Russ Rose Then (2008):

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2008 Season: AVCA First Team All-America … NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … AVCA First Team All-Mideast Region … Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten … AVCA National Player of the Week (Nov. 18) … Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 17) … Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team … Chicago Classic All-Tournament Team … Preseason All-Big Ten … started all 38 matches and all 116 sets … directed the Penn State offense to a record setting and nation-leading .390 hitting percentage …the Nittany Lions bested their own record of .350 set in 2007 … helped former Nittany Lion Christa Harmotto to a nation-leadung .486 attack percentage and none of her primary attackers hit below .349 … led the team, Big Ten and nation with 12.50 assists per set average … tallied 1,450 total assists … ended her junior season with 4,347 career assists (sixth on the all-time career assists list) … her 12.67 career assists per game ranks third on Penn State[apos]s all-time list … had at least one kill in 32 matches and totaled 64 for the season …ranked third on the team with 212 digs averaging 1.83 digs per set … notched 114 total blocks, good enough for third on the team … had 30 multiple-block matches … registered two double-doubles … collected 48 assists with five kills at Indiana (10/1) … recorded a season-high nine blocks at Minnesota (10/11) … had 48 assists and was a perfect 4-for-4 in kills at Ohio State (11/28) … totaled 48 helpers against Western Michigan (12/12), while going 3-for-4 in attacks … had a season-high 60 assists against Nebraska in the NCAA Semifinal.

Before Penn State: Four-year letterwinner at Leland (Mich.) High School … Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year … led her squad to the 2006 Class D state championship, producing a single-match record of 48 kills in the title match … named Miss Volleyball for the state of Michigan in 2006 … four-time first team all-state, all-region dream team and all-conference … is the National and State High School record holder in season aces (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584) … during scholastic career attacked at a .440 clip while also contributing 1,816 digs and 680 blocks … ranked sixth on PrepVolleyball.com’s ‘Senior Aces’ list … was a member of the 2005 US Youth National A2 Team and played on the USA Red squad that won the gold medal at the HP Championships in Austin, Texas, where she also received the ‘Best Setter’ award … started on the 2004 USA Youth National Team that won the gold medal in Puerto Rico at the NORCECA Games, where she was recognized as ‘Best Server’ … a complete athlete, was also named first team all-state as a basketball player as a junior and senior … was voted one of the top 25 players in the state by the Detroit Free Press … member of the National Honor Society with a 3.7 grade point average.