kills her senior year 
  • Track & Field team captain and MVP her senior year
  • Won the conference title in the 800m as a junior in 2021 and made appearances in the state championship as a junior and senior
Personal
  • Also a member of the NMU Track & Field team
  • Daughter of Paul and Lisa Gruner 
  • From Merrimac, Wisconsin
  • Father Paul played football semi-professionally for the Racine Raiders and won two national championships
  • Hobbies include going to coffee shops, running, hanging out with friends

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2022Freshman

    MB
    5
  • 5

    2023Sophomore

    MB
    6'2"
    5
  • 5

    2024Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    5
  • 5

    2025Senior

    MB
    6'2"
    5