2020 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Played in 11 matches, including stretch of six-straight starts...Posted 88 kills with a team-high .347 hitting percentage...Ranked third on team with 3.48 points per set and 1.53 digs per set...Recorded eight matches with at least eight kills, including five matches in double digits...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
at No. 3 BYU (1/11): Started first career match with 10 kills and three digs. at No. 5 Lewis (1/18): Provided clutch play for Penn State in reverse sweep comeback with first career double-double...Scored 16 kills with 10 digs and team-best 20 points...Helped shift momentum in third set trailing 2-0 with four-point service run, including an ace...Scored two of final three points on kills to win match. No. 6 UCLA (2/24): Hit .625 with 11 kills in first career home start in sweep. USC (2/26): Had third-straight match with double-figure kills (11) in five-set victory while hitting .429.
2019 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Did not see action due to injury.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Did not see action due to injury....Utilized redshirt season.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in nine matches and 33 sets before a season-ending injury...Granted medical redshirt…Recorded seven service aces, three blocks and two kills.
vs. No. 2 UCLA (1/6): Made collegiate debut as a serving specialist in two sets. Coker (1/28): Had three service aces, two kills and a block in four-set win.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played for the USA Youth National Training Team in the summer of 2015…Competed for the Northern Virginia Volleyball Association…Took eighth place at the 2014 National Club Championships…Won back-to-back East Coast Championships in 2012 and 2013.
PERSONAL
Full name is Robert F. Wilden…Parents are Janine and Michael Wilden…Has one sister, Samantha…Majoring in economics…Born Oct. 22, 1997, in Alexandria, Virginia.