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Bella Rosenthall Season 2020-21

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Bella Rosenthall Season 2020-21

PositionDS/L
Height5-5
ClassJunior
HometownYorktown, Ind.

Awards and Honors
2021-22 Auburn Athletics Director Honor Roll
2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20)
2021 SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13)
2021 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team
2021 Auburn Invitational All-Tournament Team
2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 17)

2021
Served as Auburn’s starting libero in all 28 matches … earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice, becoming the first player in program history to win the award in consecutive weeks … also the first Tiger to win the award multiple times in a season since Camila Jersonsky in 2012 … earned all-tournament honors at both the War Eagle Invitational and the Auburn Invitational … ended the season as the SEC leader in digs per set (4.81), while finishing second in the league in total digs (495) … her digs per set average finished third in Auburn single-season history in the rally-scoring era and was the highest by a Tiger since 2017 … also closed the season ranked fourth in single-season history in the rally-scoring era in total digs … closed her Auburn career with 57 double-digit dig performances after recording at least 10 digs in 25 of Auburn’s 28 matches in 2021 …  closed senior campaign, recordings at least 20 digs in 10 total matches and at least 30 digs in three … closed career in seventh place in Auburn history in total digs with 1,211 … her career digs per set average of 3.63 stands forth in Auburn career history … dished out 122 assists, the second most on the squad … also added 11 aces from the service line … was credited with a lone kill during her senior campaign … racked up 25 digs against North Alabama (9/9) to become the first player to record at least 25 digs in a match she totaled 26 versus Georgia on Oct. 20, 2019 … set a then career high with 31 digs against Nicholls (9/17) to become the first Tiger to record at least 20 digs in a match since Payton White versus Butler on Aug. 31, 2019 … behind her match-leading 30 digs in the series opener at Arkansas (10/9), became just the 15th Tiger in program history to record 1,000 career digs … first Tiger to hit the milestone since Brenna McIlroy in 2018 … shattered her career high with 33 digs versus Missouri (10/17), the sixth most digs recorded by a Tiger in a single match.

2020
Played in all eight matches, starting six as a defensive specialist ... dealt out two service aces at the line ... saw action at setter during the season opener against No. 4 Florida (10/20), setting a career high with 10 assists ... closed the season dishing out a total of 20 assists ... closed the season with 70 digs, pushing her career total past the 700 digs mark ... recorded multiple digs in every match of the fall. 

2019
Played every set for the Tigers, providing experience and depth in the back row … Started 20 of the 29 matches that she appeared … Finished second on the squad with 307 digs to average 2.98 per set … Of her 307 digs, 232 digs came in conference play … Finished 10th in the SEC with a 3.93 digs per set average in conference play … Closed the season with 17 double-digit dig performances, including eight of the final nine matches of the season … Added two kills and 38 assists … Finished tied for third on the squad with 12 service aces … Opened the season with a 10-dig performance against Tennessee State (8/30) … Matched her career high with three services against TSU … Chipped in 10 digs and an ace at TCU (9/15) … Racked up a career-high 26 digs against Georgia (10/20) … Recorded just the second 20+ dig performance of her career with 21 at Tennessee (11/27) … Added a career-high four assists against the Lady Volunteers.

2018
Started 26 matches at libero, while seeing playing time in all 28 matches … Led the team in digs with 339 and a 3.29 digs/set mark … Finished SEC play with 192 digs and a 2.87 average … Had 15 matches with double-digit digs … Set a career best with 25 digs at Kennesaw State (9/11) and followed with 20 at home vs. Florida State (9/16) to earn SEC Freshman of the Week … First 20-dig performance of the season came in Auburn’s 3-2 win at Kansas (9/7) … Added 22 digs in the five-set win over Ole Miss (10/26) … Kicked off her career with 17 digs in the 3-0 win vs. High Point (8/24) … Had 65 assists on the year … Totaled 16 service aces.
 
High School/Club
2017 Under Armour Watchlist ... 2015-2016 AVCA Phenom List ... 2016 AAU All-American ... 2017 All-State ... 2016 & 2017 HHC All-Conference ... 2016 & 2017 All-County ... 2016 MaxPreps/AVCA Player of the Week ... Led her team to three-straight Hoosier Heritage Conference championships (2014-2016) ... 2016 Indiana State Champions.
 
Personal
Full name is Isabella Dorothy Rosenthall ... Daughter of Mark and Raean Rosenthall ... Has three siblings - Abe, Anna, Jake ... Dad played basketball at Franklin College ... Majoring in Public Relations with the College of Liberal Arts.
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Freshman
2018

DS/LIBERO
5-5 / -
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Sophomore
2019

DS/LIBERO
5-5 / -
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Senior
2021

Defensive Specialist/Libero
5-5 / -