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2020 Women's Volleyball Roster

Todd Goodrich
Mike Wootton
Derek Johnson

6 Gretchen Rudel

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • Highschool Benet Academy

Biography

2021 GONZAGA FEMALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
SPRING 2021 WCC ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM

Spring 2021:
WCC All-Academic First Team…Gonzaga Female Scholar Athlete of the Year…saw action in 17 matches with four starts…recorded 164 digs with a season-high 17 at Portland on March 28…tallied 10 service aces on the season…recorded 21 assists with a 0.30 assists per set average, ranking third on the squad…finished with four kills on the year.

2019: Saw action in 34 sets on the year…dished nine assists for the Zags, including a season-high three on two separate occasions...added three aces on the season…finished the season with 51 digs for a 1.50 digs per set average…finished with double-figure digs on two separate occasions, with a career-high 13 coming against Oregon State on Sept. 14.

2018: Played in seven matches, starting two… three kills and three digs against Iowa State Aug. 31… three kills and two digs against Utah on Aug. 31… finished the season with 10 kills and 8 digs.

2017: Played in 27 matches as a freshman, starting five in the rotation...started as libero and made collegiate debut Aug. 25 versus Illinois, tallying nine digs...served up four aces and seven digs Aug. 25 against Air Force...first career start Aug. 26 at Montana State...five digs in win versus Fordham Sept. 9...career-high 10 kills in win Oct. 21 at Portland...made first start in WCC play Oct. 26 against San Francisco...eight digs in start at Saint Mary's Nov. 18...six digs in final match of season Nov. 20.

Benet Academy: Played four years for the Redwings...helped Benet continue a 10-year streak of winning a regional title...led team to 37-3 record as a junior, reaching the super sectional round of the state playoffs and finishing No. 28 in the nation...won state championship in 2014...graduated with first honors and was a member of the National Honor Society...received highest honors every semester of high school...earned a Spanish language medal.

Club Experience: Played club ball with Sports Performance out of Aurora, Ill...named All-American and led 18U Navy at the AAU National Championship...also tied for third in division at the JVA World Challenge.

Personal: Parents are Mary and John...does not have any brothers or sisters...her father swam at Cornell University...majoring in electrical engineering...chose Gonzaga because of "the ability to study engineering and get a great education while being to play high-level volleyball."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2017Freshman

    DS/OH
    5'10"
    6
  • 6

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    6
  • 6

    2019Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    6
  • 6

    2020Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    6