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Georgia Southern University Athletics

2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

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9 Chamblee Russell

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Acworth, Ga.
  • High School Allatoona
  • Club TK Volleyball

Biography

PRONUNCIATION

Honors and Awards

2022-23 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS Dean’s List Spring 2023
GS Dean's List Fall 2022
2020-21 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Two-time Sun Belt Rookie of the Week in 2020

Senior (2023): Played in 76 sets across 23 matches • Recorded 225 kills, 78 digs and 48 total blocks • Third on the team in kills, second in kills per set (2.96) • Recorded 10 or more kills nine times, 15 or more four times and 20 once • Hit .400 or better in three consecutive matches (Sep. 12-23) • Hit .444 with 17 kills against Arkansas State (Sep. 23) • Had second-career 20-kill game with 21 at James Madison, hitting .444 (Oct. 26)  • Filled stat sheet with 19 kills, seven digs and five total blocks at Troy (Nov. 10) • Opened NIVC with 15-kill performance against Winthrop (Dec. 1).

Junior (2022): Played 17 sets in eight matches • Totaled 33 kills, nine digs and four blocks • Tallied season highs of 15 kills, three digs and three blocks at Appalachian State (11/5). 

Sophomore (2021): Played in 39 sets in 16 matches • Finished with 84 kills, 26 digs and 11 blocks while hitting .152 • Reached double-figure kills in five contests and posted a season-high 18 at Louisiana (9/25) • Collected 17 kills, three digs and two blocks and hit .293 vs. Coastal Carolina (10/1) • Registered a season-high six digs and posted 13 kills at ULM (9/24).

Freshman (2020): Ranked eighth in the Sun Belt in points per set (3.53) • Led the Eagles in kills (178) and kills per set (2.92) • Added 125 digs, 34 blocks and 13 aces • Reached double-figure kills in seven matches and double-figure digs in four contests • Posted two double-doubles in kills and digs and one in digs and blocks • Collected season highs of 20 kills and 16 blocks vs. Georgia State (10/30) • Notched a season-high 10 blocks to go along with 10 digs and five kills in the Sun Belt Tournament win over Troy (11/18).

Before Georgia Southern: Earned four letters for Joe Soley at Allatoona, where she owns school records for single-season and career kills • 2019 Marietta Daily Journal/Cobb County Player of the Year and Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association Class AAAAAA Co-Player of the Year • Notched 697 kills, 285 digs, 63 aces and 35 blocks as a senior in leading the Lady Buccaneers to a 37-14 record and their first state title • Posted 38 kills and 16 digs in the state championship win over Sequoyah • Two-time Region 6-6A Player of the Year and first-team all-area • Named first-team all-state and All-Cobb County in 2018 • Collected 1,778 career kills • Played club for coach Marc Jones at TK Volleyball.

Personal: Born Sept. 11, 2002, in Cunning, Georgia • The daughter of Heather Chamblee and Russ Russell • Has a brother, Rett • Mother and father both attended Georgia Southern • Russ pitched for the Eagles in 1990 • Rett plays football at The Citadel.

Major: Exploratory business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2020Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2021Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'1"
    9