Russ Rose Then (2002): “Syndie had a good transition year. We were at one point thinking of redshirting her, but we felt she needed to play. Syndie has a great feel for the game and is a mature competitor. She brings a good flavor to the team. Syndie provides a lot of positive things and I thought she did well in the spring. She is a good volleyball player and a good athlete. She needs to use her experience and her competitive intelligence to have success and we will depend on her experience as a player who always competes hard.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “Syndie developed into a really good player. What I liked about Syndie was that even though she wasn’t real physical, she had an excellent volleyball IQ and played a very good all-around game. In 2004, she was our first-ever AVCA National Player of the Week. I said back then that I would recruit her again because I really enjoyed coaching her and I knew she was going to get her degree in engineering and use it. After college she returned to Canada and is working now for Siemens.”
2002 Season (Sophomore) Highlights and Awards: Academic All-Big Ten … named Most Valuable Player of the Penn State Classic … chosen to the All-Tournament teams at the Fairfied Tournament and the American Volleyball Classic.
Season Recap: Played in 106 of 112 sets and all 33 matches (starting 30) … ranked 3rd on the team with 2.97 kills/set and ranked 2nd on the team with 2.42 digs/set … ranked 3rd on the team with 27 service aces … posted 16 double-digit kills matches, including a career-high 21 against Florida (9/20) … recorded four double-doubles during the season, including her first career double-double against Morgan State (9/14) with 15 kills and 10 digs … notched back-to-back 16 dig contests against Wisconsin (10/26) and Michigan State (11/1) … posted a career-high six blocks at Illinois (10/4) and recorded at least one block in 29 of 33 contests … earned first start of the season against New Hampshire (9/6), hitting .579 while posting 12 kills and 4 digs … posted second double-double of the season in five-set marathon against Florida (9/20), with 21 kills and 11 digs, hitting .281 and recording 3 blocks … notched 14 kills on 25 attempts to hit .440 at Indiana (11/16).
NCAA Tournament: Recorded 12 kills on 24 attempts to hit .458 in the NCAA Tournament first round match against Penn (12/6).
Before Penn State: Named the Athlete of the year at Cegep Beauce Appalaches in 1998; member of the 1999 Quebec Provincial Team; nominated for the rookie of the year award of the Quebec Volleyball Federation in 1999; member of the 1998 all-star team in juvenil AAA; member of the 1997 all-star team at the Quebec Games.
“Lions Nadeau named National Player of Week,” The Daily Collegian, Nov. 9, 2004