Gabby Blossom

Gabby Blossom #13 Setter 5’9″

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2020-21 Cumulative Team Stats

2020-21 Season (Junior) Highlights and Awards: Voted to the All-Big Ten second team … won 1 Big Ten Setter of the Week awards (3/15) … ranked 5th in the Big Ten in assists/set (10.47) … earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season Recap: Played in 51 of 60 sets and  14 of 16 matches (started all of those 14 matches) … finished with 534 assists (10.47/set), 138 digs (2.71/set), 16 blocks and 13 aces … ranked 1st on the team in assists, 2nd in digs and 3rd in aces … recorded 7 double-doubles … tallied 40 or more assists 7 times, including a season-high 50 in a 5-set match at Minnesota (2/14) …totaled double-digit digs 7 times, including a season-high 17 in a 4-set match at Minnesota (2/13).

NCAA Tournament: vs. Texas (4/18): finished with 46 assists, six digs and two blocks in a four-set match.

2021 Season (Senior)

2019 Season (Sophomore)

2018 Season (Freshman)

2020 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 2 04/15/2021 N.C. A&T
Assists 50 02/14/2021 Minnesota
Points 5 02/19/2021 Indiana
Aces 2 03/05/2021 Purdue
Digs 17 02/13/2021 Minnesota
Total Blocks 3 02/19/2021 Indiana

Career Offensive Statistics

Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2018-19 Penn St. 95 34 2 0.021 0 4 0.500 86 0.905 11 0.116 7
2019-20 Penn St. 117 33 54 0.462 13 140 0.293 1332 11.385 25 0.214 14
2020-21 Penn St. 51 14 18 0.353 8 53 0.189 534 10.471 13 0.255 2
2021-22 Penn St. 119 32 49 0.412 11 123 0.309 1319 11.084 27 0.227 18
2022-23 San Diego 117 33 17 0.145 8 73 0.123 1324 11.316 34 0.291 14
Totals: 499 146 140 0.281 40 393 1.414 4595 9.208 110 0.220 55
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2018-19 Penn St. 99 1.042 0 0 2 2 0.021 0 0 14 0.147
2019-20 Penn St. 273 2.333 1 4 34 38 0.325 3 3 100 0.855
2020-21 Penn St. 138 2.706 0 2 14 16 0.314 1 2 40 0.784
2021-22 Penn St. 355 2.983 2 2 48 50 0.420 3 1 102 0.857
2022-23 San Diego 306 2.615 0 2 45 47 0.402 3 5 75.5 0.645
Totals: 1171 2.347 3 10 143 153 0.307 10 11 331.5 0.664
2020 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
02/13/2021 at Minnesota L 1 – 3 1 2 9 -0.111 47 2 0 1 0 17 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
02/14/2021 at Minnesota L 2 – 3 2 0 2 1 50 0 0 0 0 13 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
02/17/2021 at Ohio St. L 2 – 3 1 1 3 0 46 1 2 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
02/19/2021 vs Indiana W 3 – 1 2 0 4 0.5 44 0 1 1 0 10 1 2 1 3 0 5
02/20/2021 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 2 0 3 0.667 32 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 4
03/03/2021 vs Ohio St. L 0 – 3 1 0 3 0.333 28 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2
03/05/2021 vs Purdue L 1 – 3 1 1 6 0 46 1 2 0 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
03/06/2021 vs Purdue W 3 – 1 0 1 2 -0.5 46 1 1 0 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 2
03/12/2021 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 1 1 3 0 34 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
03/13/2021 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 2 0 3 0.667 39 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3
03/19/2021 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 2 0 6 0.333 31 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
03/20/2021 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 1 0 2 0.5 16 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
04/15/2021 vs N.C. A&T W 3 – 0 2 0 3 0.667 29 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
04/18/2021 at Texas L 1 – 3 0 2 4 -0.5 46 2 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 1 2
Totals: 18 8 53 0.189 534 8 13 2 0 138 2
Prior to Penn State: Was the No. 28 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace … voted the 2018 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and was one of 3 finalists for the National Gatorade Player of the Year … named a 2017 Under Armour 1st team All-American … received the 2018 Andi Collins Award for the nation’s top high school setter … named a MaxPreps 2nd team All-American … led St. Joseph’s Academy to a 33-3 record and the Class 4 state championship in 2017 … recorded 794 assists, 184 digs, 69 kills and 36 blocks while posting a hitting percentage of .366 … was a 4-year starter … selected twice for 1st-team All-Metro and all-state honors … was a 3-time all-conference and all-district honoree … was the St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year in 2017.

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