LAKE CHARLES—McNeese first year head beach volleyball coach Yasmin Tan has announced an addition to the inaugural roster, adding Rockhurst University transfer Gracey Janes.
 
The Cowgirls inaugural season will begin in late February. The 2024 schedule is expectd to be released sometime next week.
 
Janes will transition from playing indoor volleyball for Rockhurst where she spent two seasons, helping the team to a combined 42-16 record.
 
 
GRACEY JANES (SOPHOMORE)
• Lenexa, Kansas
• Transfer from Rockhurst University where she played volleyball for two years
 
AT ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY
• helped her team to a combined 42-16 in her two years on the team
• appeared in 28 matches posting 220 digs and 30 service aces as a freshman in 2022
• appeared in 20 matches this season as a sophomore and was fourth on the team with 231 digs and was credited with 17 assists.
 
CLUB
2019
• AVCA Phenom Watch List
• 15s Club All Americans, Green's pick PrepVolleyball         
• Club mid-Season All-American: Green's 15s pick PrepVolleyball
• Multiple Top 3 finishes in AVP, AAU Junior Olympics, BVNE and BVCA Beach Tournaments
 
2020
• Inside the Top 150 of 2022 at #145 PrepVolleyball
• AVCA Phenom Watch List
• Bitty Baller" LIBERO 5'8" or taller PrepVolleyball
• USAV National Beach Tour Championships 16U 9^th
• USAV National Beach Tour Championships 18U 9^th
• HOA Queen of the Heat Runner Up
• Queen of the Beach BVCA Series Clearwater, Florida
• P4:13 Queen of the Beach 18U
• Multiple top 3 finishes in AVP, AAU Junior Olympics, BVNE and BVCA Beach Tournaments
 
2021
• Multiple top 3 finishes in AVP, AAU Junior Olympics, BVNE and BVCA Beach Tournaments
 
2022
• MLK Open Champions 8-0 record
• 18s Power League Champions HOA
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• attended De Soto High where she was a three-year letterwinner and team caption one year
 
2019
• All-United Kansas Conference (Honorable Mention)
• led team in kills
 
2020
• All-United Kansas Conference (First Team)
• Led the team in kills
 
2021
• All-United Kansas Conference (First Team)
• "Defensive Player of the Year", most digs per set, best passer rating, highest serving efficiency