Russ Rose Then (2008):

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2008 Season: AVCA First Team All-America … NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player … NCAA Regional Chapionship Most Outstanding Player … First Team AVCA All-Mideast Region … Academic All-Big Ten … Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten … ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American … Chicago Classic All-Tournament Team … Hawaiian Airlines Classic All-Tournament Team … Unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten … started all 38 matches appearing in 115 sets … led the team with 470 kills and a 4.09 kills per set average … her 470 kills ranked third in the Big Ten … has double-digit kills in 95 of her 109 collegiate matches … led the Nittany Lions in kills in 21 matches … her .349 hitting percentage ranked fifth on the team and seventh in the Big Ten … finished second on the squad with 242 digs … she averaged 2.10 digs per game … her 1,582 career kills rank fifth on Penn State[apos]s all-time list, while her 4.51 kills per game rank second … posted five double-doubles … tallied 12 kills on .667 hitting at Yale (9/19) … registered 15 kills on .519 hitting at Northwestern (10/25) … averaged 4.00 kills per game on .412 hitting with 18 digs against Minnesota and Iowa (10/31-11/1) … tallied 17 kills on .429 hitting at Illinois (11/14) … averaged 4.33 kills per game on .600 hitting with 2.61 digs per set aganst Northwestern and Wisconsin (11/21-22) … recorded 15 kills on .609 hitting against Western Michigan (12/12) … set a season high with 23 kills against Nebraska in the NCAA Semifinal.

Before Penn State: Four-year volleyball starter at Riverside High School in Durham, N.C. … 2006 Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year … one of five finalists for the 2006 Gatorade National Female Athlete of the Year … two-time North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year (2005 & 2006) … named the National High School Player of the Year by Volleyball Magazine … 2005-06 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American and Top Senior Ace … first team Mizuno Volleyball High School All-American in 2006 … voted the 2006 National High School Senior Athlete of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association … member of the 2006 USA Junior National Team and the 2004 and 2005 USA Youth National teams … voted the Most Valuable Player and ‘Best Attacker’ at the 2004 NORCECA Championships in Cataño, Puerto Rico … competed with the USA Youth National Team at the Youth World Championships in Macau, China in 2005 … earned the prestigious Paul Williamson Award as the Pac 6 Athlete of the Year … named the North Carolina High School Female Athlete of the Year by the News and Observer … helped Riverside High School to a 74-14 scholastic record … posted career totals of 1,596 kills, 319 blocks, 647 digs, 286 aces and 130 assists … as a member of the Triangle 18’s club team, was selected as an All-American as the 2006 AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships in Orlando, Fla. … selected as the Most Valuable Player of the North Carolina Regional Championships for the 18’s Gold age division … the first player from the Carolina Region to be named All-Tournament at the USA Junior Olympic Girls Volleyball Championships … three-time USA Volleyball Carolina Region MVP … four-time Pac 6 all-conference selection … two-time Pac 6 conference Player of the Year … led Riverside to the state playoff semifinals in 2002 and 2004 and the state quarterfinals in 2003 … from 1996-2002, was a member of the Bouncing Bulldogs Jump Rope Demonstration team and was a silver medalist in the 12-14 age division at the World Championship in Ghent, Belgium, as a member of the USA Jump Rope Team … ranked 53 in her class of 493 at Riverside, holding a 4.5 grade point average … member of the Riverside Student Council … acted as a peer mentor for students with special needs.