Emma Grome Named Co-SEC Setter of the Week

LEXINGTON, Ky.– Freshman setter Emma Grome was named the Southeastern Conference’s Co-Setter of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon.
 
Grome has now been named SEC Setter of the Week in back-to-back weeks, and three times this year. Additionally, Grome has an SEC Freshman of the Year honor to her name so far this season.
 
Grome set a new career high with 63 assists in Kentucky’s match Thursday night at South Carolina, marking the first time in her career she’s had 60-plus assists in a match. Grome averaged 12.3 assists per set as she led Kentucky to a .332 hitting percentage on the weekend with over a dig per set, as well.
 
With 63 assists versus the Gamecocks on Thursday night, the Loveland, Ohio native became just the sixth Kentucky player in program history to record 60-plus assists in a match in program history. 2020-21 AVCA National Player of the Year, Madison Lilley, did it twice in a Wildcat uniform.
 
In Friday night’s sweep, Grome had 36 assists, keeping her streak of 30-plus assist matches alive at 16 consecutive matches.
 
Kentucky faces Georgia at 6 p.m. ET Wednesday night on ESPNU in UK’s return home to Memorial Coliseum for the first time in two weeks. The match will be called by Courtney Lyle and current United States National Team head coach, Karch Kiraly.
 
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