2026 Volleyball Roster
Layne Graffice
- Height:
- 5-10
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Alliance, Ohio
- High School:
- Marlington
- Major:
- Communication Studies
- Position:
- OH / DS
Career Awards
- 2025 Horizon League All-Freshman Team
2025 (Freshman): Played in 29 matches, 25 of which she started, and appeared in 104 sets… Ranked third on the team with 278 kills and 312 points… In addition to her 278 kills, she scored with 19 aces, one solo block and 28 block assists… Added 270 digs and 20 assists… Averaged 2.67 kills on a .221 attack percentage while adding 2.60 digs per set as a six-rotation player… Had the seventh-most kills by a freshman in program history… Became the sixth YSU freshman to have at least 250 kills and 250 digs… Was one of three (Michele Batton in 1999, Jessica Fraley in 2004) to have at least 270 kills and 270 digs… Her 2.67 digs per set average was the second-best among YSU freshmen since joining the Horizon League in 2001… Averaged 2.77 kills and 2.79 digs per set against Horizon League opponents while hitting at a .238 clip… Ranked 17th in the conference overall and fourth among freshmen in kills per set… Reached double digits in kills 17 times while reaching double digits in digs 14 times… Recorded 11 double-doubles… Had at least eight kills in each of her first eight matches… Had a season-high 20 kills while hitting .341 in a five-set win at IU Indy (Oct. 17)… Posted 16 kills and a season-best 20 digs in the quarterfinal win over Green Bay in the Horizon League Volleyball Championship (Nov. 21)… Had five block assists against Siena (Sept. 6)… Had a season-best four aces in a five-set match against Stetson (Sept. 13)… Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Altoona Grand Red Flash Classic.
High School: Named a First-Team All-Ohioan at the Division IV level as a senior when she led Marlington to a runner-up finish at the state tournament... The Dukes also went to the state semifinals her junior year, and they won four consecutive conference crowns… Was additionally a second-team all-state pick as a junior and an honorable mention selection as a sophomore… Set school records for kills in a career (1,442), season (526), and match (32), and she also broke the record for career aces (189)… Selected as the player of the year at the league and district levels in each of her final three seasons… Tabbed the Stark County Player of the Year as a junior and a senior… Her club team (NOVA Juniors) qualified for nationals in both 2023 and 2024… Her extracurricular activities included the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Character Counts, and the Spanish National Honor Society. Named to the Merit Roll.
Personal: Parents are Jeff and Anne… Has a sister (Lauren)… Major is communications studies.
