Russ Rose Then (1997): “I thought Bonnie established herself not only as one of the premier setters in the conference, but one of the premier setters in the nation last year. I think she has a bright future in volleyball for whatever level she wants to play at. She has great discipline for the game — she’s spent more time in the gym than some opposing teams. Bonnie’s been a gym rat from a young age and made a commitment to herself to be the best she can be and I think we were the recipient of that last year. I thought some of the great succees we had last year should really be placed on what Bonnie brought to the program for us as a freshman, and she still has a long way to go. She’s going to ge stronger in addition to learning how to be a better blocker and a better defensive player, but I think as far as setting and understanding what it takes to be successful, she’s already there.”
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).”
1997 Season (Sophomore): Highlights and Awards: Honda Volleyball Award Finalist … First Team AVCA All-America … NCAA All-East Region team … AVCA All-District 2 squad for 2nd consecutive year … Big Ten Player of the Year … First Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … named to all-tourney team in all four tournaments the Lions participated in, and was selected MVP of the NACWAA/Srate Farm Classic … chosen as Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 2 for her play at the NACWAA … her 1,474 assists was the 9th best single-season total in Penn State Women’s Volleyball history … 2nd in the Big Ten and 19th in the country in hitting percentage (.374) … earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors on Nov. 17 for the 2nd time in 1997 as she posted 13 kills, a .632 hitting percentage, 71 assists, 5 aces, 6 blocks and 12 digs in wins over Purdue (11/14) and No. 25 Ohio State (11/15).
Season Recap: Played every set of every match in 1997, missing only 2 or 3 points … led the team with 12.28 assists/set … averaged 1.69 kills/set with a hitting percentage of .374 that ranked 2nd on the team (to Lauren Cacciamani’s .375) … ranked 4th on the team with 18 service aces, 2.22 digs/set, and 0.74 blocks/set … totaled 8 kills and 54 assists vs. Michigan (11/22) … … recorded 59 assists and eight blocks at Illinois (11/1) … posted 47 assists, 7 kills and a equalled her career-best with 16 digs in loss at No. 7 Wisconsin (10/31) … notched a career-high 9 blocks against Minnesota (10/11) … had 56 assists and 15 digs versus Team USA (10/6) … nearly recorded a triple-double (9 kills, 40 assists, 12 digs) in win over No. 10 Wisconsin (10/4) … posted career-best 11 kills at Purdue (9/27) … led Penn State to victory over No. 3 Stanford (9/6) with a career-best 70 assists and 11 digs … tallied 9 kills, 54 assists and 8 digs in win at No. I Stanford (8/23) … tied for the team lead with 11 double-doubles … … 266 digs and 89 blocks were both fourth-most on squad.
NCAA Tournament: Notched 56 assists, 8 digs and 7 kills in a sweep of No. 8 Florida in the National Semifinal match (12/18) … posted 14 digs and matched a career-high with 70 assists in the National Championship loss to No. 3 Stanford (12/20).
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
