“I came away [from the EAIAW Championship tournament] saying that [Ellen] Crandall was one of the top 10 volleyball players in the U.S., possibly in the top five. We had the best setter [McLaughlin] and the best attacker [Crandall] in the tournament. It will be impossible to replace Nancy McLaughlin in this program. Nancy is unique.” The Daily Collegian, Nov. 29, 1979.
| Number | Name | Year/ Class | Position | Height | HS (Club) | State (City) |
| 1 | Wu, Deb  | 2/So. | OH | 5-07 | Bethpage HS | NY (Bethpage) |
| 3 | Posch, Lisa  | 3/Jr. | DS | 5-06 | Harbor Creek HS | PA (Erie) |
| 4 | Connolly, Karen  | 2/So. | OH/DS | 5-06 | Thomas Jefferson HS | PA (Pittsburgh) |
| 5 | White, Lisa  | 2/So. | OH | 5-08 | Newark HS | DE (Newark) |
| 8 | Mosier, Jan  | 1/Fr. | OH | 5-07 | Richland HS | PA (Johnstown) |
| 9 | Stahl, Linda  | 1/Fr. | 5-06 | Somerset HS | PA (Somerset) |
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| 10 | Susinskas, Mary  | 1/Fr. | MB | 5-09 | Steel Valley HS | PA (Homestead) |
| 12 | McLaughlin, Nancy  | 4/Sr. | Setter | 5-05 | Corry Area HS | PA (Corry) |
| 15 | Kalinowski, Sharon  | 1/Fr. | 5-06 | Punkhanock HS | PA (Puckhanock) |
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| 16 | Fox, Janet  | 2/So. | RS | 5-11 | Syosset HS | NY (Oyster Bay Cove) |
| 17 | Crandall, Ellen  | 2/So | MH | 6-00 | General McLane HS | PA (Girard) |
| Lindberg, Donna | 1/Fr. | 5-06 | South Park HS | PA (Library) |