Russ Rose Then (1989): “Michelle is one of the top setters in the country. She has all the skills one finds in the top collegiate setters. If she continues to improve her play, we’ll be tough.”
1989 Season (RS Junior) Highlights and Awards: Volleyball Magazine Second Team All-American … First Team Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection for the 3rd straight year … twice voted A-10 Player-of the-Week … MVP of the Atlantic 10 Tournament, Penn State Classic and Reebok Classic … named to the all-tournament team at the Penn State Preview and Purdue Premier … led the A-10 in assists/set (12.035) for the 3rd consecutive season and was ranked 16th in that category nationally … 4th in the A-10 in hitting efficiency and 9th in blocks/set.
Season Recap: Played in all 41 matches … posted 236 kills, 345 digs, 109 blocks and 41 service aces … registered a .330 hitting % … season highs: 16 kills vs. North Carolina (11/5); 27 digs vs. Texas-Arlington; 7 blocks vs. George Mason (10/8) … registered 10 or more kills 8 times and 10 or more digs 17 times.
Before Penn State: Member of the gold medal team at the 1987 Olympic Sports Festival .. . was listed as a “freshman to watch” by Volleyball Monthly … 4-year letterwinner as a setter and hitter at Winston Churchill HS in Potomac, Md., where the team won the East Coast championship her senior year.
“Trio guides lady spikers to success,” The Daily Collegian, October 10, 1990
