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2021 (Junior): Did not see any action during the season.

2020 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019 (First-Year): Saw action in 21 matches, starting in seven ... Finished with 74 digs and 1.23 digs per set ... Added four service aces and had 5.0 total points on the season ... Began career with eight digs against Howard (Sept. 6) ... Tallied a career-high 19 digs and one kill against Lehigh (Sept. 13) ... Recorded six digs in back-to-back matches, at Cornell (Sept. 28) and vs. Stony Brook (Sept. 30) ... Had a three match stretch (Nov. 1-8) with 17 total digs ... Went back-to-back with six digs against Penn (Nov. 1) and Princeton (Nov. 2) ... Added five digs against Brown (Nov. 8).

High School: Three-time letterwinner in volleyball at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, California ... Recorded 607 digs and 78 aces during the 2017-18 season (11th grade) ... Was a part of three championship squads, 2015 Queens Court Champions and back-to-back (2016-17) Crestview League Champions ... Captain of the Laguna Beach Volleyball 16’s (2016-17) ... Named AP Scholar with Distinction ... Earned the Founders Award and Helpful Heart Award at the National Charity League ... Was involved with the California Scholarship Federation.
 
Personal: Born, Chloe Chen Rutledge, on Dec. 13, 2000 in Newport Beach, California ... Daughter of Devallis and Victoria Rutledge ... Has four brothers, Ryan (41); Evan (39); Richard (23) and DJ (18) ... Has connections to other Ivy League schools, grandfather (Richard) received a doctorate in theology from Princeton and brother (Ryan) received bachelors from Penn ... Father is a veteran of the Vietnam War ... Nickname of “Chunkers” given by brothers because of one pineapple spitting incident ... Was recruited by UC Davis; UC Riverside; Brown; Davidson; Biola and Johns Hopkins ... Went with Columbia because “it has great history, research opportunities and staff, along with it being in New York City which I love because of the energy, diversity, culture and history” ... Enrolled in Columbia College ... Intended major is Biochemistry with the goal of becoming a surgeon.