2021 Volleyball Roster

Craig Heiser
Scott M Foley

6 Kayla Granado

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-4 /
  • Class Senior
  • Major Marketing
  • Hometown Round Rock, Texas

Biography

Career Accolades
- 4x Texas State Star of Excellence Award (4.0 GPA in a semester; 2019-22)
- Bobcat Invitational All-Tournament Team (2021)
- Concluded Texas State playing career with 1,236 career digs

Senior (Fall 2021) – A solid wall on the defensive backline as the defensive specialist capped her final season wearing the Texas State maroon and gold with a team-leading 355 digs (3.32/set), more than 108 more than the next closest teammate … surpassed the 1,000-career dig mark with a 17-dig outing in a three-set match against Miami (FL) on Sept. 10 … had a team-high 22 service aces ... turned in a season-best 23 digs in a single match on two separate occasions (at Dayton, Aug. 28; vs. Little Rock, Nov. 5) … recorded 17 double-digit dig regular-season matches … had a streak of eight consecutive regular-season matches with at least 10-or-more digs … credited with 18 digs in the Bobcats’ regular-season finale win at Louisiana (Nov. 13) … added two more double-digit dig performances in the Sun Belt’s postseason conference tournament against Coastal Carolina (10, Nov. 20) and South Alabama (12, Nov. 21)

Junior (2020 - Spring 2021) – Appeared in 141 sets where she averaged 3.89 digs per set as the team’s libero…led the NCAA with 548 total digs, which also ranks No. 2 in the single-season record book…logged career-highs with 24 digs at Houston (March 20, 2021), eight assists at UTSA (Feb. 10, 2021), and also a season-high three aces vs. ULM (Sept. 25).
 
Sophomore (2019) – Appeared in 84 sets…concluded the year with 2.14 digs per set (180 total), 20 aces and 19 assists…turned in nine matches with 10 or more digs…registered a career-high four aces vs. ULM (Sep. 29) and 16 digs at Arkansas State (Oct. 4).
 
Freshman (2018) – Competed in 91 sets across 27 matches during her inaugural collegiate campaign… finished the year with 153 digs (1.68/set), 19 aces and 14 assists… recorded a season-high of three aces twice (at Little Rock, Nov. 3; vs. Rice, Nov. 29)… turned in a season-best 11 digs vs. UT Arlington (Oct. 2).
 
Round Rock High School – Competed under the tutelage of former Texas State assistant coach Diane Watson . . . helped lead the Dragons to a 28-12 record and a fourth-place finish in District 13-6A her senior year . . . was an all-district performer and was twice named to the academic all-district team . . . was also selected as the team's defensive player of the year . . . also competed for Austin Junior Volleyball and helped lead her club team to a second-place finish at the 2017 Girl's Junior Nationals . . . was also selected to the all-tournament team at the junior national championships in 2016.
 
Personal – Majoring in business marketing . . . daughter of John and Rosalind Granado . . . older sister, Kiera, played volleyball as a setter at UT-Permian Basin . . . born July 31, 2000.

Statistics

Season:
2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2018Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    6
  • 6

    2019Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    6
  • 6

    2020Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    6
  • 6

    2021Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    6