Russ Rose Then (2010): “Blair has rhe opportunity and talent to step up and be one of the elite players in rhe country. She’s gone from being named a Second Team All-Ame1can to a First Team All-American. She has me responsibility ro make her presence felt as a team leader and key player. She’s a terrific player at the net and has been making good progress as a player who can player all the way around.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “Blair was one of the original players that we recruited as a pin-to-pin attacker who could score from anywhere along the net as well as out of the backrow. She was long and had a good jump and an exceptional arm swing as well as being a very competitive athlete. When she finished her career as a player, where she played professionally, she went into coaching as the head coach at Buffalo. She married a middle blocker on the men’s team and has one or two kids. Blair was one of the three players – along with Arielle Wilson and Alyssa D’Errico – who won four national championships. Those three women were main contributors and were on the court every game of every match. A lot of our success was due to Blair. She could have played middle, but for us, she played right side and she had a huge presence as a blocker and was good off of one or two feet and off of serve reception.”
2010 Season (Redshirt Senior) Highlights and Awards: 2010 National Champion … Honda Sports Award for Volleyball … AVCA First Team All American … NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team … Big Ten Player of the Year.
Season Recap: Started all 37 matches and played in all 123 sets … led the team with 4.24 kills/set … 4th on the team with 0.92 blocks/set … averaged 2.28 digs/set.
NCAA Tournament: Posted 16 kills, 14 digs, and 7 total blocks (2 solo) in 3-1 Regional Finals win over Duke (12/11) … totaled 12 kills, 10 digs, and 2 total blocks in the 3-0 National Semifinal win over Texas (12/15) … led all players with 18 kills in the 3-0 National Championship win over California (12/18).
2008 Season (Redshirt Sophomore)
2007 Season (Redshirt Freshman)
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.