2019 Women's Volleyball Roster
Biography
Honors: 2018 Big South Honorable Mention All-Conference
2019-2020 (Redshirt Junior Season): Russell played in 27 games and 102 sets. She averaged 3.09 kills per set, totaling 315 kills in the season. Her season high of 20 kills helped with the win against Tusculum University. She was recognized by the Big South Conference for fifth place in kills. She had 10 assists and 25 service aces during the season. Russell completed the season with 81 digs and 19 block solos. She was the #6 spot in the Big South Conference for blocks. The North Carolina native finished with the most points on the team with 403.5 points. She was named #1 in the Big South Conference for hitting percentage at .341.
Games Played: 27
Sets Played: 102
Season Assists: 10
Total Season Points: 403.5
2018: Named Big South Honorable Mention All-Conference…Started in all 32 matches…Led the team with 296 kills and 125 total blocks (31 solo, 94 assisted)…Averaged 2.45 kills and 1.03 blocks per set…Led the Big South in total blocks and was third in blocks per set…Contributed 71 digs…Recorded her first career double-double with 15 kills and 10 total blocks versus UNC Asheville…Finished with double-digit kills 15 times…Had a career-high 19 kills at Gardner-Webb…Collected 10 or more total blocks twice…Recorded a career-best 11 total blocks (one solo, 10 assisted) at Georgia Southern.
2017: Appeared in 19 matches while making four starts…Recorded 33 kills, 13 digs and nine total blocks (two solo, seven assisted)…Had a season-high seven kills at Tennessee…Contributed six kills versus Maryland Eastern Shore and five at North Florida…Tallied two assisted blocks at Wake Forest.
Prior to USC Upstate: Spent one season at Towson where she appeared in eight matches before earning a redshirt season…Turned in a strong performance against Texas Southern with three kills, two assists and two digs...Matched her season-high with two digs at Mercer...Recorded a block in four matches...Had 11 kills and five digs on the season.
High School: Helped Rock Hill High School win two conference championships before transferring to A.C. Reynolds High School where she won two more conference championships...Set the school record with 357 kills as a junior and then reset the record as a senior when she finished the year with 394 kills...Also had over 200 digs as a junior and a senior while posting a career-high 88 blocks as a junior...Was a two-time All-Mountain Conference selection and a two-time All-Western North Carolina honoree...Selected the team MVP in her junior and senior seasons.
Personal: Born on July 2, 1998…Parents are Patrick and Angie Russell…Her mother, Angie, played volleyball at USC Upstate from 1986-89 and was inducted into the USC Upstate Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015…Has one brother and one sister…Is majoring in business marketing.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2017Redshirt Freshman
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6'"
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2018Redshirt Sophomore
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6'1"
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2019Redshirt Junior
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6'0"
