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Rylee Rader

Middle Blocker

Player profile

  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • Last School Assumption H.S.
  • Year Junior
  • Height 6-2

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)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2020)
• Big Ten Defensive Player & Co-Freshman of the Week (March 1, 2021)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 15, 2021)
• Red Raider Classic MVP and All-Tournament Team (2021)
• VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)

YEAR-BY-YEAR

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