Russ Rose Then (2014): “Dom knows what she has to do defensively to give us the best chance to succeed. She has played a similar role since she’s come in as the libero in 2011 and knows that she needs to continue to embrace the importance of leadership and getting the younger players aware of the expectations for the future as well as continuing to keep her game strong as a passer.”
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.”
2014 Season (Senior): Highlights and Awards: 2014 National Champion … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/29) … Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge All-Tournament Team (9/6) … Penn State Alumni Classic All-Tournament Team (9/20) … her 3.59 digs/set ranked 1st on the squad and 11th in the Big Ten.
Season Recap: Played in all 39 matches and all 127 sets … her 0.25 aces per set tied for 2nd on the team … notched her 4th career 20+ dig performance with a match- high 20 digs at No. 2 Stanford (9/6) … posted double-digit digs in 4 consecutive matches at the Villanova Classic … recorded her 2nd 20+ dig performance with a season-high 21 digs against American (9/12), while also tallying a career-high 3 aces … totaled 21 digs at No. 5 Wisconsin (9/24) for her 3rd match of the season with more than 20 kills … set a season-high mark with a match-high 26 digs against No. 17 Minnesota (9/27) … led the team with 14 digs against Michigan State (10/25) … notched a match- high 15 digs at Ohio State (10/31).
NCAA Tournament: Appeared in all 6 of Penn State’s NCAA Tournament matches … posted 8 digs in the Second Round sweep of Dayton (12/6) … totaled 9 digs in the Regional Semifinal sweep of UCLA (12/12) … scooped up 24 digs in the 3-1 win over Wisconsin (12/13) in the Regional Finals … totaled 23 digs in the 3-1 win over Stanford in the National Semifinal match (12/18) … posted 16 digs in the National Championship sweep of BYU (12/20).
Before Penn State: Four-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.
