Beach Bits:

• Ross is the first U.S. woman to start her career with three FIVB victories.
• Ross became the first U.S. woman to win FIVB Rookie of the Year in 2007, one season after winning the AVP's Rookie of the Year award.
• In 2008 Ross logged the highest ace-per-game average in AVP history with 1.24 per game, while also recording the FIVB's second fastest serve in 2008 (85.7 km/hr in Berlin).

2008: Ross and Kessy were in the semifinals in all but one AVP event, including five championship matches, ending as the third-ranked team on Tour. Ross led the Tour in aces per game (1.24) and was eighth in hitting percentage (.431). Internationally, Ross and Kessy just missed qualifying for the Beijing Olympics, finishing seventh in the world rankings but as the third American team. Ross and Kessy ended the FIVB season with a second place finish followed by victories on consecutive weekends.
2007: Kicked off her new partnership with Jennifer Kessy with a second-place finish in the season opener in Miami. The pair advanced to five additional semifinals, including another championship match. In Hermosa Beach they defeated Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in the winner's bracket, marking just the third time that duo had lost on the AVP Tour prior to the semifinals. Ross ended the season ranked in the top 10 on the AVP Tour in three different categories; second in aces per game (.99), sixth in kills (7.01) and seventh in hitting percentage (.440). On the FIVB Tour, their first event ended with a loss in the country qualifier. The next week, in the Stavanger Grand Slam, they became the lowest seeded team (29th) to win an FIVB event. After winning their country quota match and a pair of qualifier matches, they overcame two early pool play losses and won six straight matches to capture the title in what was just the fourth international event for Ross. The duo also placed second in St. Petersburg.
2006: Began her pro beach volleyball career playing with former college teammate Keao Burdine, and the duo had a pair of ninths in 13 events as Ross earned the AVP Rookie of the Year award. Ross ranked ninth on the Tour in hitting percentage (.433). Competed in two FIVB events, with Barbra Fontana and Nancy Mason, with a best of 17th.

Hot Winter Nights: Played in six events in 2008, winning four times to tie for the most victories during the season. Ross won in Columbus, Spokane, Everett and Portland while posting a 19-5 match record on the season. In 2009 she won her first two HWN events, in Columbus and St. Louis, playing in five events on the season.

College: Ross started every single match in her career at USC, and led the team in kills and points each year. She also led the team in digs until the start of the libero position in 2002. Ross was the National Freshman of the year, and was first-team all-Pac-10 each of her four seasons. She was selected second-team AVCA All-America as a freshman, and first-team as a junior and senior. Ross led the team to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003, and was the conference's Player of the Year in 2003 as a senior. Twice she earned Academic all-Pac-10 honors.

Personal: Ross, who has one sister (Amy), was the 1999 Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player of the Year. A "Fab 50" selection, she was also an honor roll student all four years. In addition to her four letters in volleyball in high school, she lettered four years in track and three in basketball. In the summers of 2000 and 2001 she was a member of the USA Junior National Team, USA A2 Women's National Phase 1 Team in 2002, and the Women's National Team in 2003.