Russ Rose Then (2008):

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2008 Season: AVCA Second Team All-America … NCAA Regional Championship All-Tournament Team … First Team AVCA All-Mideast Region … Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team … played in all 38 matches, starting 22, and played in 114 sets … finished fourth on the team with 217 kills, good for an average of 1.90 kills per set … had at least five kills in 27 of 38 matches played … her .426 hitting percentage ranked third on the team and in the Big Ten … recorded 49 assists for the season … her 94 total blocks was fourth on the team … collected six kills and seven block assists versus Yale (9/19) … had a season-high 11 kills on .625 hitting with four digs at Indiana (10/1) … posted 10 kills on .421 hitting versus Minnesota (10/31) … tied her career high with six assists versus Purdue (11/15) … tallied a combined 16 kills (2.67 kpg) without an error on 22 swings to hit .700 against Northwestern (11/21) … collected 15 kills on .478 hitting with eight blocks in the two matches of the NCAA Regional Championship … was third on the team with nine kills against Nebraska in the NCAA Semifinal … her eight kills ranked third on the squad and her five block assists were second in the NCAA Championship against Stanford.

Before Penn State: Four-year volleyball letterwinner, two-year track letterwinner at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville, Va. … volleyball team captain for the Vikings in 2005 … two-time Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year (2004 and 2005) … member of the 2004 USA Youth National Team that won the NORCECA Championships in Puerto Rico … two-time PrepVolleyball All-American (2004 and 2005) … ranked seventh on the PrepVolleyball Top Ten Senior Aces list … Virginia State Player of the Year in 2004 … three-time First Team All-Region … two-time Region Player of the Year … three-time Dulles District Player of the Year … posted a 93-14 scholastic team record for a .870 winning percentage … led the 2004 Vikings to a Virginia State AA Championship with an undefeated 29-0 record, ultimately winning 55 consecutive matches … Virginia State record holder with 1,463 career kills and 307 solo blocks … 2004 AA Virginia State High Jump Champion … member of the Northern Virginia Volleyball Association club program with national tournament appearances in 2003, 2004 and 2005 … member of the 2006 Pittsburgh Renaissance Volleyball Club that participated in the 2006 Junior Olympics … member and officer of the National Honor Society with a 3.78 grade point average.