2010 (Junior): Collected Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Week and GWC Player of the Week accolades after UND's 3-0 sweep over South Dakota (Sept. 25) ... Ranked eighth all-time at UND with 98 single-season block assists (2010) ... Finished the season with a career-best 245 points, 169 kills and 15 aces ... Led the team and ranked third in the Great West with 110 total blocks on the season ... Appeared in and started all 30 matches ... Tallied a career-high 25 attacks against Drake (Aug. 28) ... Registered a season-high eight blocks (seven assisted) against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Sept. 2) ... Posted a season-high 11 kills, seven block assists and 14.5 points against Temple (Sept. 10) ... Equaled her season high of eight blocks with seven block assists and one solo against South Dakota State (Sept. 17) ... Recorded a season-high .857 attack percentage against NJIT (Nov. 6) ... Tallied a season-best two aces on five separate occasions ... Picked up at least three kills per match ... Had at least one block assist in every match except one ... Collected a minimum of 3.5 points in each match ... Earned second letter.
2009 (Sophomore): Appeared in 17 matches and made two starts ... Had a season-high six kills at South Dakota (Oct. 15) ... Equaled season-high with three block assists twice (at Houston Baptist, Oct. 10 and vs. South Dakota Nov. 14) ... Had a season-high four digs against Chicago State (Oct. 25) ... Earned first letter.
2008 (Freshman) - Marquette: Was the only Golden Eagle to start all 29 matches and one of two players to see action in all 111 sets ... Ranked fifth overall and first among rookies in the Big East with an average of 1.12 blocks per game ... Tallied a team-leading 124 total blocks, including 109 block assists ... Also added 15 solo blocks, a total good for second on the team ... Set a season-high in kills with 10 in back-to-back games at DePaul (Nov. 1) and at Notre Dame (Nov. 2) ... Also recorded a season-high nine blocks in upset of the Fighting Irish (Nov. 1) and against Big East reigning champs St. John's (Oct. 3).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Osseo High School ... Was a three-time letter winner in volleyball at Osseo Senior High where she also earned three letters in softball ... Earned all-conference recognition in 2006 and 2007 ... Recorded 77 blocks in 2006 and 87 as a senior in 2007.
Personal: Daughter of Sherrod and DeAnna Russell ... Father played basketball at North Dakota ... Her uncle, Cazzie Russell, was an All-American basketball player at the University of Michigan before being selected No. 1 overall in the 1966 NBA Draft ... Majoring in graphic design and new art media.
| Russell's Career Highs (since 2010) |
| includes freshman season at Marquette) |
| Kills - 13 at Houston Baptist (10/13/11) |
| Total Attacks - 28 at SOuth Dakota (11/1/11) |
| Attack Percentage - .625(5k-0e-8a) vs. Green Bay (9/3/11) |
| Assists - 1(3X) last at South Dakota (10/31/11) |
| Digs - 5 vs. North Dakota State (9/6/11) |
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Total Blocks - 16 at Santa Clara (9/10/11)
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| Block Assists - 16 at Santa Clara (9/10/11) |
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Block Solos - 2(2X), last at Utah Valley (11/11/11)
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| Points - 16.0 at Santa Clara (9/10/11) |
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Russell's Career Overall Statistics:
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|
* statistics from Marquette
|
|
Year
|
MP-GP
|
K
|
Avg.
|
E
|
Att.
|
Pct.
|
A
|
Avg.
|
SA
|
Avg.
|
Digs
|
Avg.
|
BS
|
BA
|
Avg.
|
Pts.
|
|
2008*
|
29-111
|
120
|
1.08
|
59
|
307
|
.199
|
23
|
0.21
|
11
|
0.10
|
47
|
0.42
|
15
|
109
|
1.12
|
200.5
|
|
2009
|
17-33
|
29
|
0.88
|
14
|
68
|
.221
|
2
|
0.06
|
0
|
0.00
|
8
|
0.24
|
1
|
13
|
0.42
|
36.5
|
|
2010
|
30-107
|
169
|
1.58
|
63
|
411
|
.258
|
2
|
0.03
|
15
|
0.11
|
45
|
0.42
|
12
|
98
|
1.03
|
245.0
|
| 2011 |
112-31 |
180 |
1.61 |
57 |
426 |
.289 |
3 |
0.03 |
14 |
0.12 |
59 |
0.53 |
17 |
117 |
1.20 |
269.5 |
|
Totals
|
188-282
|
498
|
1.29
|
193
|
1212
|
.242
|
30
|
0.08
|
40
|
0.8
|
159
|
0.40
|
45
|
337
|
0.94
|
751.5
|
- Go Sioux -
