One of the all-time great volleyball players at Rutgers-Camden, Olivia Rowland also has had a stellar career during spring semesters with the Scarlet Raptors’ crew program. Rowland, who has been named the team MVP and earned all-conference honors for both sports, returns for her final semester with the crew team after completing her collegiate volleyball career last fall.
Rowland set the Rutgers-Camden volleyball program’s career records for matches played (121), sets played (441), total blocks (388) and hitting percentage (.268). She finished second in all-time kills (879), fourth in blocks per set (0.88) and seventh in kills per set (1.99).
Her accomplishments are all over the single-season volleyball record lists. She is tied for the record and for sixth place on the list for matches played with 33 in 2013 and 32 in 2012, respectively. Her 124 sets played in 2013 are tied for the program mark, while her 118 in 2012 is tied for sixth. Her 249 kills in 2012 rank sixth on the single-season charts and she owns four of the top seven single-season block totals, including the second-highest mark of 118, set in 2014. She owns the fifth- and sixth-highest marks of blocks per set (1.08 in 2014 and 1.03 in 2015) and her .347 hitting percentage in 2015 is the second-highest total ever. She also has the fourth-highest (.329 in 2012) and sixth-highest (.250 in 2014) single-season hitting percentages.
An outstanding student as well, the Biology major with a Spanish minor has earned numerous academic honors.
Volleyball 2015: Played 90 sets over 25 matches…Compiled 222 kills for a career-high 2.47 kills per set…Notched 93 total blocks (59 solo, 34 assisted)…Added six assists, five service aces and 31 digs…Had a hitting percentage of .750 against Medgar Evers (Oct. 24), the second-best single-match total (minimum of 12 kills) in program history to the mark of .786 she set in 2013…Named to the All-New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team.
Rowing 2014-15: Named MVP of the women’s crew program…Teamed with Melissa Price to win the Women’s Varsity 2 title at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Championships (April 25)…Named to the All-MARC Women’s Team and to the MARC Academic Team.
Volleyball 2014: Played in 109 sets over 31 matches… Compiled 194 kills, 11 digs and 118 blocks… Set her career best single-match total with 11 blocks against Wesley (Sept. 20), the second-best three-set match total in program history… Posted 15 kills against William Paterson University (Sept. 23)…Set the all-time program career record with 295 blocks…Her 118 blocks rank second on the program’s single-season record list…Named New Jersey Athletic Conference All-Academic Second Team and the team’s Most Valuable Player…Named to the
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Volleyball Team.
Rowing 2013-14: Named to the MARC Academic Team
Volleyball 2013: Played in 124 sets over 33 matches… Compiled 214 kills, 19 digs and 89 blocks… Set the program’s single-match record (minimum 12 kills) with a .786 hitting percentage against Rutgers-Newark (Oct. 29)…Added a .647 hitting percentage against William Paterson University (Oct. 3), for the fifth-best single-match total…Notched her match-high total of 17 kills against Delaware Valley (Oct. 23) and University of Scranton (Oct. 26)… Posted seven blocks against FDU-Florham (Oct. 13) and Elmira College (Oct. 19)…Helped team reach the New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament… Named All-New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention.
Rowing 2012-13: Named to the MARC Novice Team.
Volleyball 2012: Played in 118 sets over 32 matches… Compiled 249 kills, 23 digs, 15 assists, and 88 blocks as a freshman…Recorded her career match-high totals of 13 kills against Cedar Crest College (Aug. 31), six digs against Penn State-Behrend (Sept. 1), seven blocks against Delaware Valley College (Oct. 20)… NJAC Rookie of the Week on Sept 30 and named All-New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team…Helped team post a 24-8 overall record while reaching the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship game, and the semifinal game in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament.
High School: Earned two varsity volleyball letters at Hillsborough High School for Coaches Todd Sudol and Charlie Davis…Team captain…Named to 2010 All-Defense Team…First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-State as a senior in 2011…No. 1 blocker in the state…National Honor Society…Treasurer of the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Born December 29, 1993…Nicknamed “Deuce”…Biology major with a Spanish minor at Rutgers-Camden…Named to the inaugural Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2015 semester…Plans to become a physical therapist…Olivia is the daughter of Jonathan and Julie Rowland of Hillsborough.
