Rodriguez enters her second season as a graduate assistant and member of the Ichabod coaching staff. In her first season with the program, the native of Joliet, Illinois helped Washburn reach the NCAA National Championship semifinals, as she worked with the setters, which finished the regular season ranked third among the MIAA in assists per set (13.16) and was listed ninth-overall in total assists (1,716) in the NCAA Division II final statistical rankings. Rodriguez also worked with AVCA All-Americans Shayla Conner and Allison Maxwell in addition to four other all-conference selections. Rodriguez came to Washburn after a successful collegiate career at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., where she was a four-year starter (2014). During her time tenure, she directed the teams offense as the primary setter and finished her career ranked fifth all-time in school-history with 2,179 assists, while also being only the fifth player in program-history to eclipse the 2,000-assist mark. She also finished with 817 career digs and featured in 373 sets across 104 matches. In 2016, as a junior, Rodriguez helped Quincy to a Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Tournament appearance, its first since 2011. Rodriguez comes to Topeka with two years of coaching experience, having worked with the Quincy Junior High School as an assistant coach from 2016-17 seasons. Additionally, in the spring of 2018, she took the reins of the Quincy Elite Volleyball Club 17U team as the head coach. Prior to Quincy, she was three-sport athlete at Joliet Catholic Academy where she lettered in volleyball, basketball and softball. Rodriguez graduated from Quincy (Ill.) in May 2018 with a bachelors in sports management with a minor in marketing.