Aaron Russell
Height: 6-8
Club Team/Coach: MVP (Rockville, Md.)/Stewart Russell
PERSONAL: Born Aaron Joseph Russell on June 4, 1993 in Baltimore, Md. … Parents are Stew and Marian Russell… Aaron is the second-oldest of five brothers… The other brothers are Peter (born in 1992), Samuel (1995), Tim (1999) and Paul (2002)… Aaron started playing volleyball in 2007 for the Maryland Volleyball Program…Aaron has played three years of beach volleyball with partner, Eric Lucas… Favorite food is “Grandma’s pierogies”… Favorite musician is Kid Cudi… Favorite team is the Baltimore Ravens… Favorite movie is Inception… Favorite actor is Will Ferrell…Favorite athlete is Zdeno Chara… Aaron also plays soccer, drums and golf… His favorite moment was when his club soccer team won the National Championship.
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011- Selected to the U.S. Boys’ Youth National Team. 2010 – First in the gold bracket with the High Performance Select A2...Member of the Boys' Youth National Team that finished second at the NORCECA Boys' Youth Continental Championship in Guadelajara, Mexico. 2009 – High performance holiday camp in San Diego… 2008 – First in the silver bracket with High Performance Select A1 at the HP Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011: Led the U.S. Boys' Youth National Team to a bronze medal at the Under-19 Pan American Cup with 45 points, good for team best and fifth tournament best. Aaron was the second best server of the tournament and 10th best blocker. 2010 – Named Best Blocker and helped the U.S. Boys' Youth National Team that finished second to Cuba at the NORCECA Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico… Named tournament MVP at the 2010 High Performance Championships.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – CHRVA Regional Champions… First place at the Rochester Can-Am. 2008 – CHRVA Regional Champions… First place East Coast Championships.
Updated July 2011
