Russ Rose Then (2007):

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2007 Season: Played in all 36 matches and 112 of 122 games as a defensive specialist … saw first career action in both matches against Texas (8/24-25), recording two aces and seven digs … totaled 108 digs for the year, good for the sixth-highest total on the team … set a new career high with 12 digs in the national championship match against Stanford (12/15) … averaged 2.33 digs per game at the Penn State Classic, with a total of 21 digs … posted eight digs against Virginia Commonwealth (9/8) while playing libero … tallied seven digs versus Cal Poly (8/31) and Colgate (9/8) … had 13 service aces for the season … posted three aces against Delaware State (9/15) … had two aces versus Texas (8/25), Colgate (9/8) and at Yale (9/14) … also had two kills, including one against VCU (9/8) and another versus Northwestern (9/22).

Before Penn State: Five-time volleyball and basketball letterwinner at Byron-Bergen High School in Bergen, N.Y. … three-year volleyball captain and two-year basketball captain for the Bees … three-time first team all-state selection … five-time Section V Class C Most Valuable Player (2002-2006), beginning in her eighth grade year … led the Bees to three New York state titles (2004-2006) and five sectional titles … captured four Genesee Regional League championships … finished with a five-year scholastic varsity record of 98-12 … ranked 33rd on PrepVolleyball’s ‘Senior Aces’ list … 2006-2007 New York State Gatorade Player of the Year … achieved the career milestones of 1,000 kills and digs during junior season … ended tenure with 1,879 kills and 1,521 digs … two-time basketball Most Valuable Player … was an alternate for the USA A2 Team in 2006 … member of the VolleyFX Magic Club program … helped the squad to a 17th-place Open finish at the 2006 Nationals … also claimed the titles at the 2001, 2002 and 2004 East Coast Championship and the 2003 Northeast Qualifier … excels off the court, ranking sixth in her class … member of the National Honor Society … Student Council Parliamentarian in 2006 … was selected as an alternate for American Legion Girls State … nominated as a Kodak Young Leader … acted as president of the Varsity Club, the yearbook editor and the leader of the Byron-Bergen Emergency Response Team.