Alyssa Anderson

7 Alyssa Anderson

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Hermosa Beach, Calif.
  • High School:
    Mira Costa
  • Previous College:
    Villanova
  • Position:
    S
  • Major:
    Undeclared Arts & Sciences

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2012 Season Recap: Played in 127 sets, earned 40 service aces, had 251 digs with 1.98 digs per setn ... had 51 assists, one service ace and eight digs against SIUE (Aug. 25) … had 29 assists, two service aces and five digs against Utah (Aug. 31) … had 33 assists, three service aces and 10 digs against UC Davis (Sep. 1) … had 34 assists, two service aces and 13 digs against Pacific (Sep. 8) … had 28 assists and 13 digs against Pepperdine (Sep. 29) … collected 40 assists and six digs against BYU (Oct. 20) ... had 13 assists, one service ace and three digs against Saint Mary's (Oct. 25) ... earned 30 assists and 9 digs at San Diego (Oct. 27) ... had 42 assists with 13 digs adn 4 service aces at USF (Nov. 1) ... collected 27 assists and 8 digs against Portland (Nov. 3) ... earned a season high of 44 assists with 23 digs against USF (Nov. 8) ... had 19 asssists against BYU (Nov. 10) ... earned 17 assists and 2 digs against LMU (Nov. 15) ... had 15 assists with 4 digs at Saint Mary's (Nov. 17) ... had 18 assists and three digs against Hawaii (Nov. 30)

 AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011: Played in 101 sets, leading the team with 735 assists and 19 service aces adding 179 digs … had four double-doubles (assists and digs) … against Cal Poly (Sept. 2) collected her first double-double with 24 assists and 10 digs … had 33 assists and three service aces vs. Utah Valley and tallied 37 assists and 14 digs against SMU (Sept. 17) … had 44 assists with eight digs vs. LMU (Oct. 20) and earned a season-high 53 assists to go along with five blocks against San Francisco (Oct. 22) … registered 43 assists with 10 digs vs. LMU (Nov. 5) … finished the season with another double-double with 33 assists and 14 digs against Saint Mary’s (Nov. 19).

Freshman year in 2010 - Her freshman year at Villanova she played in 90 sets, starting 24 matches as the team’s setter as the team finished with a 23-7 record, including 11-3 in the Big East Conference … was a Big East Conference Second-Team selection and was also named All-Tournament at the Villanova Tournament … averaged 10.7 assists per game, collecting 959 on the season … averaged 2.37 digs per game, .58 kills per game, .30 blocks per game and .36 service aces per game …  hit .336 on the season and led the team in assists and was third in digs.

High School - At Mira Costa High School she was a three-year letter  winner and she was coached by Lisa Arce and Nancy Mason  … was named to three all-tournament teams at Durango, Torrey Pines and Santa Barbara in 2008 … CIF first-team selection in 2008, she was a 2009 prepvolleyball.com Senior Ace … she was Triple A beach rated and played for the Sunshine Volleyball Club where her team was fifth in 16-17s and were ninth in 18s.

Personal – Daughter of Joe and Terri Anderson … Father is a graduate of San Diego State and mother graduated from UCLA … has four siblings: Kelsey, Jenny, JB and Emma … a scholar-athlete in 2008-09 … currently undeclared in College of Arts and Sciences.