Russ Rose Then (2015): “Bryanna made some good progress during the spring season. There’s always a learning curve for new players and I would expect her to have some challenges, but she has been setting for a long time and isn’t afraid to compete.”
2015 Season (Redshirt Freshman)Highlights and Awards: AVCA All-Northeast Region honorable mention … Big Ten Setter of the Week (11/2) … Golden Dome Invitational All-Tournament Team … USF Invitational All-Tournament.
Season Recap: Played in all 34 matches (33 starts) and all 115 sets … directed the team to a .295 hitting percentage, averaging 10.83 assists/set … led the team with 40 aces, averaging 0.35 per set … finished 3rd on the team with 2.23 digs per set … made her collegiate debut against Buffalo (8/28), dishing out 18 assists to go along with 3 digs … registered a career-high 41 assists and 8 digs against No. 2 Stanford (9/5) … led the team to a .376 hitting percentage against No. 16 Wisconsin, dishing out 43 assists … posted a season-high 54 assists against No. 21 Minnesota (9/26), adding 12 digs … dished out 46 assists, posting 11 digs against No. 4 Nebraska (10/2) … had 34 assists, 10 digs and a season-high 3 aces against Iowa (10/3) … totaled 54 assists and 14 digs at No. 13 Illinois (10/9) … dished out 43 assists with 17 digs at Northwestern (10/10) marking her 6th double-double of the season … posted a career-high 6 blocks against Indiana (10/16) … led the team from the service line with a career-high 4 aces against No. 13 Purdue (10/17), while also guiding the team to a .315 hitting percentage … logged a double-double with 53 assists and 12 digs at No. 23 Michigan (10/21) … led the team to a .349 hitting percentage dishing out 35 assists to go along with a team-high 10 digs at No. 11 Ohio State (10/28) … passed out 42 assists, adding a career-high 5 kills, 6 digs and 2 aces against No. 11 Ohio State (10/30) … logged a double-double with 38 assists and 12 digs, adding 2 aces vs. Michigan (11/18) … led the team to a Big Ten season-high .408 hitting percentage against Northwestern (11/25), dishing out 41 assists to go along with 4 kills, 2 aces and 2 blocks.
NCAA Tournament: Directed the team to a .424 hitting percentage in the NCAA 1st round match against Howard (12/4), dishing out 32 assists to go along with 9 digs … had 46 assists in the NCAA 2nd round match against Dayton (12/5), adding 7 digs and 4 blocks … had 3 digs and 2 kills in the NCAA regional semifinal match against Hawaii (12/11), as well as 39 assists.
Before Penn State: Three-year captain and 3-time team MVP at Boylan Catholic … earned All-State honorable mention honors in both her sophomore and junior seasons, achieving NIC 10 All-Conference MVP honors in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons … helped guide her club team, Club Fusion, to 2 AAU championships as the squad’s setter … 2013-14 Under Armour First Team All-American … 2013 Mizuno Honorable Mention All-American.
