Russ Rose Then (2002): “”
Russ Rose Now (2025):
Before Penn State: A four-year starter and two-year captain at Menomonee Falls … Guided the Indians to a WIAA state championship title, picking up All-State honors following her sophomore and junior seasons … With her club team, Club Fusion, she earned four AAU all-tournament team honors … A member of the 2012 and 2013 USA Girls’ Youth National Team, helping the team to a first-place finish at the NORCECA U18 Continental Championships in 2012 and a second-place finish at the FIVB U18 World Championships in 2013 … A 2013-14 Under Armour First Team All-American … 2013 Mizuno First Team All-American … 2013 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year.
2016 (Junior): AVCA First Team All-American … AVCA All-Northeast Region Team … Unanimous All-Big Ten selection … NCAA Lincoln Regional all-tournament team … Named Big Ten Player of the Week and espnW National Player of the Week following a 30-kill performance in an upset of No. 1 Minnesota … Penn State Classic All-Tournament team … Started in all 34 matches, playing 121 sets … Led Penn State with 503 kills … 503 kills rank fourth most during a single season in 25-point rally scoring era … Added 17 service aces, 194 digs and 63 total blocks … Notched 10 kills on .400 hitting with two aces in the opener against West Virginia (8/26) … Logged 23 kills against No. 19 North Carolina (8/27), adding 10 digs for her first career double-double … Led the team with 19 kills at Colorado (9/3) … Led the team with her third straight match with double-figure kills, tallying 12 vs. No. 9 Stanford (9/4)…Tallied a match-high 14 kills and season-high three blocks against Siena (9/9)…Posted 21 kills to lead the team on .476 hitting along with three blocks vs. Hofstra (9/10)…Logged 18 kills against Syracuse (9/10) for her sixth consecutive double-figure kill performance … Posted double-figure kills in all three matches of the Penn State Invitational … Notched 10 kills, five digs and a pair of blocks against Rhode Island (9/16) … Recorded 12 kills on .344 hitting and added eight digs, a block and an ace against Howard (9/17) … Charted 10 kills, seven digs and three blocks against for the third time in 2016 against Clemson (9/17) … Led team in kills with 13 at Rutgers (9/21) on .458 hitting, along with six digs … Set a career record with four aces and added 10 kills against Northwestern (9/25)…Tallied a match-high 12 kills along with two blocks vs. No. 18 Michigan State (9/30)…Recorded a season-high four blocks and posted eight kills against No. 22 Michigan (10/1)…Charted a career-high 30 kills against No.1 Minnesota (10/5)… 30 kills marked third most in a single match during the 25-point rally scoring era …. Posted 11 kills and six digs vs. Rutgers (10/8)….Notched 15 kills to lead the team along with two digs and a solo stuff against No. 22 Purdue (10/14)…Led the offense with 12 kills vs. No. 19 Ohio State (10/19)…Logged a team-high 27 kills, six digs and a block against No. 16 Michigan (10/22)…Notched 19 kills to go along with six digs and one ace vs. No. 4 Wisconsin (10/28)…Recorded her second career double-double with 17 kills and 11 digs against No. 3 Minnesota (10/29)…Charted her third career double-double with 23 kills and a career-high 13 digs vs. No. 1 Nebraska (11/4)…Tallied nine kills, eight digs and four blocks including one solo stuff against Iowa (11/5)…Posted a team-high 17 kills, five digs and three blocks vs. Maryland (11/11)…Put down 19 kills and four digs vs. Ohio State (11/12)… Logged six kills, and seven digs against No. 1 Nebraska (11/16)… Posted 14 kills, five digs, one block, and one assist vs. Purdue(11/19)…Recorded 20 kills, five digs and a solo stuff against Illinois (11/26)…Led the team with 12 kills and a match-high five blocks vs. LIU Brooklyn (12/2)…Put down 14 kills and nine digs against Pitt (12/3) … Logged a team-high 22 kills, 12 digs and three blocks in the round of 16 against Nebraska (12/9).
2015 (Sophomore): Played in 30 matches on the year, making 18 starts … Totaled 158 kills, averaging 1.84 kills per set on .255 hitting … Made appearances on the court in all three Penn State Classic matches, posting one kill against Buffalo (8/28) … Put down three kills on .500 hitting against No. 21 Colorado (9/4) … Logged two kills, two digs and once against Eastern Kentucky (9/11) … Came off the bench with four kills on .500 hitting at USF (9/19) … Recorded a season-high seven kills to go along with three digs and three blocks against No. 4 Nebraska (10/2) … Matched a season-high mark with seven kills on .353 hitting with three blocks against Iowa (10/3) … Put away six kills at No. 13 Illinois (10/9) … Tied for first on the team with a career-high 14 kills at Northwestern (10/10), adding four blocks … Led the team in kills for the second straight match against Indiana (10/16) posting 10 kills for her second consecutive double-figure kill performance … Led the team with 12 kills against No. 18 Purdue (10/17) … Logged 13 kills, three digs and a pair of solo stuffs at No. 23 Michigan (10/21) … Led the team with 10 kills at Michigan State (10/24) … Tied for second on the team with nine kills against No. 11 Ohio State (10/30) … Recorded a career-high five blocks at Maryland (11/5) … Posted eight kills on .471 hitting at Rutgers (11/6) … Tallied 10 kills at No. 4 Minnesota (11/14) while tying for first on the team with four blocks … Served up a career-high three aces against Michigan (11/18) … Recorded seven kills on 12 perfect swings against Northwestern (11/25) … Had three kills, one dig and one block in the NCAA first round match against Howard (12/4) … Posted two kills and one ace in the NCAA second round match against Dayton (12/5) … Totaled five kills on .300 hitting in the NCAA regional semifinals against Hawaii (12/11).
2014 (Freshman): Totaled 135 kills in her first season in the Blue and White … Made 26 appearances on the court, including two starts … Recorded double-figure kills a total of five times during the year, while also leading the team in the category in three matches … Tallied 25 total blocks on the year, including five solo stuffs … Made her collegiate debut against TCU (8/29) with six kills … Led the team with double-digit kills (10) on .412 hitting against William & Mary (8/30), adding four digs and a solo stuff … Finished third on the team with double-digit kills (11) at No. 2 Stanford (9/5) … Highlighted the Villanova Classic with nine kills against the Wildcats (9/12) … Led the team with double-digit kills (10) against Eastern Illinois (9/19) … Ranked first on the team with 12 kills in the Big Ten opener at No. 5 Wisconsin (9/24) … Came off the bench with four kills in the final set at Northwestern (11/26) … Made her NCAA Tournament debut with six kills vs. Siena (12/6) … Came off the bench with 12 kills in the NCAA regional finals vs. Wisconsin (12/13).