2007: Valentina had another great season with the Lady Rams as she continues to establish herself as one of the top Lady Ram volleyball players in school history ... She was the only Lady Ram to play in all 102 games last season ... She led the team in assists (491) for the third season in a row ... She finished third on the team in kills with 116 kills in 399 total attacks ... She finished second on the team with 42 service aces ... She was one of the team's top defenders with 175 digs ... Her 175 digs made her the team's leader in that category for the third straight season ... She had her best offensive game at South Carolina State where she totaled 15 kills with just seven errors ... She had a season-high 47 assists in a win over Savannah State ... She added nine digs in four separate matches last season.

2006: The 2006 season was another great season in Valentina Pushkina's career as a Lady Ram ... She was one of the best overall players finishing in the top five in every major statistical category for the Lady Rams ... She was one of two players to play in every game of the season (122) ... Finished third on the team in total kills with 145 behind freshman Seidah El-Amin and sophomore Kendall Sutton, who tied for second place on the team in kills ... Led the team in both assists (572) and digs (168) last season ... Added 44 service aces to lead the team ... Was also a great defensive player with 36 total blocks to go along with 168 digs ... had her best individual game in a win over Savannah State with 13 kills, 24 assists, and three service aces ... Her best defensive game came against Wofford in a home match that saw her rack up a career-high 11 digs.

2005: Named to the CIAA All-Rookie Team, the only Lady Ram to earn All-CIAA honors...Played in 28 matches, appearing in 96 games...Recorded 146 kills and committed only 69 errors in 416 total attempts for an average of 1.53 kills per game and an attack percentage of .185...Tallied a team-high 326 assists on 742 set attempts for an average of 3.40 assists per game (a team high) and a set percentage of .440 (also a team high)...Tallied a team-high 62 service aces and committed only 38 service errors for an average of 0.65 service aces per game...Tallied a team-high 128 digs on the season while committing only 33 receiving errors for an average of 1.33 digs per game...Tallied 15 total blocks (eight solo and seven block assists) for an average of 0.16 blocks per game...Committed 21 ball-handling errors...Registered a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the fall semester of 2005...Turned in a season-high attack percentage of .556 versus Livingstone College on September 23, 2005 as she tallied five kills and no errors in nine attack attempts...Turned in a 16-kill performance, a season-high, at Benedict College on October 18, 2005 when she earned 16 kills, and committed five errors in 35 attack attempts...Tallied a season-high of 28 assists versus Elizabeth City State on September 23, 2005...Tallied a season-high nine digs on three occasions versus Fayetteville State (October 6, 2005), Shaw University (October 11, 2005) and Bowie State (September 17, 2005)...Recorded a season-high seven aces versus Elizabeth City State on September 17, 2005...Named CIAA Rookie of the Week twice...Named CIAA Player of the Week once...Named to the CIAA All-Rookie Team.

Personal: The 2005 volleyball season marked Pushkina's first as a member of the Lady Rams' volleyball team...A native of Moscow, Russia, she is a 2004 graduate of #500 High School in Moscow, Russia where she won a pair of junior championships...She was a member of a team that placed second at the Russian National Championships in 2003...Was a member of a team that placed third internationally in 2004 and second internationally in 2004...The daughter of Sergey and Ludmila Pushkina...An Art major at WSSU...Nicknamed "Val"...Born in Moscow, Russia on December 23rd, 1987.

Season	G	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	DIG	BLK
2005	96	146	69	416	.185	326	62	38	128	15
2006	122	145	68	390	.197	572	44	39	168	36
2007	102	116	73	399	.108	491	42	40	175	27
Total	320	407	210	1205	.163	1389	148	117	471	78