Russ Rose Then (2016): “Tori is a former camper who we redshirted last year and the expectations are very high for her. She’s especially good off of one foot, has a good arm and I think once she gets healthy, she’ll be in the mix to help us at the middle blocking position. Tori is the daughter of a professional athlete and I know she understands what it takes to succeed.”
Russ Rose Now (2026): “Tori was one of the few players we recruited that played at Happy Volley Tournament on Memorial Day weekend. She was a player from Canada, and her father was a former professional football player in Canada, so she came from tough stock and she competed hard. The year I asked her to change position from middle to outside hitter, she said whatever I needed her to do to help the team, she would do. Some kids, you like them at the beginning, and then when they’re so accommodating to do the best for the team and being an adult, you have an even greater affection for them. Tori was great. She married one of our practice players, Joey Farrell, who also spent time with the men’s team.”
2016 Season (Redshirt Freshman) Highlights and Awards: Big Ten All-Freshman Team … Academic All-Big Ten Honoree.
Season Recap: Started in all 34 matches, playing in every set at middle blocker … posted 201 kills, 121 blocks, 19 digs and 11 assists in 2016 … logged 6 kills on .667 hitting with 3 blocks in her collegiate debut against West Virginia (8/26) … recorded her first double-figure kill outing, posting 14 kills at Colorado (9/3), while also tallying 5 blocks, including 2 solo stuffs … led the team with a career-high 8 total blocks against No. 9 Stanford (9/4) … notched 8 kills on .545 hitting vs. Siena (9/9) … matched her season-high record with 8 blocks, including 2 solo stuffs, against Hofstra (9/10) … tallied 7 digs and 4 kills against Syracuse (9/11) … posted 5 kills and 2 blocks vs. Howard (9/17)… posted 4 kills on .800 hitting with a pair of blocks at Rutgers (9/21) … logged 8 kills and 4 blocks at Northwestern (9/25) … registered 6 kills, 2 blocks and 1 assist vs. No. 18 Michigan State (9/30) … finished 2nd on the team posting 9 kills and 5 blocks against No. 22 Michigan (10/1) … posted her second double-figure kill outing with 11 kills vs. Rutgers (10/8) to go 3 blocks … led the blocking unit with 3 kills and posted 4 blocks and a dig against No. 22 Purdue … tallied 7 kills on .667 hitting and posted 2 blocks vs. Indiana (10/15) … led the team with 6 blocks, including 3 solo stuffs against No. 19 Ohio State (10/19) … notched 9 kills, 2 digs and 2 blocks vs. No. 16 Michigan (10/22) …. charted 7 kills against No. 3 Minnesota (10/29) … led the defense posting 7 blocks to go along with 9 kills and 2 digs vs. No. 1 Nebraska (11/4) … posted 5 kills and 3 blocks against Iowa (11/5) … notched 7 kills and 2 blocks vs. Maryland (11/11) … put down 4 kills and 3 blocks, including one solo stuff, against Ohio State (11/12) … recorded 11 kills and 5 blocks against No. 1 Nebraska (11/16) … lLogged 6 kills and 3 blocks vs. Northwestern (11/25).
NCAA Tournament: posted 5 kills on 8 errorless swings in the NCAA First Round match against LIU Brooklyn (12/2) … tallied 8 kills and 5 blocks in the NCAA Second Round match vs. Pitt (12/3) … posted 3 kills and 3 blocks in the round of 16 match against Nebraska (12/9).
2017 Season (Redshirt Sophomore)
| # | 2016 Offensive Stats | SP | MP | MS | Pts | Pts/S | Kills | K/S | E | TA | Pct. | A | A/S | SA | Aces/S | E |
| 11 | Tori Gorrell | 121 | 34 | 0 | 272.5 | 2.25 | 201 | 1.66 | 65 | 378 | .360 | 11 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| # | 2016 Defensive Stats | SP | Digs | D/S | RE | RE/S | BS | BA | Blk | Blk/S | BE | BHE |
| 11 | Tori Gorrell | 121 | 19 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.01 | 22 | 99 | 121 | 1.00 | 18 | 0 |
Before Penn State: Attended Abbey Park High School … helped Abbey Park win the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association AAA volleyball championship … led the team to an undefeated season as well as the Halton Tier I and Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference AAA titles … played club volleyball with Toronto’s Leaside, where she earned Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) U17 All-Star honors in 2013-14 and Preseason Humber Tournament All-Star honors in 2014.
