Simone Lee

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Simone Lee #22 OH 6’1″

Russ Rose Then (2017): “Simone is a physical player who has worked extremely hard in the weight room and the gym to give her game the best possible chance to succeed. She’s a fabulous team player and she’ll have a lot of big swings for us. She’s conditioned to play hard for us from the first match to the last match. She’s working on improving her array of shots, and we’re continually working on figuring out when to take the big swings and when to score tactically.”

Russ Rose Now (2026): “Simone was one of the one of the top recruits in the country. She was incredibly physical, long arms, strong frame, big hands, great blocker, and as she matured as a player and got better at ball handling and all the other intangibles, she became an All-American player at Penn State. She’s one of the leading scorers in Brazil now and is having a great year. Both she and Ali Frantti are names that are talked about as players who could be brought back to the National Team because of how well they’re doing professionally. She keeps on swinging and is not afraid of the moment. Simone made great contributions to the program and was a great teammate.”

2017 Stats Leaders

2017 Cumulative Team Stats

2017 Season (Senior) Highlights and Awards: Class of 2018 Honda Sport Award for Volleyball Nominee … Big 10 Player of the Year … First Team Senior CLASS Award All-American … First Team AVCA All-American … 2017 University Park NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player … one of 3 Team Captains, along with Haleigh Washington and Clare Powers.

Season Recap: Started all 35 matches and played in all 123 sets … averaged a team-best 3.89 kills/set on a career-best .317 hitting percentage … tallied a career-best average of 2.30 digs/set … put down double-digit kills in 30 of the Nittany Lions’ 35 matches, including a 30-kill match in a five-set win over Texas A&M.

NCAA Tournament: Totaled 19 kills and 4 blocks in NCAA Second Round win over Pitt (12/2) … registered 15 kills on .500 hitting in NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Missouris (12/8) … totaled 12 kills on .281 hitting in Regional Finals win over Michigan State (12/9) … pounded 18 kills on .260 hitting in 5-set loss to Nebraska in National Semifinals (12/14).

2016 Season (Junior)

2015 Season (Sophomore)

2014 Season (Freshman)

2017 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 30 09/02/2017 Texas A&M
Assists 3 10/14/2017 Michigan
Points 31 09/02/2017 Texas A&M
Aces 5 09/16/2017 Wake Forest
Digs 18 10/25/2017 Wisconsin
Total Blocks 5 11/25/2017 Minnesota
2017 Match Stats
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/25/2017 vs UT Martin W 3 – 0 10 3 16 0.438 0 3 0 1 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
08/26/2017 at West Virginia W 3 – 0 12 2 22 0.455 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 13.5
08/26/2017 at Delaware W 3 – 0 11 4 21 0.333 0 4 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 11
09/01/2017 at Stanford W 3 – 1 11 6 39 0.128 0 6 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
09/02/2017 at Texas A&M W 3 – 2 30 4 57 0.456 0 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 31
09/08/2017 vs Colorado W 3 – 0 11 8 33 0.091 0 8 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 13
09/09/2017 at Stanford W 3 – 2 21 10 48 0.229 0 10 0 2 1 8 1 3 1 4 0 23.5
09/15/2017 vs Yale W 3 – 0 10 2 21 0.381 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 13
09/16/2017 vs Wake Forest W 3 – 0 10 1 11 0.818 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 16
09/16/2017 vs Ohio W 3 – 0 12 1 22 0.5 0 1 0 0 3 9 1 1 0 2 0 13.5
09/22/2017 vs Nebraska L 0 – 3 15 3 39 0.308 1 3 0 1 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 16
09/23/2017 vs Iowa W 3 – 1 22 4 44 0.409 0 4 0 3 1 10 0 1 1 1 0 22.5
09/29/2017 vs Illinois W 3 – 0 10 5 22 0.227 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
09/30/2017 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 12 1 18 0.611 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
10/06/2017 at Ohio St. W 3 – 2 18 5 40 0.325 0 5 1 1 2 10 1 2 1 3 0 21
10/07/2017 at Maryland W 3 – 0 10 2 18 0.444 1 2 0 1 2 6 2 2 0 4 0 13
10/13/2017 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 1 17 7 42 0.238 1 7 2 4 1 13 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
10/14/2017 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 15 4 28 0.393 3 4 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 16
10/20/2017 at Purdue W 3 – 1 13 8 31 0.161 1 8 1 2 1 12 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
10/21/2017 at Indiana W 3 – 0 8 5 20 0.15 0 5 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
10/25/2017 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 1 8 2 32 0.188 0 2 0 1 1 18 1 2 0 3 0 10
10/28/2017 at Illinois W 3 – 0 16 3 31 0.419 1 3 1 2 1 6 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
11/01/2017 at Michigan St. W 3 – 1 18 7 46 0.239 0 7 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 3 0 21
11/04/2017 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 6 4 15 0.133 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 10
11/08/2017 at Iowa W 3 – 0 16 1 35 0.429 1 1 2 0 0 15 1 2 0 3 0 20
11/11/2017 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 10 2 25 0.32 0 2 2 1 1 13 1 1 0 2 0 13.5
11/15/2017 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 6 0 19 0.316 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
11/18/2017 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 17 1 20 0.8 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
11/24/2017 at Wisconsin W 3 – 1 14 6 37 0.216 0 6 0 2 2 14 1 1 0 2 0 15.5
11/25/2017 at Minnesota W 3 – 1 20 8 44 0.273 0 8 0 1 2 8 0 5 0 5 0 22.5
12/01/2017 vs Howard W 3 – 1 5 2 18 0.167 0 2 0 1 1 10 1 0 1 1 0 6
12/02/2017 vs Pittsburgh W 3 – 1 19 6 53 0.245 2 6 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 0 22
12/08/2017 vs Missouri W 3 – 0 15 2 26 0.5 0 2 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 16
12/09/2017 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 0 12 3 32 0.281 0 3 0 1 0 10 1 2 0 3 0 14
12/14/2017 vs Nebraska L 2 – 3 18 5 50 0.26 0 5 2 3 3 15 1 0 0 1 0 21
Totals: 478 137 1075 0.317 13 137 24 35 38 283 20 51 6 71 0 547.5
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2014-15 Penn St. 64 26 135 2.109 53 350 0.234 1 0.016 0 0.000 2
2015-16 Penn St. 86 31 158 1.837 60 384 0.255 2 0.023 7 0.081 13
2016-17 Penn St. 121 34 503 4.157 174 1245 0.264 17 0.14 17 0.140 45
2017-18 Penn St. 123 35 478 3.886 137 1075 0.317 13 0.106 24 0.195 35
Totals: 394 126 1274 3.234 424 3054 0.278 33 0.084 48 0.122 95
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2014-15 Penn St. 28 0.438 0 5 20 25 0.391 4 0 150 2.344
2015-16 Penn St. 39 0.453 0 5 49 54 0.628 3 2 194.5 2.262
2016-17 Penn St. 194 1.603 9 18 45 63 0.521 3 1 560.5 4.632
2017-18 Penn St. 283 2.301 38 20 51 71 0.577 6 0 547.5 4.451
Totals: 544 1.381 47 48 165 213 0.541 16 3 1452.5 3.687

Before Penn State: A 4-year starter and 2-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 4 AAU all-tournament team honors … a member of the 2012 and 2013 USA Girls’ Youth National Team, helping the team to a 1st-place finish at the NORCECA U18 Continental Championships in 2012 and a 2nd-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.

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