Volleyball inks four transfers

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech volleyball announced the signing of four transfers on Wednesday. Tatum Johnson, Taylor Bahnub, Sierra Grizzle and Ashlyn Bellamy will all join Tony Graystone's squad this spring in preparation for the 2025 fall season.

"I'm very happy with the addition of our four mid-year transfers," said Graystone. "Picking up a Libero as well as adding younger, versatile offensive players was the priority and we were able to do just that. These four are very talented and will be a big part of our team over the next several seasons."

Tatum Johnson – MB – Laguna Beach, California – Colorado

A middle blocker from Laguna Beach, California, Johnson spent her first season at Colorado. She graduated from JSerra Catholic High School where she totaled 633 kills, 314 blocks, 248 digs and 37 aces over the course of her sophomore-senior year.

Johnson led her team to the sectional semifinals all four years and helped her team to finish 10th in the California state rankings. She broke the single-season school record for JSerra in 2021 for most blocks in a season with 109.

Taylor Bahnub – MB – Dublin, Ohio – Clemson

She spent last season as a redshirt for the Clemson Tigers. During her time at Dublin Jerome High School, Bahnub tallied 851 kills over 280 sets played, 106 aces, 188 blocks and 288 digs. In her senior season, Taylor earned 2023 Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-District and Second Team All-State, Team MVP and held the Team Captain position. She also set a school record for kills with 398 during her senior year.

Taylor's additional awards include AVCA All-Region, AVCA Best and Brightest First Team, Preseason Super 12, Under Armor Next Invitee (2x), PrepVolleyball 17U All-American, AVCA Phenom (2x), JVA Watchlist (2x) and National Merit Scholar Semifinalist.

Sierra Grizzle – DS/L – Boise, Idaho – Wyoming

Grizzle spent her last two seasons at Wyoming where she totaled 778 digs over 229 sets played, 216 assists, and 68 service aces. Her freshman year she was one of four Cowgirls to appear in all 121 sets and started the last 17 matches of the season at libero. Within 19 matches, Grizzle tallied up 10-or-more digs and had eight matches with six-plus assists. Her season-best of nine assists came with a win at San Diego State (11/9) and 21 digs followed up in the season finale against Montana State (12/6). Grizzle was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week on October 9.

During her time at Mountain View High School, Grizzle was a two-time all-conference, four-time all-state selection and multiple-time academic all-conference honoree. She earned the Idaho Player of the Year award following her senior season and holds the school record for most single-match kills with 30.

Ashlyn Bellamy – OH – Lee's Summit, Missouri – Houston

Bellamy spent her last two seasons as a Houston Cougar. After her first redshirt season, she totaled 59 kills over 34 sets played, 35 digs, and seven blocks last season. She totaled double-digit kills in matches against Kansas, UCF and Cincinnati and the best game of her career against the Knights when she went for 11 kill and just one error while hitting .476 percent.

She graduated from Lee's Summit High School where she played in 302 sets, racking in 985 kills, 158 aces, 108 blocks and 935 digs. She was one of four finalists in 2022 for the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission's Evelyn Gates Award, which honors a female high school varsity volleyball student-athlete who establishes top tier skill, spirit and sportsmanship in the Kansas City area.

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