
Russ Rose Now (2025):
2006 Season: AVCA First Team All-America … AVCA First Team All-Mideast Region … unanimous First Team All-Big Ten … NCAA Seattle Regional All-Tournament Team … Big Ten Player of the Week (9/4) … Texas Invitational Most Valuable Player … Penn State Invitational Most Valuable Player … LSU Classic Most Valuable Player … Academic All-Big Ten … unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten … played in all 35 matches of the year and 113 of 114 games … averaged 4.27 kills per game, good for second on the team and eighth in the Big Ten … finished the season ranked fourth on the team and sixth in the conference in hitting percentage (.331), the only pure left-side hitter in the league within the top six … ended her second season with 979 career kills, just 21 kills shy of reaching 1,000 for her career … her 483 kills in 2006 rank 14th on the single-season record chart … led the team in kills on 14 occasions … posted double-digit kills in 30 matches, including the last seven matches of the season … recorded 15 or more kills on 12 occasions and notched 20 or more kills four times … tallied a season-best 24 kills in the NCAA Regional Final match at Washington (12/9) … averaged 4.89 kills per game on .500 hitting against Eastern Kentucky, Duke and West Virginia at the Penn State Invitational … attacked a season-high clip of .607 at Purdue (9/30), racking up 19 kills and only two errors on 28 swings … averaged 4.86 kills per game on .315 hitting in the two matches with seven service aces at the NCAA Regional Championship against Purdue and Washington (12/8-9) … also for the season recorded 27 service aces, 96 digs and 89 blocks … posted a career-high four service aces twice, including at Michigan (11/18) and versus Purdue in the NCAA Regional Semifinal match (12/8) … had at least one dig in every match of the year, including a season-high seven at LSU (8/26) … tallied at least two blocks in 23 matches … notched a career-high six blocks twice, including at Texas (9/8) and against Wisconsin (10/7).
Before Penn State: Four-year volleyball letterwinner and three-year track letterwinner for Benjamin Logan High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio … four-year team captain in volleyball for the Raiders … two-year member of the USA Junior National Team, including the 2004 squad that won the NORCECA gold medal in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada … member of the 2003 USA Youth National Team … 2004 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year … Volleyball Magazine ‘Fab 50’ … Ohio High Magazine Player of the Year … led the team to 92-13 scholastic record, including three league championships and the district and regional runner-up titles in 2004 … three-time First Team All-Ohio honoree … earned four First Team CBC honors, four First Team District IX accolades and three District IX Player of the Year awards … set the school record for kills in a season four consecutive years … holds the Ohio state record for career kills … regional track high jump finalist in 2004 and 2005 … member of the Team Atlantis Volleyball Club … National Honor Society member … named to the Fall Sport All-Academic Team and the honor roll.