CAREER
Earned two AVCA honorable-mention All-America honors (2023, 24)...Voted first-team All-EIVA twice (2023, 24) and second team once (2025)...Won four EIVA Defensive Player of the Week awards.
2025 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Voted second-team All-EIVA.
Season: Played all 108 sets while starting all 31 matches at middle blocker...Hit .395 with 146 kills (1.35/set), 115 blocks (1.06/set), 45 digs, and nine aces...Season high of nine kills came on .400 hitting in addition to seven blocks in a five-set win at George Mason (4/12)...Recorded five or more blocks in a match 10 times, including a season-high eight in a sweep at Harvard (2/8), again in a four-set win at NJIT (2/22), and a third time in a four-set match against Charleston (3/29).
vs. Stanford (1/18): Tallied seven kills and seven blocks in a four-set match. at Harvard (2/8): Contributed eight blocks and three kills in a sweep. at NJIT (2/22): Finished with eight blocks and seven kills in a four-set win. vs. No. 12 Ball State (3/15): Hit .500 with eight kills and four blocks in a five-set match. Charleston (3/29): Totaled a season-high eight blocks for a third time and added five kills in a four-set match. Sacred Heart (4/4): Hit .556 with six kills and three blocks in a sweep. Sacred Heart (4/5): Hit .700 with eight kills and four blocks in a four-set win. at George Mason (4/11): Hit .636 with seven kills, three blocks, and four digs in a five-set win. at George Mason (4/12): Finished with a season-high nine kills on .400 hitting and also had seven blocks in a five-set win. Princeton (4/19): Chipped in with seven kills on .545 hitting and three blocks in a sweep. vs. Harvard (4/23): Hit .875 with seven kills, four blocks, and one ace in a sweep in the quarterfinal round of the EIVA Tournament. vs. NJIT (4/24): Hit .571 with five kills and six blocks in a sweep in the semifinal round of the EIVA Tournament. at Daemen (5/2): Contributed six kills on .750 hitting and added three blocks in a sweep in the NCAA Tournament Opening Round. vs. No. 2 Hawaii (5/8): Did his part with five kills and six blocks in a four-set match in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament.
2024 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named an AVCA honorable-mention All-American...Voted first-team All-EIVA...Won one EIVA Defensive Player of the Week award (4/16).
Season: Played in all 116 sets while starting all 30 matches at middle blocker...Hit .418 with 185 kills (1.59/set), 98 blocks (0.84/set), and 17 aces...Reached double-digit kills four times, including a season-high 13 on .600 hitting in addition to a season-high seven blocks in a five-set win over George Mason (4/12)...Tallied five or more blocks in a match nine times.
No. 16 Lewis (1/6): Hit .500 with seven kills, three blocks and an ace in a 3-2 win. Lees-McRae (1/11): Hit .750 with nine kills, three blocks, and three aces in a sweep. at No. 15 Ball State (2/2): Totaled eight kills on .636 hitting and added a pair of blocks in a sweep. at No. 15 Princeton (2/16): Tallied 10 kills on .467 hitting in addition to five blocks in a four-set win. Harvard (3/30): Hit .450 with 11 kills and three blocks in a four-set win. No. 16 George Mason (4/12): Hit .600 with a season-high 13 kills and a season-high seven blocks in a 3-2 win. No. 16 George Mason (4/13): Hit .636 with eight kills, five blocks, and an ace in a four-set win. No. 15 George Mason (4/20): Hit .500 with five kills and six blocks in a four-set win in the EIVA Championship match.
2023 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named an AVCA honorable-mention All-American...Voted first-team All-EIVA...Won three EIVA Defensive Player of the Week awards (1/16, 3/7, 4/17)
Season: Appeared in 108 sets while playing all 31 matches, including 30 as a starter at middle blocker...Hit .452 with 151 kills (1.40/set), 118 blocks (1.09/set) and 10 aces...Hit .500 or better with at least five kills 11 times, including .786 with 11 kills and seven blocks in collegiate debut - a 3-1 win over Central State (1/6) - and .875 with seven kills in a sweep at Harvard (3/31)...Totaled five or more blocks in a match nine times, including a season-high nine in a sweep over Daemen (1/13).
vs. Central State (1/6): Made collegiate debut and hit .786 with 11 kills and seven blocks. at No. 13 Ohio State (1/7): Contributed seven blocks in a 3-1 win. Daemen (1/13): Racked up a career-high nine blocks in a sweep. No. 2 UCLA (2/4): Hit .778 with seven kills and three blocks in a four-set win. at CUI (3/4): Tallied seven blocks while adding five kills on .417 hitting. at No. 6 UC Irvine (3/5): Hit .529 with nine kills and five blocks in a 3-2 win. No. 15 Ohio State (3/21): Contributed nine kills on .692 hitting. at Harvard (3/31): Hit .875 with seven kills. at Harvard (4/1): Finished with six kills on .500 hitting. at George Mason (4/8): Hit .750 with six kills and three blocks. Charleston (WV) (4/15): Totaled seven blocks. George Mason (4/20): Hit .667 with six kills and four blocks in the EIVA Semifinal win. vs. No. 9 Ohio State (5/2): Finished with eight blocks in the NCAA Quarterfinal win.
2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Redshirt season.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Named team captain for Merrick High School 2020 and 2021...Earned Team MVP honors for Colts in 2021...Lettered four seasons with Colts volleyball team...Won Nassau County championship in 2021...Named Newsday 2021 Long Island Player of the Year...Chosen Newsday 2021 Nassau County Player of the Year and All-County team honoree...Played club volleyball with Long Island Volleyball Academy...Pitched and played third base for Merrick for four seasons.
PERSONAL
Parents are Steve and Dawn Rose...Has one brother, Ben...Earned a bachelor's degree in recreation, park and tourism management and is now pursuing a graduate certificate in organizational development and change essentials.