Russ Rose Then (2002): “I thought Tab had a good freshman season last year. She played well in a lot of tough situatioins and was our first backrow sub, giving her a lot of experience. With the rally scoring format she needs to develop a serve that can get her on the floor and provide us some opportunities to score more points. Tab is a confident player who has an exceptional volleyball IQ, in that she knows where she’s supposed to be and plays hard. She is a person that is proud to be a collegiate athlete and demonstrates it every day. She is a very special young lady.”
Russ Rose Now (2025): “Tabitha had great skills, was very explosive, and had no fear. She redshirted her first year and then played for us the next four seasons. Her love for the game was infectious. She went on and continued as a club coach and is still a club coach today in Pennsylvania. A lot of our success back in those years was based on getting those walk-on kids, those backrow players who were small in size, but made great contributions because they cared and they really wanted to be successful. Back then I said that Tab was a player who had been at Penn State for 5 years and I would have taken her for 10 more. It says alot about her that someone like me said that about her back then.”
2002 Season (Redshirt Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten … played in 101 of 112 sets and all 33 matches of the season … a consistent backrow player, averaging 1.16 digs/set … posted a career-high 11 digs at Michigan State (11/1) … also recorded 10 digs in the NCAA Tournament 2nd round match against Temple (12/7) … posted at least one dig in 26 matches of the season … notched back-to-back seven-dig matches against Indiana (9/13) and Ohio State (9/28) … played libero for two sets against Yale (9/22), recording four digs … tallied a then-season-high 9 digs in five-set loss to Wisconsin (10/26) … earned first start of the season against Big Ten champ Minnesota (11/29).
2001 Season (Redshirt Freshman)
Before Penn State: A 3-year starter at setter at Greencastle-Antrim High School and a 4-year letter winner … also lettered for 4-years in basketball and started at point guard for three seasons … led Greencastle-Antrim to the Mid-Pennsylvania Colonial Volleyball Championship in 1997, 1998, and 1999 … named to the Mid-Pennsylvania All-Star First Team in 1997, 1998, and 1999 … selected to the Pennsylvania All-State Second Team in 1998.
“Senior nears end of journey,” The Daily Collegian, Nov. 18, 2004