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CAREER HONORS
- AVCA All-American Second Team (2021)
- AVCA Northeast All-Region (2020, 21)
- All-Big Ten First Team (2021)
- All-Big Ten Second Team (2020, 2022)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2020)
- Preseason All-Big Ten Team (2022)
- Big Ten Defensive Player & Co-Freshman of the Week (March 1, 2021)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 15, 2021)
- Holds the program’s career record for hit percentage (.394)
- Red Raider Classic MVP and All-Tournament Team (2021)
- VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (2021)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 22)
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2022)
YEAR-BY-YEAR
2022 (Junior)
- Played in 30 matches and 112 sets
- Broke into the top-20 in program history in career blocks in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament at Texas (12/10) and now ranks 18th with 285 career blocks
- Posted career-highs in service aces (23), digs (81) and digs per set (0.72)
- Recorded her 500th career kill at Georgia Tech (9/11) and 600th at Michigan State (11/5)
- Had her 200th career block against BYU (9/9)
- Posted her 100th career dig at Michigan (9/28)
- Matched her career-high 15 kills against Wisconsin (11/26), also setting a career-high in attacks (41)
- Tied her career-high three aces on three occasions – against BYU (9/9), against Wisconsin (11/26) and in the NCAA second round against USC (12/3)
- Had a career-high six digs twice – at Michigan (9/28) and vs. Indiana (11/20)
2021 (Sophomore)
- Set a new program record for single-season attack percentage (minimum 200 kills) by hitting .443 (297 kills, 35 errors, 605 total attempts)
- Tied the program’s individual match record for attack percentage (minimum of 10 attempts) by hitting .900 (nine kills, 0 errors, 10 attempts) at Notre Dame (9/17)
- Ranked fourth in the country in hitting percentage (.445) at the end of the regular season, finished the season fifth (.433)
- Recorded her 100th career block at Notre Dame (9/17)
- Played in all 33 matches and 114 sets
- Totaled 297 kills (third on the team), averaging 2.61 per set
- Ranked second on the team in blocks (117), averaging 1.03 per set throughout the season
- Had 14 matches with at least 10 kills, including the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Tennessee (12/4)
- Recorded a career-high 15 kills in wins against No. 9 Nebraska (11/6) and No. 15 Penn State (11/21)
- Had a career-high 10 blocks in the four-set win against Iowa (11/19)
- Posted a career-high three aces and four digs against No. 11 Minnesota (11/4)
2020 (Freshman)
- Played in 17 matches and 67 total sets
- Totaled 162 kills (2.42 per set), 18 blocks, six digs and three service aces
- Had a season-high 14 kills against Nebraska, one of nine matches where she reached 10 kills
- Totaled a season-high 6.5 blocks against Rutgers
PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
- Four-year letterwinner at Assumption High School
- Led Assumption to three straight Kentucky state championships
- 2019 Under Armour First Team All-American
- 2019 First Team All-Kentucky
- Kentucky’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018
- Named All-USA Volleyball Player of the Year by USA Today as a junior
- 2018 PrepVolleyball.com, FloVolleyball and MaxPreps All-American
- Spent club career with KIVA
PERSONAL INFO
- Daughter of Bryan and Leslie Rader
- Has a younger brother, Drake
- Her father played football at Southern Illinois