Russ Rose Then (2011): “A. Scott has improved a great deal and her goals are to be the best. She’s our strongest net player, hardest hitter and can play all three front row positions. She will certainly get a lot of big swings for us this year.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “A. Scott was a terrific college volleyball player. If she had wanted to continue playing at a professional level, she would have been equally successful at the net and durable as well. She was similar to a few other players we had at Penn State, in that she could play all three front row positions. So much of our success I thought was aligned with the contributions that A. Scott provided, as there were matches where she led us kills as well as blocks. A great deal of our success was because we could count on her to do those things. A. Scott was a terrific player coming in out of high school and she had a great career – she was a multi-year All American and won the Senior Class award at Penn State for her academic and athletic achievements.”
2011 Season (Sophomore)Highlights and Awards: AVCA Third Team All-America … AVCA All-Mideast Region … Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten … Hampton Inn Classic All-Tournament Team … her 3.54 kills/set ranked 9th in the Big Ten and her 4.00 points per set ranked 10th.
Season Recap: Played in all 33 matches and 118 of 122 sets … 2nd on the team with 418 kills, averaging 3.54 kills/set with a .260 hitting percentage … had double-digit kills 21 times … … led the team in kills on 13 occasions … had at least 1 dig in 32 matches, posting 143 for the season, and tallied double-digit digs 3 times … had at least 1 block in 29 matches and totaled 86 for the season … tallied a career-high 14 kills against Oregon (8/26) in season-opener … had a team-high 12 kills vs. Pitt (9/2) … totaled 13 kills at the Big Four Classic (9/9-10) … totaled 34 kills on .319 hitting in the Hampton Inn Classic (9/16-17) … totaled 23 kills on .360 hitting against Nebraska (9/21) … had a match-high 18 kills at Iowa (9/24) … had a match-high 12 kills vs. Wisconsin (9/30) … posted a team-best 14 kills with a career-best 6 blocks against Minnesota (10/1) … had a career-high 27 kills vs. Illinois (10/8) … led the team with 11 kills vs. Michigan (10/22) … led the team with 20 kills vs. Iowa (10/28) … led the team with 26 kills and a career-high 8 blocks at Minnesota (11/4) … had a match-high 23 kills at Wisconsin (11/6) … led the team with 15 kills vs. Indiana (11/19).
NCAA Tournament: Combined for 28 kills on .455 hitting vs. Liberty and Delaware (12/2-3) in the NCAA Tournament … recorded 11 kills vs. UCLA in the NCAA Regional Semifinals (12/9).
Before Penn State: Four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year team captain at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, N.J. … guided the Blue Eagles to four straight league championships, the 2009 county championship and three straight state and tournament of champions championships … was a three-time First Team All-League and two-time First Team All-County and All-State honoree … earned Second Team All-League her freshman year and Second Team All-County and All-State sophomore year … was a member of the GEVA High Performance team … selected Volleyball Magazine 13 First Class Underclassmen … Prepvolleyball.com Soph 79 … was a National Sophomore of the Year finalist … named to the USA A2 High Performance team … honored as the State Tournament of Champions MVP … was a National Prepvolleyball.com Junior of the Year finalist … named Prepvolleyball.com Fab 50 … attended the USA High Performance Holiday camp … selected NJ Gatorade Player of the Year and Star Ledger State Volleyball Player of the Year … was a New Jersey Record Athlete of the Week … selected #17 Senior Aces by Prepvolleyball.com … 2009 Under Armour All-American … selected to the GEVA Championship All-Tournament Team … also lettered in basketball and track.
