Honors & Awards
• AVCA National Freshman of the Year (2021)
• AVCA All-America First Team (2021)
• AVCA All-America Second Team (2022)
• Academic All-America Third Team (2022)
• AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year (2021)
• AVCA All-Region Team (2021, 2022)
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2021)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2021, 2022)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (four times)
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, 2021; Nov. 15, 2021; Oct. 10, 2022)
• Nebraska Female Newcomer of the Year (2021-22)
• Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Academic All-District (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022; Beach-2022, 2023)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022; Spring 2021)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022, 2023)
2022 (Sophomore)
• Named an AVCA Second-Team All-American and was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection and an AVCA All-Region Team member for the second consecutive year
• Led the Huskers to a nation-leading .128 opponent hitting percentage with 4.26 digs per set
• Also recorded 25 service aces and had 135 assists in the Huskers’ 6-2 system
• Had 16 digs and six set assists against Tulsa (Aug. 26) and was named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team
• Named to the Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team after totaling 23 digs, seven set assists and two service aces in sweeps of LMU and Ole Miss
• Provided 18 digs and seven assists in a 3-2 win at No. 17 Creighton (Sept. 7)
• Recorded 15 digs and seven assists as the Huskers swept No. 13 Kentucky (Sept. 18)
• Made 19 digs in a 3-2 win over No. 7 Ohio State, and added three assists, one ace and her second career kill (Sept. 24)
• Served three aces, a career high, and had nine digs and six assists at Rutgers (Sept. 30)
• Posted 25 digs in the sweep at No. 24 Michigan, a season best (Oct. 8)
• Selected Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10 after averaging 6.00 digs per set in sweeps at Michigan State and No. 24 Michigan
• Recorded 24 digs and eight assists at No. 6 Ohio State (Nov. 13)
• Totaled 19 digs with two aces and four set assists in a 3-0 win over Delaware State (Dec. 1)
2021 (Freshman)
• Recognized as the AVCA National Freshman of the Year, a first-team AVCA All-American, North Region Freshman of the Year and first-team All-North Region
• Won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and was a first-team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection
• Captured six weekly Big Ten awards, including four as Freshman of the Week (Aug. 30, Oct. 11, Oct. 18 and Nov. 29) and two as Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18 and Nov. 15)
• Appeared in all 34 matches, averaging 4.33 digs and 1.10 assists per set while adding 16 aces
• Totaled at least 15 digs in 18 matches and 20+ digs eight times
• Made her career debut with 16 digs and six assists vs. Colgate (Aug. 27)
• Tallied 24 digs vs. Omaha, followed by 10 digs and a season-high nine assists vs. Georgia (Sept. 3)
• Earned a spot on the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team
• Set a season high with 28 digs to go with five assists in a five-set marathon at No. 11 Minnesota (Oct. 30)
• Matched her season high of 28 digs and added four assists at No. 6 Purdue (Nov. 27)
• Had 20 digs, four assists and an ace in an upset of No. 2 Texas in the NCAA Regional Final (Dec. 11)
• Finished the season with 524 digs, which ranked fifth in school history and set a Nebraska freshman record
• Following the season, named team captain for the U.S. U21 National Team that won gold at the Pan American Cup in Mexico
• Recorded 24 digs and 12 excellent receptions in the gold-medal win over Argentina
High School/Club
• Named the 2019-20 Illinois Volleyball Gatorade Player of the Year
• Was a two-time PrepVolleyball.com and MaxPreps All-American
• Named the best volleyball player in Illinois by MaxPreps in 2020
• Helped the United States to a fifth-place finish at the FIVB U20 World Championship in 2021, its highest finish in a decade
• Was the Americans’ starting libero for all eight matches and led Team USA in digs and ranked eighth among all players at the U20 World Championship in digs
• Was a member of the 2020 U.S. Women’s Junior National Team Training program
• Was a member of the 2019 U.S. U18 National Team that won the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U18 World Championship in Egypt
• Played three varsity seasons for Sterling High School (senior season was canceled)
• Finished with 120 career aces and averaged 7.2 digs per set
• Helped Sterling claim the Illinois 3A state title in 2018 and 2019
• Named first-team all-conference and all-state all three years
• Named to the Sauk Valley Media All-Area Team three times and was the 2019 Sauk Valley Media Player of the Year
• Set the school record for single-match digs, single-season digs and career digs
• Played club for Sports Performance and Fusion
• Was a four-time national finalist and a three-time national champion in the open division
• Was a three-time AAU All-America selection
• Ranked the No. 10 overall prospect and No. 1 libero by PrepVolleyball.com
Personal
• Born on March 11, 2003
• Parents are Chris and Crystal Rodriguez
• Major is advertising and public relations