Dominique Gonzalez

Dominique Gonzalez #4 L 5’6″

Russ Rose Then (2012): “Dom has been one of our top passers since she arrived. l know she’s one of the people that’s competing to gain possession of the libero position.  Dom is a great teammate who cares about the program and competes.”

Russ Rose Now (2025): “Dom was one of my favorite people in the program as she always wanting to know how she could help the team and what she could do to be better. She was an incredible passer, and  was tough defensively. She made great contributions to the program while she was here, and after she graduated, she went into college coaching for a few years. She has since retired from college coaching and is active in her former club back in Texas and is raising her son. Dom was a really valuable leader of the team. She was one of those examples that captains might be elected, but leaders emerge. I was always really proud of how Dom cared about the team and was always working on her craft.”

2012 Stats Leaders

2012 Cumulative Team Stats

2012 Season (Sophomore) Highlights and Awards: Chicago Classic All-Tournament Team.

Season Recap: Started all 36 matches at libero, playing in 125 sets … led the team with 457 digs, averaging 3.66 digs per set … had double-digits digs in 25 matches … had at least 3 digs in all 36 matches … led the Nittany Lions in digs on 23 occasions … was 2nd on the team in aces with 26, averaging 0.21 aces per set … also recorded 96 assists … had 22 digs vs. Stanford (8/31) .. led the team with 11 digs vs. DePaul (9/8) … had a match-high 19 digs vs. Oregon State (9/8) … led the team with 16 digs vs. Nebraska (9/19) … had 11 digs vs. Iowa (9/22) … tied for 1st on the team with 16 digs vs. Wisconsin (9/28) … had 12 digs vs. Minnesota (9/29) … had a match-high 12 digs at Northwestern (10/5) … posted 12 digs and 5 assists at Illinois (10/6) … had a team-best 16 digs vs. Indiana (10/13) … recorded 15 digs at Ohio State (10/17) … posted 22 digs at Michigan (10/20) … had a career-high 29 digs at Nebraska (10/28) … had a match-high 20 digs vs. Minnesota (11/2) … tied for 1st on the team with 11 digs against Wisconsin (11/4) … had a team-best 11 digs vs. Illinois (11/8) … posted a team-high 13 digs vs. Northwestern (11/10).

NCAA Tournament: Led the team with 12 digs vs. Binghamton (11/30) … tallied a match-high 12 digs vs. Kentucky (12/7) … led the squad with 20 digs vs. Minnesota (12/8) … registered 22 digs vs. Oregon (12/13).

2014 Season (Senior)

2013 Season (Junior)

2011 Season (Freshman)

2012 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 1 12/08/2012 Minnesota
Assists 7 12/08/2012 Minnesota
Points 3 11/17/2012 Purdue
Aces 2 11/21/2012 Ohio St.
Digs 29 10/28/2012 Nebraska
Total Blocks 0 08/25/2012 Western Ky.

Career Offensive Statistics

Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2011-12 Penn St. 84 29 0 0.000 0 4 0.000 19 0.226 8 0.095 21
2012-13 Penn St. 125 36 5 0.040 1 14 0.286 96 0.768 26 0.208 34
2013-14 Penn St. 127 36 1 0.008 2 8 -0.125 91 0.717 18 0.142 35
2014-15 Penn St. 127 39 1 0.008 0 4 0.250 95 0.748 26 0.205 43
Totals: 463 140 7 0.015 3 30 0.133 301 0.65 78 0.168 133
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2011-12 Penn St. 123 1.464 10 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 8 0.095
2012-13 Penn St. 457 3.656 19 0 0 0 0.000 0 4 31 0.248
2013-14 Penn St. 416 3.276 5 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 19 0.150
2014-15 Penn St. 478 3.764 13 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 27 0.213
Totals: 1474 3.184 47 0 0 0 0.000 0 6 85 0.184
2012 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
08/24/2012 at Morehead St. W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 1
08/25/2012 at Louisville W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1
08/25/2012 vs Western Ky. W 3 – 0 1 0 2 0.5 2 0 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 2
08/31/2012 vs Stanford W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/01/2012 vs Texas W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/2012 at DePaul W 3 – 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/08/2012 vs Oregon St. L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/09/2012 at UIC W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/14/2012 vs Portland W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/15/2012 vs Duquesne W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 1
09/15/2012 vs Eastern Ill. W 3 – 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/19/2012 vs Nebraska W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/2012 vs Iowa W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/2012 at Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/29/2012 at Minnesota W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/05/2012 at Northwestern W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/06/2012 at Illinois W 3 – 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 1
10/12/2012 vs Purdue W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/13/2012 vs Indiana W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/17/2012 at Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/20/2012 at Michigan W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/24/2012 at Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/28/2012 at Nebraska L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/02/2012 vs Minnesota W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/04/2012 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/08/2012 vs Illinois W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/10/2012 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/16/2012 at Indiana W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/17/2012 at Purdue W 3 – 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 3
11/21/2012 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2
11/24/2012 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/30/2012 vs Binghamton W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
12/01/2012 vs Bowling Green W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0
12/07/2012 vs Kentucky W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/08/2012 vs Minnesota W 3 – 1 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1
12/13/2012 vs Oregon L 1 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals: 5 1 14 0.286 96 1 26 34 19 457 0 0 0 0 4 31
Before Penn StateFour-year varsity letterwinner and team captain at Sandra Day O’Connor High School in Helotes, Texas … was a 2007 Second Team All-District honoree and two-time First Team All-District selection … named a ‘Frosh 59’, ‘Soph 79’ and a Top 100 Senior Ace (#70) by PrepVolleyball.com … Volleyball Magazine ‘Fab 50’ … was a two-time All-Texas Team selection … earned a spot on the Express News Super Team and Express News 5A Area Team … earned 2009 AAU All-America laurels and TGCA All-State 5A accolades … an excellent student off the court, she was a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Math National Honor Society and the National Society of High School Scholars … was a 2009 Academic All-District honoree … also lettered in softball.

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