The Citadel Athletics

SENIOR (2014): Led the Bulldogs in total digs (286) on the season as she was one of three players with at least 200 along with Rachel Keefer (224) and Ise d’Angelo (205) … capped off her Citadel career ranked ninth in digs (854), 10th in sets played (397), 12th in digs per set (2.15) and 14th in assisted blocks (82) … finished with a career-high 22 digs in The Citadel’s four-set victory over Providence at Navy in the Kristen Dickmann Invitational, the first of six straight double-digit dig outings … had double figure dig performances against N.C. A&T (17), Stetson (17) and Charleston Southern (18) at The Citadel Invitational … emerged with a match-high 15 digs in the Dogs’ five-set win at South Carolina State on Sept. 16 … eclipsed the 20-dig plateau for the third time in her career in the Southern Conference opener against Mercer with 20 digs … notched a team-best 14 digs in a showdown with Upstate rival Wofford on Sept. 27 … had a solid 12-dig, five assist outing at Western Carolina in mid-October.

JUNIOR (2013): Finished the season ranked third on the team in digs (173) to go along with 89 kills and 27 total blocks (26 assisted blocks) … made her presence felt defensively with five digs against South Florida in the season-opener … came through with nine digs and eight kills against Charleston Southern at The Citadel Invitational … responsible for nine digs, four kills and three assisted blocks in the Bulldog victory over South Carolina State … posted her 13th career double figure dig outing in the league opener at UNCG, where she came through with 10 digs and six kills … had a team-high 13 digs to go along with five kills at Elon … integral part of The Citadel’s defense with nine kills and one assisted block against Georgia Southern … put together a solid all-around performance (nine digs, eight kills, .318 attack percentage) in a tough loss to Winthrop … had a pair of solid outings against Appalachian State (eight digs, six kills) and Western Carolina (nine digs, six kills) in the final weekend of the season.
 
SOPHOMORE (2012): Solid contributor throughout the season as she ranked in the top five of eight statistical categories including kills (fifth-132), total attacks (fifth-544), service aces (tied-fourth-13), service aces per set (tied-fourth-0.12), digs (fourth-233), digs per set (fourth-2.18), assisted blocks (fourth-34), total blocks (fourth-36) and blocks per set (fifth-0.34) … posted seven kills and eight digs in an early season match against Murray State … came through with 10 digs, seven kills, four assisted blocks and one service ace at Radford … recorded 11 digs, nine kills, one assisted block and a .333 attack percentage against Army at the All-Academy Tournament … tallied 12 digs, nine assists and four assisted blocks in a Citadel five-set victory over Stetson … in a non-conference meeting against Wofford, finished with a match-high 21 digs to go along with nine kills and two assisted blocks … recorded her first double-double of the season (13 digs, 10 kills) during a three-set sweep over Charleston Southern … finished with a team-high 14 digs and two solo blocks against Davidson to close out September play … shared the team-high in blocks (13) in a five-set victory over Charleston Southern, where she registered a .323 attack percentage and eight digs … notched her 10th double-digit dig match of the season by recording 12 against Davidson.
 
FRESHMAN (2011): Emerged as a solid presence for the Bulldogs, closing the season as the freshman leader in five categories including total attacks (398), digs (162), digs/set (1.71), kills (132) and sets played (95) … her rookie campaign placed her among the team’s top 2012 returnees in five categories including kills (2nd), assisted blocks (3rd), total blocks (3rd), digs/set (3rd), digs (4th), kills/set (4th) … eclipsed the double-digit kill plateau on two occasions during the season with the high mark (13) coming against Francis Marion … recorded a hitting percentage of .300 or better six times during the season, setting her personal best of .889 (8k-0e-9ta) against Claflin … topped the double-digit mark in digs twice over the course of the campaign, reeling in 16 against UNC Wilmington … integral part of the Bulldogs service game with 14 aces on the season, twice finishing with three aces in a match (vs. N.C. A&T, S.C. State).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C. ... two-sport athlete who earned a pair of letters in volleyball and track & field … All-Region and All-Area Player of the Year at the close of the 2010 season … twice named best offensive player (2008, 2010) … named Miss Viking Spirit … member of the 3-A Regional Championship team while attending Blythewood High School (2007) … integral part of helping Spring Valley HS winning Regional Championship in 2010 ... played for Midland club team ... member of the National Honor Society ... played under Chris Bach, Mary Hall and Deanna Rudnik.

PERSONAL: Amanda Monigan Rudnik ... daughter of Deanna Rudnik ... majoring in business ... second generation athlete following in the footsteps of her mother who was a member of the basketball team at St. Cloud State University (1984) ... has two siblings (Alexis and Megan).