Volleyball: Loudoun Valley Grad Blair Brown Named Top Female College Player

Photo Courtesy/Mark Selders, Penn State Athletic Communications

(Jan. 14, 2011) - Blair Brown, a Loudoun Valley High School graduate who led Penn State to its fourth consecutive NCAA women’s volleyball championship in 2010, has won the 2011 Honda Sports Award as the top female athlete in college volleyball.

Read the complete article in the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Volleyball: Loudoun Valley Grad Blair Brown Leads Penn State to 4th Straight National Title

(Dec. 21, 2010) - Loudoun Valley High School grad Blair Brown, who helped the Vikings capture a state title, has done three better in her collegiate career as the 6-foot-5 middle hitter just led Penn State to a record fourth consecutive NCAA Division I title.

Brown led the Nittany Lions in the title game sweep over Cal with 18 kills. Brown, for her efforts, was named to the NCAA all-tournament team and has been named one of four finalists for the 2010-11 Honda Sports Award to determine the top woman collegiate athlete in that sport. Brown joins Texas' Juliann Faucette, USC's Alex Jupiter and Cal's Carli Lloyd as finalists.

Brown has started all 37 matches this season and leads the Nittany Lions with 521 kills, averaging 4.24 kills per set on .320 hitting. She is second on the team with 281 digs (2.28 digs per set) and 113 total blocks (0.92 blocks per set). Her 4.24 kills per set ranks second in the Big Ten and 21st nationally, while her .323 attack percentage ranks ninth in the league. Also, her 4.72 points per set ranks 18th in the nation. In 2010, Brown was a Unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten pick and earned conference player of the week laurels three times. She surpassed the 1,000 career kills milestone this season and closed out her career with 1,295 kills.

More on the title game.

More on Blair Brown from Penn State athletics department

What others are saying about Blair Brown:

Leesburg Today: Valley's Blair Brown Helps Penn State To Fourth National Title; Named Volleyball Honda Sports Award Finalist

The Daily Collegian: Fifth-year senior leading Lions in final season

Centre Daily News: Brown becomes Lions' go-to player: Brown patiently evolved into star for Nittany Lions

Centre Daily News: NCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT: Brown fires PSU into regional finals

Volleyball: Broad Run Grad Elisa Scudder Puts Her Name in Dartmouth Record Books

Broad Run grad Elisa Scudder (#15) is having a record-breaking freshman year at Dartmouth
Photos courtesy Dartmouth Sports Information

(Nov. 6, 2010) - Broad Run High School grad Elisa Scudder, daughter of Spartan varsity volleyball coach Betsy Scudder, had her best collegiate game ever against Brown last month.

Although it's only her first season, Scudder has already put her name in the Dartmouth record books after her stellar performance against Brown. With her .607 hitting percentage, she had the eighth-highest hitting percentage in a single match with 15 total attacks or more. Even more impressive is it's the highest hitting percentage ever for a Big Green player with 25 attacks or more. In all, Scudder had 19 kills on 28 attempts and only two errors against the Bears.

Scudder has played all 22 matches and each of the 84 sets this season for Dartmouth. She has148 148 kills on the season in 344 total attacks for a .299 percentage, tops on the team. She also has 17 assists, six aces, and 51 digs with only one receiving error.

The 6-footer leads Big Green in blocks with 10 solo and 53 assists for 63 total.

More on Scudder from Dartmouth media guide:

Before Dartmouth
Four-year letter winner in volleyball at Broad Run High School … Team was distric co-champs with an 11-1 record in 2009 and then was the district tournament champions … Was named All-Dulles District First Team as a senior as well as first team All-Loudoun County … Also named first team All-Region and was a Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention … Named to the VHSCA All-State Second Team … Was selected as the team's offensive MVP … Played for the Virginia Elite Volleyball Club which was ranked 27th in the country at the USAU Open Division Nationals.

Off the Court
Named an Excellence in Education honoree for having a 4.0 GPA all four years of high school … Interested in studying economics or business while at Dartmouth … Would like to be a member of the National Honor Society … She enjoys coaching youth volleyball teams … She was born in South Africa and has played volleyball in China.

Personal
Daughter of Jeffrey and Elizabeth Scudder … Has two sisters.

Volleyball: Titan Grad Ally Reed Records Match High for Digs, Kills and Service Aces

Roanoke (Oct. 15, 2010) - Dominion High School grad Allyson Reed continued her stellar volleyball play by recording match highs in digs (23), kills (13), and service aces (5) to help Hollins University defeat ODAC rival Randolph College Thursday night. Read more about the match.