Michigan State Spartan Athletics

GRADUATE STUDENT (2019):  Completed her collegiate career with 4.56 assists per set, averaging 1.46 digs per frame and adding 13 aces in 2019 ... Led the team with three double-doubles ... Made her Spartan debut with 19 assists vs. Duke and followed it up with a double-double (16 A, 10 D) against the host school at the College of Charleston Invitational (8/30-31) ... Averaged 5.25 assists and 1.08 digs over three matches at the Spartan Invitational (9/6-7) ...  Produced 16 assists and six digs in a sweep of Oakland (9/15) ... Twelve assists and seven digs in a win over UNC (9/15) ... Averaged 4.45 assists and 1.09 digs at the WMU Invitational (9/20-21) ... Led MSU with 15 assists at Penn State (9/25) ... Posted 23 assists and six digs at Maryland (10/5) ... Delivered 28 assists and a career-best 15 digs in a five-set win at Iowa (10/13) ... Led MSU with 17 assists in a win over Rutgers (10/18) ... Posted 18 assists and five digs against Penn State (10/20) ... Delivered 15 and 20 assists, respectively, in the Wisconsin-Minnesota weekend (10/25-27) ... Led the Spartans with 15 assists and added five digs at Michigan (11/6) ... Posted 18 assists and five digs in a home win over Northwestern (11/9) .. Delivered 12 assists and seven digs at Wisconsin (11/16) ... Had 17 assists in a five-setter against Michigan (11/20) ... Led MSU with 13 assists and added three digs at Indiana (11/24) ...Delivered 24 assists and 11 digs for a double-double in a five-set heartbreaker vs. Purdue (11/29) ... Had 20 assists and three digs in the season finale vs. Indiana (11/30)

SENIOR (2018, at Oklahoma):   Redshirted

JUNIOR (2017, at Oklahoma) Started 24 matches, including 89 sets played … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Led the team with 835 assists, averaging 9.38 assists per set, while totaling 179 digs for a 2.01 digs per set average … Totaled seven double-doubles … Opened the season with a double-double with 23 assists and 11 digs against Seton Hall (8/25) … Registered a season-high 13 digs in a double-double performance (35 assists) at Tulane (9/9) … Reached a season-high 52 assists at Kansas (10/25) and versus West Virginia (11/4) … Tallied three straight double doubles against West Virginia (11/4), at Texas Tech (11/8) and against Iowa State (11/15).

SOPHOMORE (2016, at Oklahoma):  Played in all 106 sets, while starting all 29 matches at setter… Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Collected 1,197 assists, averaging 11.29 per set, and total 40 or more in 16 matches… Totaled seven double-doubles … Set the OU record for assists in a four- and five-set match during the 25-point, rally-scoring era in one weekend with 58 in four at Little Rock (9/1) and 66 in five vs. Mississippi State (9/3) … Named the All-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/5) … Posted her first double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs vs. Maryland (9/16) … Picked up a season-high 15 digs with 43 assists at TCU (10/1) … Collected 52 assists along with 10 digs vs. Kansas State (10/15) … Registered 51 assists in back-to-back matches against Kansas (11/5) and Iowa State (11/9).

FRESHMAN (2015, at Oklahoma):  Appeared in 22 matches and 77 sets as a freshman for the Sooners... 512 assists on the season good for second on the team... Also notched 93 digs... Earned 22 assists in her first career home match against Little Rock (9/3) ... Tallied two aces in back-to-back matches against New Mexico State (9/10) and Denver (9/11) ... Recorded her first career double-double versus Iowa State (9/30) with 22 assists and 11 digs... Had a career match against Kansas State (11/11) with career-highs in assists (55) and digs (15) ... Back-to-back Big 12 Rookie of the Week for the weeks of Nov. 16 and November 23... Numbered 30 or more digs in six consecutive matches (11/7-11/25) ... Finished the season with the eighth-most assists in the Big 12 and first in assists among freshman.

CLUB:  Totaled seven years of club volleyball with Oklahoma Peak Performance, TAV and Club Crimson under various head coaches, including her mother Laura Alford... Named to the Battle of the Fort All-Tournament Team, while playing for OPP 18 Smack... Participated in the Junior Olympics 14s, 15s, 16s and 17s with TAV... Guided OPP 18 Smack to regional championship.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Originally played at Southlake Carroll (Texas) before moving to Norman North ... Earned Academic All-District, Best Setter Award and was named to the Northwest Classic All-Tournament Team at Southlake Carroll ... At Norman North, recognized as Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year, Under Armour Second Team All-American and All-State 6-A Team ... Placed on the Broken Arrow, Jenks Invitational and Stillwater All-Tournament Teams ... Helped Southlake Carroll to a 5-A Texas State semifinal and Norman North to an Oklahoma 6-A quarterfinal ... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Laura and Michael Alford... Has two sisters, Ashley and Anna Leigh ... Mother played volleyball at the University of Hawai’i and formerly coached collegiately at Cincinnatti ... Father played baseball at Mississippi State and is the athletic director at Central Michigan  ...  Earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology in December 2018 from Oklahoma and is now pursuing a master’s degree in Education.