Molly Russell Season 2020

2019 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in five sets over five matches…Finished with three digs.

Holy Cross (8/31): Made collegiate debut and contributed one dig in a sweep over the Crusaders.at Iowa (11/1): Finished with one dig. at Illinois (11/15): Tallied one dig.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Finished second all-time in digs at Naperville High School…Led her team with 38 aces as a senior…Was selected to the Naperville Sun All-Area Team… Was a two-time Regional Championship Team selection…Was an academic all-conference honoree…Played for the First Alliance Volleyball Club for seven years and helped the team take first in the American Division at the Mid-East Qualifier…Earned 4.0 Academic Achievement Award every year in high school.

PERSONAL
Born Molly Catherine Russell on March 4, 2001, in Naperville, Illinois…Parents are Jim and Kelly Russell…Has one older sister, Claire, who is a swimmer at Bryant…Aunt, Bonnie Bremner played volleyball at Penn State and was on the program’s first national championship team in 1999…Aunt, Julie Bremner, won a volleyball national championship at UCLA in 1991 and went on to play for the U.S. National Team…Uncle, John Bremner, played tennis at Western Illinois and professionally...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.