Awards
Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division III All-American (2021-22, 2022-23)
D3hoops.com First Team All-American (2022-23)
D3hoops.com Fifth Team All-American (2021-22)
D3hoops.com Region 1 Women's Basketball Player of the Year (2022-23)
D3hoops.com Region 1 First Team All Region (2021-22, 2022-23)
NESCAC Player of the Year (2022-23)
NESCAC First Team All-Conference (2021-22, 2022-23)
D3hoops.com Preseason All-American (2022-23)
New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) First Team Honor Roll (November 30, 2022, January 4, 2023, February 8, 2023)
NEWBA Player of the Week (November 15, 2021, November 16, 2022, January 24, 2023)
NEWBAÂ All-Region Honors (2021-22)
D3hoops.com Team of the Week (November 16, 2022, February 21, 2023)
NESCAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (2022-23)
2023-2024 (Senior): Started in all 24 games for the Jumbos...Led the team with 460 total points and averaged 19.2 a game...She grabbed 159 defensive rebounds and 45 offensive rebounds totaling a team-leading 204 rebounds...She was second in the NESCAC in free throws made with 127 on 163 attempts...She also led the team with 16 blocks, she also added 23 steals...Russell's 156 field goals made was fourth-best in the NESCAC, she finished with a field goal percentage of .468...She recorded a team-high of seven double-doubles...Against Hamilton College in a 70 - 63 win for the Jumbos on January 13, Russell put up a season-high 36 points...Russell finishes her career as a Jumbo with the second most points in team history recording 1460 points, she also falls into third all-time in rebounds with 846 total rebounds, she also played a total of 2555 minutes in her career.
2022-2023 (Junior): Named New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) All-Conference Player of the Year and named to the first team all-conference...Named NESCAC Player of the Week for Women's Basketball five times...Named to the NESCAC All-Academic Team...Named to 2022-23 Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC)...Named to the D3hoops Team of the Week on 2/21/23...Named New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) player of the week two times...Named WBCA All-American...Named D3hoops.com Region 1 Player of the Year and First Team All Region...Played in and started 29 games...Averaged a double double with 19.8 points per game and 11.4 rebounds per game...Led the conference in rebounding average and third in scoring average...Shot 81.8% from the free throw line which was second in the conference...Scored 10 or more points 26 times this season, 20 or more points 12 times, and 30 or more points five times...Had 16 double doubles this season...Led the team in blocks with 10 and second in steals with 46, which was 10th in the conference...Scored a career high 40 points in NESCAC Tournament quarterfinal game versus Bowdoin on 2/18/23 going a perfect 16-16 from the free-throw line...Grabbed season high 21 rebounds twice, versus Bowdoin on 2/04/23 and versus Trinity (TX) on 3/10/23...Hit two free throws in final second to defeat Trinity (CT) on 2/11/23 to win NESCAC Regular Season Championship...Scored 32 points, grabbed 21 rebounds, and had six steals in NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen victory over Trinity (TX) on 3/10/23...Scored 1,000 career point in NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game versus Christopher Newport on 3/11/23.
2021-2022 (Sophomore): Named to Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III Coaches' All-America team...Earned D3hoops first team All-Region...Selected to New England Women's Basketball Association first team All-Region...Picked for New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) All-Conference first team...Played in 24 games and started 22 averaging a double-double of 15.9 points and 11.5 rebounds per game this season...Scored a season high 27 points twice, vs Vassar on 11/14/21 and vs Wesleyan on 1/07/22...Grabbed season high 18 rebounds vs Vassar...Was tied for 4th in the NESCAC in points per game...Lead NESCAC in defensive rebounds per game with 8.9 and in rebounds per game...Had a .435 shooting percentage which was 7th in the conference.
2019-2020 (Freshman): Appeared in 21 games in her freshman season for the Tufts University Women’s Basketball team…made her collegiate debut on November 15th against Roger Williams and scored two points to go along with one rebound and one steal…Russell scored a season high 10 points in a Jumbos 91-47 win over Wheaton (Mass.) and had a strong performance on the glass with five rebounds…had nine points and three rebounds in a NESCAC conference win against Connecticut College…was second on the team in free throw percentage finishing her freshman year at an impressive 90.0%.
Before Tufts: Was on the basektball team at the Kent Place School...was a captain of the team her senior year...was a 1,000 point scorer...selected for the North/South Jersey Senior All-Star Game...was a Rose Classic Scholar Athlete recipient...was an Athletic Association representative...member of the Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society.Â
Personal: Daughter of Pam and Tim...has two siblings, Sean (21) and Corinne (23)....father played basketball at Lehigh.Â