Gabby Blossom

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Gabby Blossom #13 Setter 5’9″

Russ Rose Now (2026): “Gabby was a talented, well-skilled, undersized player who played hard all the time. She was in our program for four years, then took her fifth year and went to San Diego. She was the perfect addition to their roster and helped them get to the Final Four and has since played domestically in one of the pro leagues. I believe she recently transitioned to coaching and is at the University of Oklahoma.”

2021 Cumulative Team Stats

2021 Season (Senior) Career Highlights and Awards: for her career at Penn State, earned AVCA All-America Third Team in 2019 … named to All-Northeast Region Team in 2019 …voted second-team All-Big Ten in 2019 and 2020 …Won 8 Big Ten Setter of the Week awards … earned 2 Academic All-Big Ten honors … totaled 3,271 assists, 865 digs, and 76 aces across 382 sets.

Season Recap: Started all 32 matches and played in all 119 sets … averaged 11.08 assists/set with 27 service aces.

Transferred to the University of San Diego following the 2021 season.

2020 Season (Junior)

2019 Season (Sophomore)

2018 Season (Freshman)

2021 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 6 09/10/2021 Oregon
Assists 58 10/17/2021 Purdue
Points 7.5 09/10/2021 Oregon
Aces 4 08/27/2021 St. John’s (NY)
Digs 20 10/17/2021 Purdue
Total Blocks 4 09/29/2021 Maryland

Career Offensive Statistics

Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2018-19 Penn St. 95 34 2 0.021 0 4 0.500 86 0.905 11 0.116 7
2019-20 Penn St. 117 33 54 0.462 13 140 0.293 1332 11.385 25 0.214 14
2020-21 Penn St. 51 14 18 0.353 8 53 0.189 534 10.471 13 0.255 2
2021-22 Penn St. 119 32 49 0.412 11 123 0.309 1319 11.084 27 0.227 18
2022-23 San Diego 117 33 17 0.145 8 73 0.123 1324 11.316 34 0.291 14
Totals: 499 146 140 0.281 40 393 1.414 4595 9.208 110 0.220 55
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2018-19 Penn St. 99 1.042 0 0 2 2 0.021 0 0 14 0.147
2019-20 Penn St. 273 2.333 1 4 34 38 0.325 3 3 100 0.855
2020-21 Penn St. 138 2.706 0 2 14 16 0.314 1 2 40 0.784
2021-22 Penn St. 355 2.983 2 2 48 50 0.420 3 1 102 0.857
2022-23 San Diego 306 2.615 0 2 45 47 0.402 3 5 75.5 0.645
Totals: 1171 2.347 3 10 143 153 0.307 10 11 331.5 0.664
2021 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/27/2021 at Georgia Tech L 1 – 3 1 1 2 0 28 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
08/27/2021 vs St. John’s (NY) W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4
08/28/2021 at UCF W 3 – 0 0 0 3 0 39 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1
09/03/2021 vs Iowa St. W 3 – 0 3 0 4 0.75 32 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 6
09/04/2021 vs Oregon St. W 3 – 0 1 1 6 0 39 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
09/04/2021 vs LSU W 3 – 0 1 1 2 0 30 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3
09/10/2021 at Oregon L 0 – 3 6 0 8 0.75 33 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
09/11/2021 vs Stanford L 2 – 3 3 0 5 0.6 53 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 0 2 0 4
09/17/2021 vs Robert Morris W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 2 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 3
09/17/2021 at West Virginia W 3 – 0 1 1 4 0 29 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
09/24/2021 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3
09/26/2021 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 3 0 5 0.6 36 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 3
09/29/2021 at Maryland W 3 – 2 2 0 3 0.667 55 0 0 2 0 19 0 6 1 6 0 5
10/02/2021 at Indiana W 3 – 1 0 1 12 -0.083 45 1 1 0 0 7 0 5 0 5 0 3.5
10/08/2021 vs Nebraska L 1 – 3 3 0 5 0.6 29 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
10/09/2021 vs Northwestern W 3 – 1 1 0 2 0.5 45 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 4
10/15/2021 vs Rutgers W 3 – 1 1 0 4 0.25 42 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2
10/17/2021 at Purdue L 2 – 3 1 0 3 0.333 58 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/22/2021 at Minnesota W 3 – 0 2 1 5 0.2 44 1 0 2 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 3
10/23/2021 at Wisconsin L 2 – 3 2 0 5 0.4 53 0 0 0 0 13 1 3 0 4 0 4.5
10/29/2021 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 1 0 3 0.333 37 0 0 1 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 2
10/30/2021 vs Illinois L 1 – 3 1 0 2 0.5 56 0 0 1 0 19 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
11/05/2021 vs Michigan W 3 – 1 1 1 3 0 54 1 1 2 1 7 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
11/06/2021 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 2 0 0 3 0 57 0 0 2 0 13 0 3 0 3 0 1.5
11/12/2021 at Michigan W 3 – 1 3 0 4 0.75 55 0 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 5.5
11/13/2021 at Michigan St. W 3 – 1 0 1 2 -0.5 53 1 0 1 1 18 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
11/19/2021 at Nebraska L 0 – 3 2 0 6 0.333 26 0 0 2 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
11/21/2021 at Ohio St. L 1 – 3 1 1 3 0 38 1 0 1 0 12 0 3 0 3 0 2.5
11/26/2021 vs Minnesota L 1 – 3 1 2 4 -0.25 41 2 2 2 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
11/27/2021 vs Iowa W 3 – 0 2 0 3 0.667 46 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 3
12/03/2021 vs Towson W 3 – 1 5 0 7 0.714 47 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
12/04/2021 at Pittsburgh L 1 – 3 1 0 3 0.333 38 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Totals: 49 11 123 0.309 1319 11 27 18 2 355 2 48 3 50 1 102
Prior to Penn State: Was the No. 28 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace … voted the 2018 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and was one of 3 finalists for the National Gatorade Player of the Year … named a 2017 Under Armour 1st team All-American … received the 2018 Andi Collins Award for the nation’s top high school setter … named a MaxPreps 2nd team All-American … led St. Joseph’s Academy to a 33-3 record and the Class 4 state championship in 2017 … recorded 794 assists, 184 digs, 69 kills and 36 blocks while posting a hitting percentage of .366 … was a 4-year starter … selected twice for 1st-team All-Metro and all-state honors … was a 3-time all-conference and all-district honoree … was the St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year in 2017.

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