Russ Rose Then (2011): “Katie is truly an exceptional, natural blocker and a focused team player. She has good knowledge of her position, is always talking and knows what’s going on. Katie will also be a great leader for the program.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “Katie wasn’t as athletic as she was successful. She had a high hitting percentage. She led us in hitting percentage and blocks-per-set each of her last three years and was always one of the top blockers in the country. Katie was bright, both on the court and off as she was the 2013 Academic All-America of the Year. What I especially valued about Katie was she played to her strengths. She didn’t try and do things that would have been a little more challenging for her. I remember specifically in the Washington National Semifinal match in 2013, telling her “You need to go in the gap and hit the ball in the gap, and then do the same thing when you look at the diggers in the back row.” She did that, and I think she hit over .700 in that match, by being smart and playing to her strength. After she graduated from Penn State, she was selected for the U.S. Women’s National Team for the 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualifying Tournament, along with Maddie Martin. She returned home and went to grad school and coached at her former club.”
2011 Season (Sophomore) Highlights and Awards: AVCA Second Team All-America … AVCA All-Mideast Region … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/9, 10/3) … Hampton Inn Classic MVP … Preseason All-Big Ten … started all 33 matches at middle hitter … her 1.42 blocks/set led the Big Ten and ranked 13th nationally.
Season Recap: Led the team in blocking with 173, averaging 1.42 blocks per set … had at least 2 blocks in every match … finished 3rd on the team with 257 kills, averaging 2.11 kills/set with a team-best .386 hitting percentage … her .386 hitting percentage ranked 2nd in the league and 15th in the nation … had double-digit kills 9 times … had 11 kills vs. Oregon (8/26) … pounded a career-high 12 kills vs. USC (8/27) … had 5 kills and 6 blocks vs. New Hampshire (9/3) … tallied 11 kills at Stanford (9/9) … posted 8 blocks vs. Texas (9/10) … had 27 kills on .561 hitting and 19 blocks in the Hampton Inn Classic (9/16-17) … had 6 kills and 4 blocks against Nebraska (9/21) … led the team with 5 blocks at Iowa (9/24) … totaled 12 blocks in matches vs. Wisconsin (9/30) and Minnesota (10/1) … had 10 kills and a team-best 7 blocks vs. Illinois (10/8) … led the team with 4 blocks at Purdue (10/14) … tied for 1st on the team with 5 blocks at Indiana (10/15) … had 9 kills in 16 errorless swings vs. Michigan (10/22) … had 10 kills and a team-best 6 blocks vs. Iowa (10/28) … had a team-best 8 blocks vs. Nebraska (10/29) … posted 7 blocks at Minnesota (11/4) … had 16 kills and 6 blocks at Wisconsin (11/6) … had 6 blocks at Northwestern (11/12) … led the team with 7 blocks vs. Indiana (11/18) … had 9 kills and a team-best 8 blocks vs. Purdue (11/19).
NCAA Tournament: Tied for 1st on the team with 5 blocks vs. Delaware (12/3).
| 2011 Season Highs | Date | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kills | 16 | 11/06/2011 | Wisconsin |
| Assists | 3 | 09/16/2011 | LIU |
| Points | 19 | 11/06/2011 | Wisconsin |
| Aces | 1 | 09/30/2011 | Wisconsin |
| Digs | 6 | 08/26/2011 | Oregon |
| Total Blocks | 10 | 09/17/2011 |
| 2011 Match Stats | Attack | Set | Serve | Defense | Block | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Score | K | E | TA | % | AST | E | SA | SE | RE | Dig | BS | BA | BE | TB | BHE | PTS |
| 08/26/2011 | vs Oregon | L 1 – 3 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0.533 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 08/27/2011 | vs Southern California | W 3 – 2 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 0.32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 09/02/2011 | vs Miami (OH) | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0.429 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 09/02/2011 | at Pittsburgh | W 3 – 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 09/03/2011 | at New Hampshire | W 3 – 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 09/09/2011 | at Stanford | L 1 – 3 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0.409 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 09/10/2011 | vs Texas | L 2 – 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0.333 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 09/16/2011 | vs LIU | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 0.357 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 09/17/2011 | vs FGCU | W 3 – 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0.571 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 09/17/2011 | vs Rutgers | W 3 – 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0.769 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 09/21/2011 | at Nebraska | L 2 – 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0.267 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 09/24/2011 | at Iowa | W 3 – 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -0.077 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 09/30/2011 | vs Wisconsin | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.778 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 10/01/2011 | vs Minnesota | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0.667 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 10/05/2011 | vs Northwestern | W 3 – 2 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 10/08/2011 | vs Illinois | L 2 – 3 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 0.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 10/14/2011 | at Purdue | W 3 – 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0.263 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 10/15/2011 | at Indiana | W 3 – 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10/19/2011 | vs Ohio St. | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0.438 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 10/22/2011 | vs Michigan | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 10/28/2011 | vs Iowa | W 3 – 1 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 0.333 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 10/29/2011 | vs Nebraska | W 3 – 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0.125 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 11/04/2011 | at Minnesota | W 3 – 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 11/06/2011 | at Wisconsin | L 2 – 3 | 16 | 6 | 28 | 0.357 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 11/11/2011 | at Illinois | L 0 – 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11/12/2011 | at Northwestern | W 3 – 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 11/18/2011 | vs Indiana | W 3 – 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 11/19/2011 | vs Purdue | W 3 – 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 11/23/2011 | at Ohio St. | W 3 – 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0.733 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 11/26/2011 | at Michigan St. | W 3 – 1 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0.278 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 12/02/2011 | vs Liberty | W 3 – 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0.385 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 12/03/2011 | vs Delaware | W 3 – 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 12/09/2011 | vs UCLA | L 0 – 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0.333 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Totals: | 257 | 63 | 502 | 0.386 | 14 | 63 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 44 | 27 | 146 | 11 | 173 | 3 | |||