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2024 Volleyball Roster

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88 Anastasia Russ

  • Height 6-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position MB
  • Major Biological Sciences
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, PA
  • High School Hampton
  • Prev School Pittsburgh
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  • Twitter anastasiaruss8
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Biography

CAREER HONORS
  • AVCA North Region All-Region Honorable Mention (2022) 
  • Second Team All-Big Ten (2022)
  • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/22, 11/21/22)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2023 & 2024)
As a graduate student (2024):
  • Appeared in all 12 sets at the LSU Tournament
  • Set a season-high seven total blocks against Troy and New Hampshire
  • Grabbed eight kills against New Hampshrie (8/31)
  • Hit 1.000 against Alabama A&M with 4 kills (9/6)
  • Added 10 kills and four blocks across two games against Lehigh and UMBC
  • Notched seven kills in nine total attacks against Indiana (11/2)
  • Gathered 18 attacks and 5 total blocks during game against Michigan St. (11/7)

As a redshirt senior (2023):
  • One of four Terps to play in all 32 matches, competing in 109 sets
  • Racked up 185 kills on a .346 hitting percentage, the 10th-best single-season clip in program history
  • Finished second on the team with 119 total blocks and 1.09 blocks per set
  • Hit at least .500 in every match of the Kristen Dickmann Invitational (9/1-2) while collecting 12 total blocks in three matches
  • Recorded first double-digit kill effort of the season against Coastal Carolina (9/8), scoring 11 kills
  • Notched 10 kills and five blocks en route to five-set victory over Florida Gulf Coast (9/16)
  • Claimed season-high nine total blocks along with five kills in three-set win over Michigan (9/24)
  • Tied season-best nine total blocks in upset over No. 16 Minnesota (10/6)
  • Led Maryland with 11 kills against Indiana (10/7)
  • Produced nine kills against Illinois (10/20) and Iowa (10/21)
  • Registered seven kills with a .375 hitting clip and five blocks in sweep over Ohio State (11/12)
As a redshirt junior (2022):
  • AVCA North Region All-Region Honorable Mention
  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Picked up a pair of Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week Honors
  • Led the team in blocks (182)
  • Finished the season with 205 kills, 307 points and 16 digs
  • Played in all 32 matches 
  • Eight kills and two blocks in Terrapin debut (8/26)
  • Six kills and three blocks in Big Ten debut (9/23)
  • Passed 100 career kills against Indiana (9/25)
  • Recorded her 200th career kill against Indiana (11/25)
  • Career-high 13 kills against Michigan (11/19)
  • Passed 100 career blocks against Michigan State (9/30)
  • Recorded a career-high in blocks (12), solo blocks (3) and digs (3) against Ohio State (11/18/22)  
As a redshirt sophomore at Pitt (2021): 
  • Part of Pitt's first NCAA Final Four appearance by a women's team in school history
  • Helped Pitt reach its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, marking the program's longest NCAA postseason streak in history
  • Appeared in eight matches, making one start (Bowling Green, Sept. 11)
  • Recorded a season-best three kills in three matches, against Bowling Green (Sept. 11), Syracuse (Nov. 5) and at American (Nov. 9)
  • Killed two of three attempts in Pitt's NCAA First Round match against UMBC (Dec. 3)
  • Posted a season-high three blocks at American (Nov. 9) while killing 3-of-3 attempts 
  • Averaged a hitting percentage of .591 for the season with 15 kills on 22 attempts.
As a redshirt freshman at Pitt (2020): 
  • Part of the Panthers' first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in program history, reaching the Regional Final as the final unseeded team in the field
  • Helped Pitt secure its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance
  • Posted a career-best four kills in the NCAA First Round against LIU (April 14)
  • Recorded a career-high seven blocks at Villanova (Feb. 14)
  • Appeared in eight matches, making two starts
  • Recorded at least one kill in all eight matches
  • Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman at Pitt (2019): 
  • Helped the Panthers earn their third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play
  • Part of Pitt's fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance
  • Did not compete in her initial college season
  • Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Maryland: 
  • Ranked 57th nationally by Prep Volleyball Senior Ace
  • 2018 AVCA Under Armour All-American
  • Three-time All-Section, All-WPIAL and All-State selection
  • 2017 Prep Volleyball All-American Special Mention
  • 2016 Hampton MVP, where Hampton won Section 3 and played in the WPIAL Championship
  • Played for Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball Club
  • Member of National Honor Society and earned Highest Honor Roll every semester of high school.
Personal: 
  • Born Aug. 2, 2000
  • Daughter of Carol and Peter
  • Has an older brother, Alexander
Updated December 16, 2024
russ' CAREER HIGHS
  • Kills: 13 vs. Michigan  (11/19/22)
  • Attacks: 30 vs. Purdue (11/23/22)
  • Hitting Percentage: 1.000 (7x), last vs. Alabama A&M (9/6/24)
  • Digs: 3 vs. Ohio State (11/18/22)
  • Assists: 2 at Iowa (10/27/22)
  • Solo Blocks: 3 vs. Ohio State (11/18/22)
  • Block Assists: 11 (2x), last vs. Purdue (11/23/22)
  • Total Blocks: 12 vs. Ohio State (11/18/22)

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Redshirt Junior

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  • 88

    2023Redshirt Senior

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  • 88

    2024Graduate Student

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