Western Illinois University Athletics

At Western Illinois

2006 (senior season): Earned first-team all-conference honors... became Mid-Con’s career digs leader, Nov.4 against Valparaiso... totalled 2,311 digs in her career, the fourh most in NCAA history... holds a 5.40 digs per game average, the second highest in NCAA history... holds every Western Illinois digs record... ranked third in the Mid-Con in digs per game with 5.40... recorded a season high with 34 digs against North Texas at the UIC tournament September 16... named to Mid-Continent Fall Academic All-Conference Team.

2005 (junior season): Earned Mid-Con co-Defensive Player of the Year Honors...led the Mid-Con with 5.37 digs per game and 628 total digs...placed 24th in the nation in digs per game...overtook Sue Orstrom as Western’s career digs record holder on Sept. 24, finishing the year with 1,765 career digs...named to the all-conference second team...garnered Mid-Con Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 26 after posting 6.42 digs per game over two matches...named to Pizza Hut Invitational All-Tournament Team for a performance that included 95 digs in three matches...competed in all 117 games.... named to Mid-Continent Academic All-Conference Team.

2004 (sophomore season): Became Western’s single-season digs leader with 663...ended the season with 1,137 career digs, becoming fourth all-time on Western’s career digs records...earned first-team All-Mid-Con honors...broke Western’s single-match record with a career-high 41 digs against Oakland on October 29...also tallied 41 digs against Oral Roberts on November 5...was the only player to appear in all 107 games...named Mid-Con Defensive Player of the Week on five occasions...was named to the All-Tournament Team at the SMS/T.J. Sales Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational...averaged 6.20 digs per game.

2003 (freshman season): Named Mid-Con Freshman of the Year, Western’s second-straight...earned Mid-Con second team all-conference honors...ended the season 10 digs shy of Sue Orstrom’s single-season record of 484 set in 1987...earned Mid-Con Defensive Player of the Week honors twice...averaged 4.51 digs per game...was the only player to appear in all 105 games.

High School
Was Team MVP as a senior...two-time Suburban Prairie All-Conference selection with second-team accolades as a junior and first-team honors as a senior...was a member of the USAV Club Fusion VBC that won the 2003 ASICS Junior National Championship.

Personal
Daughter of Vernon and Patricia Alexander...born January 18, 1985...majoring in sociology.