10 Rossana Papa
Rossana Papa
  • Height:
    5'11
  • Year:
    So
  • Hometown:
    Brescia, Italy
  • High School:
    Liceo Scientifico A. Calini
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    41
  • k/s
    0.33
  • h %
    .323
  • a/s
    12.09
  • b/s
    0.38
  • sa/s
    0.67
  • d/s
    2.34

Bio

Coach’s Comments: "Rossana is an exceptional and athletic setter that has solid setting technique, court awareness, and discipline to go with her great leaping ability, quickness, consistency and aggressiveness. She has the ability to run a faster tempo offense and is able to place the ball to her hitters in and out of system at any time. Rossana possesses strong court leadeship with the ability to read defenses and provide the right set to the right hitter and attack the ball when the situation allows."
 
2022 (Red-shirt Sophomore): Did not play due to injury
 
2021 (Freshmen): Played in 130 sets...1,539 assists at 11.84 assists per set, 56 kills, a .395 hitting percentage, 268 digs at 2.06 digs per set, 95 aces, and 41 blocks. Her 1,539 assists placed her third in the nation and her 11.84 assists per set was tops in the nation. She was also first in the region in total assists and assists per set, total aces, and in aces per set. Her 95 aces rank her third all-time in Cowley history in total aces in a season. Her 1,539 assists rank her third all-time in Cowley history in total aces in a season...Named NJCAA First Team All-American, AVCA Second Team All-American, Volleyball Magazine All-American, First Team All-District, KJCCC First Team All-Conference, KJCCC Freshman of the Year, KJCCC Setter of the Year, Five time KJCCC Setter of the Week, named to the Cowley Inivitational Tournament All-Tournament team, named to the Triton Invitational Tournament All-Tournament team, named Best Setter of the Triton Invitational Tournament, and Cowley College Athlete of the Month.
 
Before Cowley: Prepped at Liceo Scientifico A. Calini in Brescia, Italy. Having a stellar career in her home country, she now brings her experience to Cowley. In 2015, she was selected a provincial selection of Brescia. From 2017-2019 she played for Promoball VBF – Flero (Brescia) C series, where she was a Provincial Champion and served as a team captain. In 2020-21, she played for CBL Costa Volpino, B1 series (high level league).

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 1 Fort Scott Community College W, 3-0
Nov 4 vs. Allen County Community College W, 3-0
Nov 15 North Dakota State College of Science W, 3-0
Nov 16 Illinois Central College W, 3-0
Nov 17 Pensacola State College W, 3-0
Nov 18 vs. Scottsdale Community College W, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 41 10
Sets 127 31
Kills 42 12
Kills per set 0.33 0.39
Errors 10 3
Total Attacks 99 17
Hitting Percentage .323 .529
Assists 1536 355
Assists per set 12.09 11.45
Service Aces 85 19
Service Errors 83 18
Service Aces per set 0.67 0.61
Receptions 10 3
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 297 78
Digs per set 2.34 2.52
Block Solo 3 1
Block Assist 45 9
Block Total 48 10
Blocks per set 0.38 0.32
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 20 9
Points 152.5 36.5
Points per set 1.2 1.2
Matches started 41 10
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 11 Cowley County Community College   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 15 at Oklahoma Wesleyan University   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 17 Pratt Community College W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 3 1.000 31 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Aug 18 Kansas Wesleyan University JV W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 38 0 2 0 0 10 0 3 0 3 0 1.5
Aug 23 Coffeyville Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 2 2 -.500 27 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
Aug 30 at Independence Community College W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 3 1.000 34 2 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 4 at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 27 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 4 at John Brown University JV W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 4 .500 39 3 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 6 Allen County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 36 2 2 0 0 14 0 2 0 2 2 3.0
Sep 8 at Butler Community College - KS W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 38 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 Ottawa University JV W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 42 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 13 at Highland Community College - Kansas W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 36 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1.5
Sep 16 vs. Cisco College W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 .500 33 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
Sep 16 at Ranger College W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 2 -.500 39 1 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 20 Seminole State College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 37 3 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 22 at Southeast Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 36 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0.5
Sep 22 vs. Metropolitan Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 2 .000 45 1 4 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Sep 23 at Park University JV W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 4 .250 47 1 3 0 0 5 1 5 0 6 1 5.5
Sep 23 vs. St. Louis Community College W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 2 1.000 34 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 27 Neosho County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 37 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1.0
Sep 29 Central Community College-Columbus W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 42 5 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 4 1 7.0
Sep 29 Metropolitan Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 .250 38 2 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 30 vs. Missouri State University - West Plains W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 3 .000 33 3 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 3.5
Sep 30 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 40 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 4 at Labette Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 30 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4.0
Oct 6 at Friends University JV W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 2 1.000 40 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 5.5
Oct 7 Ottawa University JV W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 38 3 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Oct 11 at Johnson County Community College W, 3-2 1 5 3 0 5 .600 70 1 5 0 0 10 1 1 0 2 2 5.5
Oct 13 vs. Central Community College-Columbus W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 3 .333 39 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 13 at Cloud County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 3 .000 37 2 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 18 Kansas City Kansas Community College W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 2 1.000 41 4 2 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 1 6.5
Oct 20 vs. Kirkwood Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 2 -.500 33 4 2 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Oct 20 at Iowa Central Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 2 .000 33 0 1 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 1 1.5
Oct 21 vs. North Iowa Area Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 33 6 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 21 vs. Des Moines Area Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 5 .000 46 1 3 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Oct 25 Fort Scott Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 2 .000 26 2 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 28 at Hesston College W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 18 3 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 1 Fort Scott Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 4 -.250 40 0 3 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 1.0
Nov 4 vs. Allen County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 3 .000 35 0 3 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 1 1.0
Nov 15 North Dakota State College of Science W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 .500 45 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Nov 16 Illinois Central College W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 5 1.000 30 2 2 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 17 Pensacola State College W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 4 .500 41 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Nov 18 vs. Scottsdale Community College W, 3-2 1 5 3 0 8 .375 52 2 3 1 0 15 0 3 0 3 1 6.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 42 130 56 0.43 5 129 .395 1539 11.84 95 0.73 2 0 268 2.06 11 30 41 0.32 177.0 1.4
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 41 127 42 0.33 10 99 .323 1536 12.09 85 0.67 10 0 297 2.34 3 45 48 0.38 152.5 1.2
Total 83 257 98 0.38 15 228 .364 3075 11.96 180 0.70 12 0 565 2.20 14 75 89 0.35 329.5 1.3
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 41 127 42 0.33 10 99 .323 1536 12.09 85 0.67 10 0 297 2.34 3 45 48 0.38 152.5 1.2
Conference 10 31 12 0.39 3 17 .529 355 11.45 19 0.61 3 0 78 2.52 1 9 10 0.32 36.5 1.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 17 51 18 0.35 4 36 .389 629 12.33 39 0.76 1 0 129 2.53 0 23 23 0.45 68.5 1.3
Away 14 44 15 0.34 3 31 .387 524 11.91 25 0.57 3 0 94 2.14 2 12 14 0.32 48.0 1.1
Neutral 10 32 9 0.28 3 32 .188 383 11.97 21 0.66 6 0 74 2.31 1 10 11 0.34 36.0 1.1
Result Wins 41 127 42 0.33 10 99 .323 1536 12.09 85 0.67 10 0 297 2.34 3 45 48 0.38 152.5 1.2
Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Month August 4 12 7 0.58 2 9 .556 130 10.83 7 0.58 1 0 27 2.25 0 4 4 0.33 16.0 1.3
September 18 55 9 0.16 2 31 .226 679 12.35 34 0.62 1 0 109 1.98 1 23 24 0.44 55.5 1.0
October 13 40 15 0.38 5 33 .303 484 12.10 35 0.88 7 0 105 2.63 1 9 10 0.25 55.5 1.4
November 6 20 11 0.55 1 26 .385 243 12.15 9 0.45 1 0 56 2.80 1 9 10 0.50 25.5 1.3

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