Russo is a fifth-year senior at the University of Pennsylvania. She started all 16 games for the Quakers in 2021, tallying three goals & adding an assist.
A prolific high school and club player, Russo was a four-year letter winner at West Essex High School – perennially one of the top programs in New Jersey – helping her team to a North Group 2 title her junior season. She earned second-team All-American honors in 2016, as well as first-team All-Region accolades in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Russo was also selected to play on the Junior Olympics squad in 2015 and 2016 – helping to secure a bronze medal in 2015. She finished her high school career with 108 goals and 79 assists.
Russo was also a standout for New Heights Field Hockey, a nationally-ranked club organization based out of northwestern New Jersey.