Missouri State

Honors: MVC All-Freshman Team (2018)...MVC Freshman of the Week (9/10/18, 10/1/18).

Freshman (2018)
• Started 30 of MSU’s 32 matches and played in all but two sets as a true freshman
• Finished the year with 1,166 assists - the third-most for a freshman in school history - as well as 100 kills, 244 digs and 53 blocks
• Led MSU in both kills and assists against Alabama (8/25) and Nicholls (9/6), something not done by a Bear since 1992
• Finished the Nicholls match with six kills, 22 assists, eight digs and six blocks, becoming the first MSU player since 2007 with at least six in each category
• Had 51 assists against Southern Illinois (9/28), the most for an MSU player in a three-set match during the 25-point scoring era (since 2008)
• Handed out 50 or more assists nine times, posting at least 56 in four of the season’s final seven matches, representing the four highest totals by an MSU freshman since 2000
• Tallied 10 assist-dig double-doubles on the season
• Posted five-plus kills on eight occasions
• Dished out 60 assists against Valparaiso (11/16) and 61 versus the Crusaders six days later
• MVC All-Freshman Team selection and two-time MVC Freshman of the Week

Background
• Four-year starting setter and outside hitter for former Bear Ashley (Warren) Bough at Strafford High
• Four-time all-state selection, including first-team nods each of her final three seasons
• Helped the Indians to a combined 62-6-2 her final two years
• Earned Under Armour Girls High School All-America honorable mention honors as a senior, guiding Strafford to a runner-up finish at the state tournament
• Tallied 377 kills and 513 assists as a senior, the only player in the state to reach those numbers in both categories
• Named the area’s top volleyball player by Ozarks Sports Zone in 2015, 2016 and 2017
• Earned player of the year honors from the Springfield Sports Commission after her senior season
• Spent time with USA Volleyball’s junior programs

Personal
• Born May 19, 2000, in Springfield, Mo.
• Daughter of Matthew and Cindy Rear
• Aunt Amy Russell McNew played volleyball at Missouri State from 1990-93 and joined the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010
• Grandfather Dale Russell played basketball at MSU from 1955-59
• Majoring in History Education