Russ Rose Then (2012): “Katie has really improved since last season. I know she’s stronger physically, she’s hitting the ball higher and with more velocity. Katie has also really taken a strong leadership role to heart and I’m really proud of her effort .”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “Katie wasn’t as athletic as she was successful. She had a high hitting percentage. She led us in hitting percentage and blocks-per-set each of her last three years and was always one of the top blockers in the country. Katie was bright, both on the court and off as she was the 2013 Academic All-America of the Year. What I especially valued about Katie was she played to her strengths. She didn’t try and do things that would have been a little more challenging for her. I remember specifically in the Washington National Semifinal match in 2013, telling her “You need to go in the gap and hit the ball in the gap, and then do the same thing when you look at the diggers in the back row.” She did that, and I think she hit over .700 in that match, by being smart and playing to her strength. After she graduated from Penn State, she was selected for the U.S. Women’s National Team for the 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualifying Tournament, along with Maddie Martin. She returned home and went to grad school and coached at her former club.”
2012 Season (Junior) Highlights and Awards: AVCA Second Team All-America … Volleyball Magazine Second Team All-America … AVCA Mideast Region … All-Big Ten … Preseason All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten … Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (8/27, 10/8, 11/26) … Penn State Classic MVP … her 1.34 blocks per set led the Big Ten and ranked 27th nationally … led the team with a .462 hitting percentage, which ranked 2nd in the Big Ten and 7th in the nation.
Season Recap: Played in 35 matches, starting 27, at middle hitter … led the Nittany Lions in blocking with 164, averaging 1.34 blocks per set … … had at least 1 block in every match with 30 multiple block matches … led the team in blocks 22 times … finished the season 3rd on the team in kills with 279, averaging 2.29 kills per set … had double-digit kills 10 times … had 10 kills in 21 errorless swings with 7 blocks vs. Stanford (8/31) … led the team with 4 blocks and had 9 kills vs. Oregon State (9/8) … had a match-high 8 blocks vs. UIC (9/9) … posted 10 kills on .600 hitting vs. Nebraska (9/19) … had 12 kills and 6 blocks vs. Iowa (9/22) … led the team with 4 blocks at Wisconsin (9/28) … had 9 kills on 13 swings vs. Minnesota (9/29) … led the team with 11 kills and 7 blocks at Northwestern (10/5) … had 15 kills and 7 blocks at Illinois (10/6) … had 9 kills on .750 hitting against Purdue (10/12) … put up 6 blocks vs. Indiana (10/13) … had 14 kills on .737 hitting at Ohio State (10/17) … had 7 kills and a career-high 12 blocks at Michigan (10/20) … had 8 kills on .800 hitting with 4 blocks at Iowa (10/24) … put down 10 kills and had 7 blocks at Nebraska (10/28) … posted 11 kills and 5 blocks vs. Minnesota (11/2) … led the team with 5 blocks vs. Illinois (11/8) … had 9 kills on 12 swings with 5 blocks at Indiana (11/16).
NCAA Tournament: Appeared in all 5 of Penn State’s NCAA Tournament matches … led the team with 5 blocks vs. Kentucky (12/7) … had 7 kills against Minnesota (12/8).
| 2012 Season Highs | Date | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kills | 15 | 10/06/2012 | Illinois |
| Assists | 1 | 12/13/2012 | Oregon |
| Points | 19 | 10/06/2012 | Illinois |
| Aces | 0 | 08/25/2012 | Western Ky. |
| Digs | 2 | 10/28/2012 | Nebraska |
| Total Blocks | 12 | 10/20/2012 |
Career Offensive Statistics
| 2012 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 |
| 08/24/2012 | at Morehead St. | W 3 – 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 08/25/2012 | at Louisville | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 08/25/2012 | vs Western Ky. | W 3 – 0 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0.421 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 08/31/2012 | vs Stanford | W 3 – 2 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 09/01/2012 | vs Texas | W 3 – 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 09/08/2012 | vs Oregon St. | L 2 – 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 09/09/2012 | at UIC | W 3 – 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 09/14/2012 | vs Portland | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 09/15/2012 | vs Duquesne | W 3 – 0 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 09/15/2012 | vs Eastern Ill. | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 09/19/2012 | vs Nebraska | W 3 – 1 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 09/22/2012 | vs Iowa | W 3 – 1 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 09/28/2012 | at Wisconsin | W 3 – 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 09/29/2012 | at Minnesota | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 10/05/2012 | at Northwestern | W 3 – 0 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10/06/2012 | at Illinois | W 3 – 2 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 10/12/2012 | vs Purdue | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 10/13/2012 | vs Indiana | W 3 – 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 10/17/2012 | at Ohio St. | W 3 – 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16.5 |
| 10/20/2012 | at Michigan | W 3 – 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 10/24/2012 | at Iowa | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10/28/2012 | at Nebraska | L 2 – 3 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 11/02/2012 | vs Minnesota | W 3 – 1 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 11/04/2012 | vs Wisconsin | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 11/08/2012 | vs Illinois | W 3 – 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 11/10/2012 | vs Northwestern | W 3 – 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 11/16/2012 | at Indiana | W 3 – 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 11/17/2012 | at Purdue | W 3 – 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 11/21/2012 | vs Ohio St. | W 3 – 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11/24/2012 | vs Michigan St. | W 3 – 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 11/30/2012 | vs Binghamton | W 3 – 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 12/01/2012 | vs Bowling Green | W 3 – 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 12/07/2012 | vs Kentucky | W 3 – 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12/08/2012 | vs Minnesota | W 3 – 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 12/13/2012 | vs Oregon | L 1 – 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.5 |
| Totals: | 279 | 58 | 537 | 0.412 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 145 | 12 | 164 | 0 | |||