Deja McClendon

2021 Season: Appeared in 44 sets over 15 matches during inaugural season … sixth in the league with 3,127 leaderboard points … fashioned second-highest single-match total with 435 leaderboard points against Team Hunter on Mar. 22 … tied for seventh in Athletes Unlimited with 118 kills … ranked 10th in the league with 128 digs … earned 10 or more kills five times, including season-high 17 kills to open Week Two against Team Lowe … posted double-double with 11 kills and season-high 14 digs on Mar. 14 against Team Nwanebu … closed season with back-to-back double-digit kill performances … tallied 14 kills on Mar. 28 against Team De La Cruz … finished season with 13 kills and eight digs against Team King. 

Other Experience: Most recently played in Brazil’s Itambé Minas … has also played in Italy, Poland and Azerbaijan.

Four-time AVCA All-America selection for the Nittany Lions … earned First-Team notice as a sophomore along with a pair of Second-Team commendations … also garnered Third-Team distinction during senior season … three-time Volleyball Magazine All-America honoree … AVCA All-Region selection all four years … led Penn State to NCAA titles as a freshman and senior … named 2010 AVCA, Volleyball Magazine and Big Ten Freshman of the Year … four-time All-Big Ten First Team honoree … recognized as Most Outstanding Player at 2010 NCAA Championship … also named to NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team in 2013 … three-time pick on NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team … one of eight players in Penn State history with 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs … stands sixth on Nittany Lions’ career list with 1,631 kills … also boasted 1,176 career digs … fifth in school history with 4,081 career attack attempts … ranks among Penn State’s all-time leaders with 1,872 career points (7th) and 494 career sets played (8th) … named 2013 Penn State Female Athlete of the Year.