SPRING 2021 / AS A JUNIOR
2019 / AS A SOPHOMORE
2018 / AS A FRESHMAN
PERSONAL
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Purdue Athletics’ Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award, given to one male and one female athlete across all sports at each conference institution
- Played in every set
- Third-most digs on the team with 236, trailing libero Jena Otec and setter Hayley Bush
- Averaged 2.81 digs per set with a .964 reception percentage on the season
- Reached her 1,000th dig on 3/6/21 at #10 Penn State to become the 21st Boilermaker in program history to accomplish the feat
- Amassed 12 double-digit dig matches, including five with 15 or more digs
- Recorded a perfect reception rate in 10 outings,
- Saw 27 receptions and a 100% reception rate in the NCAA Regional Semifinals win over #16 Oregon (4/18/21)
- Recorded a season-high 21 digs vs. Illinois (4/3/21)
- Matched a career-best five aces vs. #6 Minnesota (2/5/21)
- Produced a season-high seven sets at #10 Penn State (3/6/21)
- Dug 17 balls in the victory at #10 Penn State (3/5/21), helping the program achieve a victory over a top 10 team for the fifth consecutive year
2019 / AS A SOPHOMORE
- Played in all 32 matches and 122 sets
- Ranked sixth in the Big Ten and first among Boilermakers with 475 digs for an average of 3.89 per set.
- Her 56 assists were good for second on the team
- Recorded a season-high 29 digs in the victory at No. 22 Michigan (11/27)
- Chipped in 22 aces, checking in at fourth on the team
- Produced 20 or more digs on four occasions
- Registered 48 digs during the Boilermakers’ NCAA tournament run
- Selected as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks to close out league-play on 11/25 and 12/2
- Limited Rutgers and then-No. 23 Michigan to a .093 hitting percentage on her way to a 100% reception rate in the second to last week of play
- Guided Purdue to back-to-back wins to close out the regular season with victories against Michigan and Michigan State, where she combined for 46 digs (4.60 per set)
2018 / AS A FRESHMAN
- Appeared in all 33 matches for the Boilermakers
- Recorded 398 digs, second best on the team
- Averaged 3.06 digs per set
- Recorded 26 digs vs Iowa (Nov. 17)
- Tallied 42 assists, third best on the team
- Served 28 aces, fourth best on the team
- Guided Providence volleyball to back-to-back state titles (2014-15) and three consecutive state appearances (2014-16)
- Three-time all-state honoree
- Named to PrepVolleyball's Defensive Dandies List (2017)
- Prep Volleyball's Top 100 Junior Recruits (2014-17)
- Named her to the 2016 USA Preseason Volleyball All-American Team by USA Today
- Nominated for the News and Tribune Area Player of the Year and Gatorade Player of the Year after setting Providence’s single-season kills record with 484 (2016)
- Two-time ICGSA first-team all-state (2015-16)
- MaxPrep All-American (2015)
- Honored as the Journal and Courier’s Volleyball and Female Player of the Year (2015)
- PrepVolleyball National Sophomore Player of the Year (2015)
- Graduated as Providence’s all-time kills leader with 1,522 over her high school career
- Averaged a .439 hitting percentage while tallying 1,331 aces, 207 blocks and 1,347 digs during her four years with the Pioneers
- Played basketball for the Pioneers as a freshman and sophomore
- A three-time selection to Providence’s academic honor roll and a member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
- Full name: Marissa Clare Hornung
- Intended Major: Undecided
- City Born: Jeffersonville, Indiana
- Parents: Scott Hornung and Kelly Quinkert-Hornung
- Siblings: Jacquie and Ali (sisters)
- Note: Mother played played volleyball at Indiana University – Bloomington (1989-92)
- Note: Sister Jacquie currently plays volleyball at Bellarmine University