Russ Rose Then (1997):

Russ Rose Now (2025):

Before Penn State: At Blue Mountain High School, Jen participated in volleyball (playing setter), basketball (where she was a guard), and track & field, running the 4 x 100 and 4x 400 relays, long-jumping, and throwing the javelin.  In her senior year, she qualified for states in basketball and placed 9th in the javelin.  In 2006, Jen was inducted into both the Blue Mountain Sports Hall of Fame and the ARC Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.  During her time at Penn State, the team won three Big Ten volleyball championships, appeared in three Final Fours, and in her senior year, made it to the national championship match, only to lose in five games to a Stanford team led by Kerri Walsh.