Russ Rose Then (2011): “Lacey plays hard every time she’s on the court. She is a player who can make your team better, possesses a nice serve and plays aggressive defensively. Lacey is quick to the ball and she’s not afraid to get in there and compete. I think the combination of her having a good serve and being an aggressive defensive player is really going to help us. We feel great about Lacey coming to Penn State. I think she’s going to compete at both libero and as a back row player. She has a great volleyball IQ and comes from a terrific club program. Every time I see her play I feel great about her coming.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “There are a few players that if I could have signed up to coach them forever, I would have, and Lacey is in that category. That’s how fond I am of her as a player and as a person. She went hard from the first day of practice to the last practice she was involved in at Penn State. 100% every time. If a ball could be dug, but it was two courts away, she would take off and run as hard and as fast as she could to get to the ball. There was nobody in the gym that was demonstrating the effort that Lacey showed all the time. She played a lot, and she made incredible contributions as a defensive player, and in spiker coverage, and just being the feisty human being that she is. She’s still playing sand volleyball in California. Playing six-person volleyball was tough for her in a way, because not everybody played as hard as her. Playing doubles is at least a step in the right direction. But it’s a shame there’s not a one-on-one sand volleyball league, because that might be the best thing for Lacey. When I look back on Lacey’s time at Penn State, there wasn’t a day that she wasn’t pushing herself to help the team and to make contributions. To me, that’s what it’s all about.”
2011 Season (Freshman): Saw action in 30 of 33 matches and 67 of 122 sets as a serving and defensive specialist … totaled 59 digs for the season, averaging 0.88 digs/set … made her collegiate debut vs. Oregon (8/26) … 2nd on the team with a career-high 13 digs vs. Texas (9/10) … posted 9 digs vs. Illinois (10/8) … tallied 5 digs vs. Iowa (10/28) … had 1 dig vs. Purdue (11/19) … posted 2 digs at Ohio State (11/23) … registered 2 digs vs. Delaware (12/3).
Before PennState: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Torrey-Pines High School in Carmel Valley, Calif. … helped her team to the 2007 CIF Championship and the 2010 League Championship … named 2007 Defensive Player of the Year … guided her club team to a silver medal at the Miami Junior Olympics in 18-Open in 2009 and a 5th place finish at Reno in 18-Open in 2010 … named Athlete of the Week and MVP of the California Challenge in 2011 … also excelled off the court and was a four-time Scholar Athlete.
