Ithaca College Athletics

A member on four of the most successful years in Ithaca College volleyball history, Bonnie McDowell guided the program to an overall record of 168-34, three NCAA appearances and back-to-back trips to the NCAA Semifinals.

During her junior season in 1994, Ithaca posted a school record 53 victories as McDowell tallied 269 kills and 100 blocks. She ranked second on the team in blocks and hitting percentage, and was third in kills.

She followed that up with a then school-record 614 kills and 67 blocks as a senior, as the Bombers went 41-4. Ithaca reached the national semifinals in both of those seasons.

In those back-to-back semifinal runs, Ithaca only lost a combined 42 of 281 sets played.

During her senior campaign, McDowell posted a career-best 24 kills in a four-set win over Cortland on October 21, and in the NCAA Tournament, she posted more than 20 kills in all three matches against Springfield, Wisconsin-Whitewater and Washington-St. Louis.

She would be named First-Team All-American by the AVCA and ASICS in 1995 and finished within the top 10 nationally in kills.

Her 614 kills as a senior rank fourth all-time on the single-season list, while her 1,348 career kills are ninth all-time.