Russ Rose Then (2017): “Tori continues to improve since she arrived and she had some matches last season where she looked confident and played with a good fire. She did well this spring and did a nice job for us in Brazil and on the Big Ten trip, so we are confident that Tori will make great contributions.”
Russ Rose Now (2025):
2017 Season (Redshirt Sophomore) Highlights and Awards: Earned a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor (11/27) … averaged 1.02 blocks per set, a new personal best, and ranked 8th in the Big Ten.
Season Recap: Played in 34 matches and 110 sets … put down a season-high 11 kills against Howard (12/1) with a .714 hitting percentage … hit .500-plus on 18 occasions, including putting down a 7-0-7 performance against Northwestern (9/30) … put together six matches with five or more blocks, including a career-best nine blocks at Minnesota (11/25) … finished the season with 15 digs.
NCAA Tournament: Started all 5 of Penn State’s NCAA Tournament matches, including a season-high 11 kills with a .714 hitting percentage against Howard (12/1), and 7 total blocks vs Pitt in the NCAA Second Round.
2016 Season (Redshirt Freshman)
| # | 2017 Offensive Stats | SP | MP | MS | Pts | Pts/S | K | K/S | E | TA | Pct. | A | A/S | SA | SA/S | SE |
| 11 | Tori Gorrell | 110 | 34 | 26 | 202.0 | 1.84 | 141 | 1.28 | 31 | 243 | .453 | 5 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2017 Defensive Stats | SP | Dig | Dig/S | RE | RE/S | BS | BA | Blk | Blk/S | BE | BHE | |
| 11 | Tori Gorrell | 110 | 15 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.02 | 10 | 102 | 112 | 1.02 | 4 | 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.