Deja McClendon

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Deja McClendon #18 OH 6’1″

Russ Rose Then (2011): “Deja had an unbelievable freshman season. I feel she is, without a question though, still a work in progress. She had a fantastic Final Four and had a magical season. She made great strides in her ability to pass and attack. She has to work hard to take her game to the next level. Deja is a player that people will expect to be good, and she will have a different role with the graduation of veteran players. Deja will have to step up and I think she’ll see the biggest steps are from one’s freshman to sophomore seasons.”

Russ Rose Now (2025): “Deja was a terrific athlete. She hit the ground running when she came in as a freshman. She was the National Freshman of the Year, and a 4-time All American while she was here. Deja was strong in areas that were weaknesses for some other players. She was a great blocker on the left side and an exceptional middle back player. There were matches where her greatest contributions were her blocking and her digging, even though there were also a number of matches where she would lead us in hitting. Deja was an exceptional  all-around player and cared about the team.  She spent some time with the National Team and played professionally overseas for a number of years, as well as for Athletes Unlimited.” 

2011 Stats Leaders

2011 Season (Sophomore) Highlights and Awards: AVCA First Team All-American … NCAA Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team … AVCA All-Mideast Region … First Team All-Big Ten … Big Ten Player of the Week (11/14) … Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team … Pittsburgh Invitational All-Tournament Team … AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team … Unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten … her 3.54 kills/set ranked 10th in the Big Ten.

Season Recap: Started all 33 matches at outside hitter … led the team with 432 kills and 3.54 kills per set …  … had double-digit kills in 24 matches … had 6 double-doubles … was 3rd on the team with 245 digs, averaging 2.01 digs per set … led the team with 15 kills and was 2nd on the team with 4 blocks vs. Oregon (8/26) … tallied a career-high 25 kills vs. USC (8/27) … led the team with 30 kills in the Pitt Invitational (9/2-3) … had a team-high 42 kills at the Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic (9/9-10) … totaled 25 kills and was 3rd on the team with 26 digs in the Hampton Inn Classic (9/16-17) … had 16 kills and 13 digs at Nebraska (9/21) … 2nd on the team with 10 kills at Iowa (9/24) … tied for 2nd on the team with 8 kills and had 3 aces vs. Wisconsin (9/30) … had a team-high 14 kills at Purdue (10/14) … led the team with 13 kills at Indiana (10/15) … 2nd on the team with 10 kills vs. Michigan (10/22) … led the team with 18 kills vs. Nebraska (10/29) … tallied 23 kills and 10 digs at Minnesota (11/4) … posted 17 kills and 5 blocks at Wisconsin (11/6) … totaled 17 kills on .350 hitting at Illinois (11/11) … led the team with 20 kills on .439 hitting and 10 digs at Northwestern (11/12) … had 13 kills on .464 hitting vs. Indiana (11/18) … led the team with 18 kills and had 9 digs and 4 blocks vs. Purdue (11/19).

NCAA Tournament: Posted 11 kills on .524 hitting with 4 blocks vs. Delaware (12/3).

2013 Season (Senior)

2012 Season (Junior)

2010 Season (Freshman)

2011 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 25 09/10/2011 Texas
Assists 4 10/28/2011 Iowa
Points 28.5 08/27/2011 Southern California
Aces 3 09/30/2011 Wisconsin
Digs 16 11/23/2011 Ohio St.
Total Blocks 5 11/06/2011 Wisconsin

Career Offensive Statistics

Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2010-11 Penn St. 122 37 418 3.426 112 925 0.331 15 0.123 20 0.164 44
2011-12 Penn St. 122 33 432 3.541 144 1090 0.264 27 0.221 13 0.107 35
2012-13 Penn St. 124 36 403 3.250 131 1106 0.246 42 0.339 18 0.145 38
2013-14 Penn St. 126 36 378 3.000 117 953 0.274 47 0.373 11 0.087 22
Totals: 494 142 1631 3.302 504 4074 0.277 131 0.265 62 0.126 139
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2010-11 Penn St. 229 1.877 23 8 76 84 0.689 8 3 484 3.967
2011-12 Penn St. 245 2.008 22 13 48 61 0.500 6 3 482 3.951
2012-13 Penn St. 339 2.734 35 23 47 70 0.565 6 1 467.5 3.770
2013-14 Penn St. 363 2.881 16 22 55 77 0.611 6 0 438.5 3.480
Totals: 1176 2.381 96 66 226 292 0.591 26 7 1872 3.789
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 15 3 32 0.375 1 3 1 1 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 18
08/27/2011 vs Southern California W 3 – 2 25 8 53 0.321 1 8 2 2 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 28.5
09/02/2011 vs Miami (OH) W 3 – 0 14 6 34 0.235 0 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 15.5
09/02/2011 at Pittsburgh W 3 – 0 10 0 16 0.625 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 11
09/03/2011 at New Hampshire W 3 – 0 6 2 16 0.25 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
09/09/2011 at Stanford L 1 – 3 17 12 50 0.1 0 12 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 19
09/10/2011 vs Texas L 2 – 3 25 6 50 0.38 4 6 0 2 1 7 0 2 0 2 0 26
09/16/2011 vs LIU W 3 – 0 9 2 16 0.438 0 2 0 1 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
09/17/2011 vs FGCU W 3 – 1 10 4 26 0.231 0 4 0 1 0 8 0 3 1 3 0 11.5
09/17/2011 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 6 2 11 0.364 1 2 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
09/21/2011 at Nebraska L 2 – 3 16 10 55 0.109 0 10 0 1 0 13 0 1 0 1 1 16.5
09/24/2011 at Iowa W 3 – 0 10 2 23 0.348 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10
09/30/2011 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 0 8 4 29 0.138 0 4 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
10/01/2011 vs Minnesota W 3 – 0 5 4 21 0.048 0 4 1 0 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 7
10/05/2011 vs Northwestern W 3 – 2 16 7 40 0.225 1 7 0 1 4 7 0 1 1 1 0 16.5
10/08/2011 vs Illinois L 2 – 3 12 9 50 0.06 1 9 0 0 1 11 1 2 0 3 0 14
10/14/2011 at Purdue W 3 – 1 14 3 30 0.367 2 3 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 15
10/15/2011 at Indiana W 3 – 0 13 4 23 0.391 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
10/19/2011 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 7 2 13 0.385 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
10/22/2011 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 10 2 24 0.333 0 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
10/28/2011 vs Iowa W 3 – 1 9 4 41 0.122 4 4 0 3 0 12 0 1 1 1 0 9.5
10/29/2011 vs Nebraska W 3 – 1 18 5 47 0.277 2 5 0 0 1 7 0 4 0 4 0 20
11/04/2011 at Minnesota W 3 – 2 23 3 56 0.357 0 3 0 2 6 10 1 1 0 2 0 24.5
11/06/2011 at Wisconsin L 2 – 3 17 10 51 0.137 2 10 0 2 0 16 3 2 1 5 0 21
11/11/2011 at Illinois L 0 – 3 17 3 40 0.35 0 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 18.5
11/12/2011 at Northwestern W 3 – 0 20 2 41 0.439 0 2 0 0 1 10 1 1 0 2 1 21.5
11/18/2011 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 13 0 28 0.464 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 14
11/19/2011 vs Purdue W 3 – 1 18 5 45 0.289 2 5 0 1 0 9 0 4 0 4 0 20
11/23/2011 at Ohio St. W 3 – 1 15 5 35 0.286 0 5 0 1 0 16 2 0 0 2 0 17
11/26/2011 at Michigan St. W 3 – 1 8 8 32 0 0 8 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 9
12/02/2011 vs Liberty W 3 – 0 5 4 18 0.056 2 4 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
12/03/2011 vs Delaware W 3 – 0 11 0 21 0.524 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 4 0 13.5
12/09/2011 vs UCLA L 0 – 3 10 3 23 0.304 0 3 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 11
Totals: 432 144 1090 0.264 27 144 13 35 22 245 13 48 6 61 3 482

Before Penn State: Four-year letterwinner at Dupont Manual Magnet … named Miss Kentucky Volleyball, Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year and an Under Armour All-American … earned a 3rd place finish at the 2006 USA Junior Olympic Championships … named MVP and won a gold medal at USAV High Performance Championships …placed 5th and was selected to the All-Tournament Team at 2007 USA Junior Olympic Championships … selected Prepvolleyball.com ‘Freshman 59,’ ‘Top 50 Junior Recruits’ and ranked 7th on ‘Senior Aces’ … First Team Kentucky All-State … named to the 2008 USAV Youth National Training Team and was a 2009 USAV Youth National Team Invitee … was a four-time AAU All-American … Volleyball Magazine ’30 Underclassmen to Watch’ … 2009 JVDA National Champions and selected to JVDA All-Tournament team.

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