Ceci Rush

The undefeated Cardinals celebrate Regional Championships

Team photo after punching ticket to Final Four

Volleyball sweeps Purdue to go to the Sweet Sixteen

Louisville team cheers at selection show

The 2021 Volleyball Team Celebrates with the ACC trophy

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Cardinals cheer their seed announcement at the NCAA Pairings Show

The Cardinals bench throw their L’s up for match point during game two against Syracuse.

Photo by: Carl Schmid | Louisville Athletics

Position:
Libero/Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
New Albany, IN
High School:
Providence

2023: Ceci Rush contributed as a serving specialist for the Cardinals. She appeared in 45 sets with four aces and 11 digs. She recorded aces against Creighton and Western Michigan in the NCAA Tournament as well as versus Clemson and North Carolina. She had a season-high two digs against Virginia. She is an outstanding student and was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and ACC and All-ACC Academic.

2022: Ceci played in 81 sets, primarily as a serving specialist. She recorded one assist, 11 aces, and 17 digs. Ceci had a season-high two aces against Georgia Tech on Oct. 2 and had three digs in the win against San Diego. She played in 14 sets during the Cardinals’ NCAA Tournament run and recorded four digs.

2021: Ceci played in 56 sets, primarily as a serve specialist. She had a career-high three aces versus Wake Forest. Had two digs versus Clemson and Boston College. Recorded eight aces in all. She was named to the ACC Honor Roll and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

2020: (pronounced See-See) Rush played in 29 sets for the Cardinals with a kill, an assist, five aces and 10 digs. Had her best match against Boston College when she had a kill, an ace and two digs.

Prep: Ceci Rush, a 5-9 libero/defensive specialist from New Albany, Ind., played for Providence High school for Coach Terri Purichia and for Coach Craig Bossmeyer at Union Volleyball Club. At Providence, she was named academic all-state as a senior. She helped lead Providence to the state runner-up as a freshman, to semi-state runner-up as a sophomore and junior and regional runner up as a senior. This year she recorded 339 digs, averaging 3.4 digs per set and notched 32 aces, playing for Providence, which was nationally ranked at No. 19 going into this season.

Personal: Daughter of Shannon and Todd Rush. Major is biology. Born Jan 28, 2002.

Career Highs
Kills: 1 vs. Boston College 10/2/20
Attacks: 1 vs. Boston College 10/2/20
Assists: 1 vs. Boston College 10/2/20
Aces: 3 vs. Wake Forest (10/17/21)
Digs: 3 versus North Carolina (4/2/21)