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Jersey Number 8
Ella Rud
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Perry HS
- Hometown:
- Gilbert, Ariz.
Bio
Last Updated: Dec 1, 2024
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ACCOLADES:
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2024 (SENIOR): Named team captain alongside Sydney Gazzaniga… started in all 30 matches and 123 sets for the Bulldogs in her senior year… recorded 451 kills, the second most on the team, and averaged 3.67 kills per set… had a .238 attack percentage… delivered 37 service aces with a .962 service percentage… totaled 251 digs for 2.04 digs per set… accounted for 30 blocks, seven solo and 23 assists… surpassed 1,000 career kills… had a season-high 29 kills against Santa Clara (Sept. 19)... recorded a double-double in nine matches… Named All-Mountain West and Academic All-Mountain West… added to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
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2023 (JUNIOR): Started in all 33 matches for the Bulldogs in 2023 and appeared in 129 out of 131 sets… recorded the second-most kills on the team with 345, averaging 2.67 kills per set… also recorded the second-most service aces on the team with 40 on the season… scored 408.5 total points and averaged 3.17 points per set… tallied 24 assists to average .19 sets assists per set… totaled 298 digs (2.31 digs per set)… had 10 solo blocks and 27 block assists to average 0.29 blocks per set… named All-Mountain West and Mountain West All-Tournament Team… tabbed Mountain West Scholar Athlete and Academic All-Mountain West.
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2022 (SOPHOMORE): Started in all 30 matches and played in 114 sets out of 115... led the team with 393 kills and 3.45 kills per set... tallied 36 service aces and ended the season with a .940 serve percentage... earned .922 reception percentage... claimed 225 digs... had six solo blocks and 36 block assists... led the team in scoring with 453 points and 3.97 points per set... had 23 double-figure kill matches... scored season-high 26 points with season-high 24 kills in Bulldog win over Boise State at home (Nov. 5)... earned spot on Mountain West Global Challenge Team... earned All-Mountain West honorable mention... named Academic All-Mountain West and Mountain West Scholar Athlete.
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2021 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 26 matches... played in 95 sets... ranked fourth on the team with 161 kills, averaging 1.69 kills per set... tallied a .105 hitting percentage... finished fourth among Bulldog freshman in program history with 30 service aces... averaged 0.32 service aces per set... recorded 210 digs per set, averaging 2.21 sets per set... went up for 29 blocks with six solo blocks... notched 23 assists... had a season-high 16 kills at San Jose State (Oct. 30)... tallied eight double-figure dig matches with a season-best 20 vs. UC Riverside (Sept. 4)... notched a season-high four blocks in two contests, at San Jose State (Oct. 30) & at Wyoming (Nov. 11)... served up a season-best four service aces in two matches... Academic All-Mountain West selection... named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letter winner at Perry High School in Gilbert, Ariz... helped lead the Pumas to a perfect 15-0 regular season record as a senior in 2020... tallied a .312 hitting percentage a senior while tallying 190 kills in 48 sets... as a junior, Rud led Perry to a runner-up finish at the state tournament playing in 113 sets and totaled 377 kills... Rud has also been active with the Arizona East Valley Junior club team for eight years and been a team captain.
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CLUB: Has been active with the Arizona East Valley Junior club team for eight years and was a team captain.
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PERSONAL: Daughter of father Jason Rud, mother Sheila, stepfather Brady and stepmother Megan... From Gilbert, Ariz…. has three siblings... cousin, Giovanna Pini played softball at Fresno State from 1993-97... enjoys painting, drawing, watching movies and photography... chose to become a Bulldog because the coaching staff puts an enormous effort into helping shape student-athletes into amazing players and people, and wanted to be part of an amazing community who supports the Valley... wants to pursue a career as a physical therapist after college… fluent in American Sign Language… most admires her parents because they worked hard to get where they are now… major in kinesiology – exercise science.
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ACCOLADES:
- 2021 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2021 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
- 2022 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2022 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
- 2023 Mountain West Global Challenge Team
- 2023 All-Mountain West First Team
- 2023 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2023 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
- 2024 Team Captain
- 2024 All-Mountain West
- 2024 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2024 CSC Academic All-DistrictÂ
- 2024Â Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
2024 (SENIOR): Named team captain alongside Sydney Gazzaniga… started in all 30 matches and 123 sets for the Bulldogs in her senior year… recorded 451 kills, the second most on the team, and averaged 3.67 kills per set… had a .238 attack percentage… delivered 37 service aces with a .962 service percentage… totaled 251 digs for 2.04 digs per set… accounted for 30 blocks, seven solo and 23 assists… surpassed 1,000 career kills… had a season-high 29 kills against Santa Clara (Sept. 19)... recorded a double-double in nine matches… Named All-Mountain West and Academic All-Mountain West… added to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
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2023 (JUNIOR): Started in all 33 matches for the Bulldogs in 2023 and appeared in 129 out of 131 sets… recorded the second-most kills on the team with 345, averaging 2.67 kills per set… also recorded the second-most service aces on the team with 40 on the season… scored 408.5 total points and averaged 3.17 points per set… tallied 24 assists to average .19 sets assists per set… totaled 298 digs (2.31 digs per set)… had 10 solo blocks and 27 block assists to average 0.29 blocks per set… named All-Mountain West and Mountain West All-Tournament Team… tabbed Mountain West Scholar Athlete and Academic All-Mountain West.
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2022 (SOPHOMORE): Started in all 30 matches and played in 114 sets out of 115... led the team with 393 kills and 3.45 kills per set... tallied 36 service aces and ended the season with a .940 serve percentage... earned .922 reception percentage... claimed 225 digs... had six solo blocks and 36 block assists... led the team in scoring with 453 points and 3.97 points per set... had 23 double-figure kill matches... scored season-high 26 points with season-high 24 kills in Bulldog win over Boise State at home (Nov. 5)... earned spot on Mountain West Global Challenge Team... earned All-Mountain West honorable mention... named Academic All-Mountain West and Mountain West Scholar Athlete.
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2021 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 26 matches... played in 95 sets... ranked fourth on the team with 161 kills, averaging 1.69 kills per set... tallied a .105 hitting percentage... finished fourth among Bulldog freshman in program history with 30 service aces... averaged 0.32 service aces per set... recorded 210 digs per set, averaging 2.21 sets per set... went up for 29 blocks with six solo blocks... notched 23 assists... had a season-high 16 kills at San Jose State (Oct. 30)... tallied eight double-figure dig matches with a season-best 20 vs. UC Riverside (Sept. 4)... notched a season-high four blocks in two contests, at San Jose State (Oct. 30) & at Wyoming (Nov. 11)... served up a season-best four service aces in two matches... Academic All-Mountain West selection... named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letter winner at Perry High School in Gilbert, Ariz... helped lead the Pumas to a perfect 15-0 regular season record as a senior in 2020... tallied a .312 hitting percentage a senior while tallying 190 kills in 48 sets... as a junior, Rud led Perry to a runner-up finish at the state tournament playing in 113 sets and totaled 377 kills... Rud has also been active with the Arizona East Valley Junior club team for eight years and been a team captain.
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CLUB: Has been active with the Arizona East Valley Junior club team for eight years and was a team captain.
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PERSONAL: Daughter of father Jason Rud, mother Sheila, stepfather Brady and stepmother Megan... From Gilbert, Ariz…. has three siblings... cousin, Giovanna Pini played softball at Fresno State from 1993-97... enjoys painting, drawing, watching movies and photography... chose to become a Bulldog because the coaching staff puts an enormous effort into helping shape student-athletes into amazing players and people, and wanted to be part of an amazing community who supports the Valley... wants to pursue a career as a physical therapist after college… fluent in American Sign Language… most admires her parents because they worked hard to get where they are now… major in kinesiology – exercise science.
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