Panna Ratkai

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: John Nagel

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
High School:
Gödölloi Török Ignác Gimnázium
Hometown:
Budapest, Hungary

• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
• AVCA Midwest All-Region Team (2024)
• Horizon League Player of the Year (2024)
• Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
• Horizon League Freshman of the Year (2023)
• All-Horizon League First Team (2023, 2024)
• Horizon League All-Freshman Team (2023)
• Horizon League All-Academic Team (2024)
• Horizon League All-Academic Team Honorable Mention (2023)
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
• Horizon League Player of the Week (9/5/2023, 9/11/2023, 10/9/2023, 10/23/2023, 9/3/2024, 10/14/2024, 11/18/2024)
• Red Flash Classic MVP (2023)
• Skyhawk Invitational MVP (2024)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)

2024: Played in 29 matches during her redshirt-sophomore season, appearing in 112 total sets … Named the Horizon League Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year with a First Team All-League nod ... Named the 2024 Skyhawk Invitational MVP … Finished the season with 512 kills with a season-high 30 kills against Oakland (Oct. 11), leading the team and the Horizon League with 4.57 kills per set … Selected for three Horizon League Player of the Week awards (Sept. 3, Oct. 14, Nov. 18) ... Totaled 16 assists … Tied for the fifth-most kills in a match in program history with 30 against Oakland (Oct. 11) ... Finished the season with 294 digs … Had a season-high 19 digs against Robert Morris (Sept. 28) … Totaled 43 blocks with five against Northern Kentucky (Oct. 25) … Scored a season-high 34.5 points against Oakland (Oct. 11) … Scored on 43 aces with four against Milwaukee (Nov. 1) ... Became the only active sophomore in the NCAA with over 1,000 kills ... Finished with 5.17 points per set, which ranks as the ninth-most in program history.

2023: Started all 30 matches and 115 sets during her redshirt-freshman campaign … Finished with 536 kills, placing sixth in program history for single-season kills … Ended the season with 52 service aces, 47 blocks, 292 digs and 11 assists … Lead the team and Horizon League with 4.66 kills per set … Awarded Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year … Selected for the All-Horizon League First Team and All-Freshman Team … Won the Red Flash Classic MVP … Selected for four Horizon League Player of the Week Awards (9/5/2023, 9/11/2023, 10/9/2023, 10/23/2023) … Dug out 16 attacks against Stony Brook (Sept. 1) and Oakland (Sept. 19) … Had season-high six aces against Youngstown State (Oct. 6), tying for third-most aces in a Horizon League match this season … Had the second-most kills in a match in program history with 35 against Milwaukee (Oct. 20), which tied the second-most in the Horizon League's rally scoring era history … Blocked four attacks against Green Bay (Oct. 21) … Had 25 kills against Oakland (Oct. 24), which tied the fourth-most kills in a Horizon League match this season ... Added a season-high five blocks against Oakland (Oct. 24) … Had the fourth-most kills in a match in program history with 33 against IUPUI (Oct. 28), which was second-most kills in a Horizon League match this season, only to her own mark of 35 ... Also had five aces, which tied seventh-most service aces in a Horizon League match this season … Had 24 kills and five aces against Youngstown State (Nov. 4) ... Dug out a season high 16 attacks against Cleveland State (Nov. 7).

2022: Did not see any action, redshirted.

Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Started her volleyball career in 2016 ... Accepted an invitation to play for the Hungarian Youth National Team ... Led her team to a third-place finish in the Middle European League and second place in the junior finals in 2019 ... Named the Best Attacker of Hungarian High Schools ... Her squad took third in the junior finals in 2020 ... Named MVP of the junior finals ... Led her team to first place in the Hungarian First League ... Named the best Hungarian player in the First League ... Led her team to the Hungarian High School National Championship ...Selected as Diákolimpia MVP for her play, which included scoring 48 points in the championship five-set match.

Personal: Daughter of Krisztina and Sándor Ratkai ... Has one brother, Csaba, and one sister, Vanda... Is a valued member of the Media Services team ... Double-majoring in communications and organizational leadership.