1979 Media Guide: “Nancy McLaughlin is the team’s playmaker and captain and is the most experienced player among the starters … she is the team’s only senior and a strong server.”
1979 Season (Senior): Named the team’s Most Valuable Player … became the first Penn State Women’s Volleyball player to earn 4 letters. … served as a team captain for the second consecutive season.
Russ Rose on Nancy McLaughlin: “We had the best setter [McLaughlin] in the the EAIAW Championship tournament. It will be impossible to replace Nancy McLaughlin in this program. Nancy is unique.” The Daily Collegian, Nov. 29, 1979.
Before Penn State: Her Corry Area High School team was undefeated for 4 years … played tennis for the boys team in high school.
“McLaughlin grows with volleyball program,” The Daily Collegian, Oct. 25, 1979
