Russ Rose Then (1998): “I think that Bonnie has made great strides. She’s increased her physical fitness and her strength. She’s always been a very good setter, a very good court leader, and she’s going to have to find new ways to get things done this year. She’s been one of the people that had the most to gain by playing with Terri Zemaitis. A great deal of Bonnie and Terri’s success was that putting the two of them next to each other really overloaded the processes of the blockers. So, Bonnie’s going to have to find some new ways to help her team win this year. It’ll be interesting to watch how she adjusts to that and how she can adapt to that. I would think that Bonnie’s going to have a more significant role next year than she had the previous two years.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “Bonnie is probably one of the great walk-ons of all time because I didn’t have any scholarships available for her first year, but she really wanted to come to Penn State and our program, so she walked on. She was at the top of the recruiting lists of alot of coaches, and was looking at some of the top schools and programs. I think she visited Texas and us on the same weekend. She was highly-skilled, a very bright individual — her academics would have gotten her into any any school in the country. And she came from Sports Performance — a great club program — and was a member of the USA Junior National Team, so we were very glad to have her. She came in and just hit the ground running, and started for four years. Great player and a great individual, who continues to give to the sport, running a training facility with her husband (former Penn State football and basketball player, Titcus Pettigrew).”
1998 Season (Junior): Highlights and Awards: First Team GTE Academic All-American and Academic All-American of the Year for Women’s Volleyball … NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … NCAA Tournament All-Region Team … AVCA All-District.Team … named a First Team AVCA All American for second consecutive year (was second team in 1996) … Academic All-Big Ten … named Big Ten Player of the Year for the 2nd consecutive season, becoming only 3rd player to receive the honor more than once … All-Big Ten First Team … Honda Volleyball Award Nominee … honored as Penn State’s Female Athlete of the Year … hit .440 for the regular season on 202 kills with 382 attempts and only 34 errors, which ranked 1st in NCAA D1 … finished 2nd in the country in hitting percentage (.426) while directing Penn State to the nation’s-best team percentage (.346) … voted a team tri-captain.
Season Recap: Played in all 36 matches and all 114 sets … played every point of every set over the course of the season … led the team with 11.96 assists/set … led the team with a .416 hitting percentage, ranking 5th with 2.18 kills/set … ranked 4th on the team with 1.93 digs/set … in a 3-way tie for 2nd on the team with 23 service aces … ranked 5th on the team with 0.61 blocks/set … … posted career-best .800 (8-0-1 O) hitting percentage, 28 assists and 8 digs in win over Northwestern ( 11/27) … recorded 46 assists and 9 kills at No. 14 Michigan State (11/20) … hit .583 with 7 kills and 32 assists against No. 25 Minnesota (11114) … had 38 assists and 12 digs at Iowa ( 11 /7) … tallied 40 assists and 3 blocks at No. 8 Wisconsin … notched 55 assists against No. 17 Illinois ( 10/31) … recorded 43 assists and 8 digs at Northwestern (10/24) … had 36 assists and 4 blocks to go along with 7 digs at Indiana (10/23) … notched 37 assists and 6 digs in a victory over No. 22 Michigan State (10/17) … had a .462 hitting percentage, connecting on 7 of her 13 attempts to go along with 29 assists against Michigan (10/15) … recorded her 1st career triple-double with 10 kills, 47 assists and 10 digs against No. 6 Wisconsin (10110) … notched 10 digs and 4 blocks against Iowa (10/9) … had 38 assists and 8 digs in a win at Purdue (10/3) … notched 59 assists to go along with her season and career high 17 kills on a career-best 32 attacks and 9 blocks at No. 20 Illinois (10/2) … posted 55 assists at No. 24 Minnesota (9/25) … hit .636 on 8 of 11 to go along with 25 assists and 4 digs against No. 14 Ohio State (9/23) … notched 38 assists, 10 digs, and hit .615 with 9 kills against American, which helped her earn All-Tournament honors at the Penn State Classic (9/19) … hit .538 with 7 kills and recorded 41 assists against New Orleans (9/18) … had 10 kills on 16 attempts for .563 hitting percentage, had 28 assists, and made the All-Tournament team at the Chicago Challenge against Illinois (9/12) … hit .700 (7-0-10) to go along with 36 assists against No. 20 UCLA (9/11) … had 8 digs and 27 assists at West Virginia (9/8) … had 33 assists against Youngstown State to earn a slot on the All Tournament team of the Penn State Invitational (9/5).
NCAA Tournament: Tallied 14 kills, a .560 hitting percentage, and 14 digs in the opening 2 rounds of the NCAA tourney (12/4-5) … recorded a season-best 61 assists and 7 kills versus No. 7 BYU (12/12) to help earn a spot on All-Central Region squad … notched 2nd career triple-double in Penn State’s 3-1 win over #3 Nebraska in the National Semifinals (12/17) with 13 kills, 56 assists and 13 digs … tallied 4 kills and 58 assists in National Championship loss to No. 1 Long Beach State (12/19).
Before Penn State: A three-year starting setter out of St. Francis High School; named team captain her junior year, she led the Spartans to the Illinois State Championship; also earned All-America accolades three-consecutive years, from 1993 to 1995; an all conference selection, Bremner was voted team Most Valuable Player as a junior; as a member of the Sports Performance club team, one of the best junior programs in the country, she helped lead the squad to a silver medal in national competition; also a member of the USA Junior National Team.
“Bremner to join volleyball’s ‘Dream Team,'” The Daily Collegian, Jan. 14, 2000
“Bremner drive to win known since day one,” The Daily Collegian, November 19, 1999
“Setting it all up,” The Daily Collegian, July 29, 1999
“Lady spikers find Bremner set in her ways,” The Daily Collegian, Dec. 10, 1998
“Bremner passionate for winning edge,” The Daily Collegian, Oct. 30, 1996
