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Personal: Full name is Catherine Sterling Rucker...Daughter of Adin and Katie Rucker…Has a younger sister Camille.
 
Career Honors
- 2025 All-CAA Preseason Team (Honorable Mention)
- 2024 CAA All-Rookie Team

2025: Appeared in 26 matches, making 24 starts, and played in 90 sets…Finished the season with 199.0 points (2.21 per set), totaling 131 kills, 63 total blocks, and 30 service aces…Ranked third on the team in total kills and second on the team in points per set…Led the team with 0.33 service aces per set and finished third on the team in total blocks…Posted 1.46 kills per set while adding 39 digs…Recorded a season-high 11 kills against N.C. A&T on Oct. 24…Tallied a season-high four service aces versus Delaware State on Sept. 6…Matched her season high with six total blocks in conference play…Reached double-digit kills in six matches during the season…Played a key role in five-set victories at Towson and against UNCW, combining for 12 kills and six blocks in those two matches.

2024: Played in 24 matches, making 17 starts… Led the Phoenix with a .330 hitting percentage…Finished her freshman campaign with 123.5 points (1.82/set), 88 kills (1.29/set), 57 blocks, 10 digs, and 4 service aces…Notched a season-high 10 kills in the team’s five-set victory over Southern Mississippi at the Mercer Invitational…Hit 71.4 percent, recording six kills on seven attempts in the team’s win at UNCW…Helped the team to a sweep over UNCG with eight kills and no errors, along with three blocks…Posted a season-high six blocks against William & Mary…Named to the CAA All-Rookie Team.

High School: A four-year varsity player at Carrboro High School, Rucker was named the 2023 Northern Lakes Player of the Year helping her team finish as regional runners-up… Earned three Northern Lakes All-Conference Team selections under head coach Steve Scanga and Maredith Devlin…Named to AAA First Team All-State and the Team MVP in 2022 and 2023…Rucker competed for CHAVC and was named to the JVA Watchlist two times.    
 
Quoting Coach Tendler: "We have watched Cat play multiple positions throughout her club and high school careers. Through her hard work, she has developed into an outstanding middle blocker that can hit any set. Her passion for the sport and her strong desire to succeed at everything makes it exciting to envision her journey at Elon and beyond."