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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

Michael Nance
Kyle Heckler
Michael Nance
Hunter Martin

32 Lizzy Groetsch

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool North Allegheny
  • Hometown Sewickley, Pa.

Biography

Career Honors
2024-25: CSC Academic All-District

2024-25: Team captain … Made 13 starts while appearing in 26 of the team’s 28 games … Grabbed four rebounds in 14 minutes vs. Siena (11/13) … Scored four points with two boards in Ivy opener vs. Columbia (1/4) … Returned to the starting five at Yale (2/1), playing a season-high 36 minutes. Had a complete game against the Bulldogs with five points, five rebounds, five steals, and two assists in the victory … Registered a season-high seven boards with a basket vs. Brown (2/15) … Scored four points with four rebounds at Dartmouth (2/28) … CSC Academic All-District.

2023-24: One of three players to start all 28 games … Averaged 5.4 points per game and third on the team with 131 rebounds (4.7 rpg) … Second on the team with 30 steals … Also had 35 assists and 10 blocked shots ... Had five double-figure scoring games … Led Penn in rebounds in four games … Near double-double in season opener with 18 points and team-high nine rebounds against Marist (11/11) … Near double-doubles in consecutive games at UC San Diego (11/26) and against La Salle (11/29) with 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds against the Tritons and 17 points and nine boards vs. the Explorers … Went for 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals at Chapman (11/22) … Filled stat sheet with 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals in a win over Cornell (1/15) … Recorded nine points, eight rebounds, season-high five assists, two steals and two blocked shots in a win at Merrimack (12/8) … Also scored nine points in an Ivy win  at Dartmouth (1/13) and an Ivy game with Yale (2/3), adding six rebounds against the Bulldogs … Filled box score with eight points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in a win over Harvard (3/2) that clinched Penn’s spot in Ivy Madness … Led Penn with six rebounds to go with two points and a block at Princeton (3/9) … Seven points, eight rebounds, two assists in an Ivy win over Brown (2/2) … Had seven points and six boards against Big 5 foe Saint Joseph’s (11/14).
 
2022-23: Played in 22 games … Totaled 12 points, five assists, four steals, 16 rebounds, and one block … Scored a season-high six points in season opener against Marist (11/10) … Rebounded a season-high five against Gwynedd Mercy (12/30) … Dished a season-high two assists against Hartford (1/10).

2021-22: Played in 22 games with one start in her first season ... First career start came at Bucknell (12/3) ... Averaged 12.2 minutes per game, totaling 54 points, 46 rebounds, 20 steals, and 12 assists ... First collegiate points came in the season opener at Hartford (11/14), scoring four points with five rebounds ... Had a season-high six rebounds in home opener against King's (Pa.) (11/16) ... First double-digit scoring performance came against Villanova (11/22), scoring 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting ... Scored a season-best 11 points at home against Ursinus (12/30), shooting at a .714 clip. 

High School: Four-year starter and two-year captain for North Allegheny, playing for head coach Spencer Stefko … During career, helped North Allegheny to 103-8 record while totaling 1,504 points, 704 rebounds and 371 assists … 6A PIAA State Champion during senior season, first in school history, and named PCN Player of the Game … Three-time 6A WPIAL Champion and three-time Trib HSSN Player of the Game … 2021 Pennsylvania Player of the Year Class 6A … 2021 Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year … 2020 Pennsylvania Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year … Two-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Girls Basketball Player of the Year … Two-time Cover 3 Athletics Girls Basketball Player of the Year … Two-time First-Team All-State Class 6A … Three-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette First-Team All-Section and All-WPIAL … Four-time Big 56 All-Section, First Team three times … Two-time Tribune Review Terrific Ten All-Star and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab Five … 2021 KDKA Super Seven Team … 2021 North Allegheny Athletic Department Girls Athlete of the Year … 2020 PA Future Stars Regional Player of the Year … 2021 Roundball Classic MVP … Played for AAU, Western PA Bruins, since seventh grade … Member of National Honors Society.
 
Personal: Father, David, played basketball for Westminster College … Brother, Chris, played basketball for Johns Hopkins … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022-23Sophomore

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    2023-24Junior

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    2024-25Senior

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