FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN (2016)
BIG TEN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM (2016)
BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK (Apr. 6, 2016)
BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Apr. 6, 2016)
2016 (SOPHOMORE YEAR)
Named First Team All-Big Ten after starting all 54 games for the Nittany Lions, mainly behind the plate…Earned Big Ten All-Tournament team honors after hitting a grand slam against Nebraska (5/13)…Ranked second on the team with a .362 batting average that included 59 hits six doubles and tied a team-high 11 home runs…Drove in a team-best 50 runs on the season, which ranked 10th in the Big Ten and becomes the all-time single season record at Penn State…Ties for fifth in Penn State history with 11 home runs on the season…Had a .601 slugging percentage and a .437 on-base percentage…Ranked third on the team with 23 walks and had three sacrifice flies…Had 16 multi-hit games and a team-best 12 multi-RBI games….Nabbed an eight-game hitting streak and a team-best 21-game reached base streak…Brought in at least one run in four-straight games with two multi-RBI games in that streak (2/14-2/20)…Tied a Penn State single game record with seven RBI against Fordham (2/27)…Went 4-for-4 at the plate against the Rams with a double and a home run…Notched 190 putouts and 28 assists for a .978 fielding percentage…Ranked second in the Big Ten with 13 runners caught stealing.
Appeared in and started 55 games, including 43 at catcher, 11 as the designated player and one at first base...Batted .298 (45-for-151) with 45 hits, 25 runs, six doubles, 13 home runs and 44 RBI...Hit seven of 13 homers in conference play and four against RPI Top 75...Blasted three grand slams, coming against Bucknell (Apr. 1), Wisconsin (Apr. 3) and Maryland (Apr. 18)...Had 11 multi-hit games and 10 games with two or more RBI...Notched a three-run double vs. LIU Brooklyn (Feb. 7)...Went 1-for-2 with a homer against Missouri State (Feb. 13)...Drove in a RBI against No. 23 Texas A&M (Feb. 14)...Went 2-for-3 with a homer at Mississippi State (Feb. 21)...Notched a double and a RBI at Sacramento State (Mar. 12)...Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBI vs. Northwestern (Mar. 21)...Laced a homer against Northwestern (Mar. 22)...Went 3-for-3 with five RBI, including a grand slam and a double vs. Bucknell (Apr. 1)... 2-for-2 with two runs and a homer at Wisconsin (Apr. 4)...Posted a double and a home run with three RBI vs. Rutgers (Apr. 25)...Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double at Pitt (Apr. 28)...Drove in three RBI against Maryland (May 7) in the Big Ten Tournament.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Three-time letterwinner for Hillsborough and Head Coach Cheryl Iaione...Helped lead the Raiders to back-to-back Skyland Conference Championships in 2012 and 2013 and a Central Jersey Group IV sectional title in 2013...Named the All-Area Rookie of the Year as a sophomore in 2012...Garnered third team all-state recognition in 2013 and was named to the first team all-region as a sophomore and junior...Tabbed the Somerset County Player of the Year in 2013 after batting .471 with eight doubles and 32 RBI...2014 Newark Star Ledger state Hitter of the Year and Courier News All-Area Player of the Year after hitting .591 with seven doubles, 13 homers and 50 RBI as a senior team captain...Played club ball for Jersey Intensity 18U Premier KOD, coached by Kevin O'Donnell...Team placed ninth at the 2013 Premier Girls Fastpitch Nationals.
PERSONAL
Full name is Alyssa Marie VanDerveer...Born in Flemington, N.J., on Sept. 3, 1996...Parents are Janice and Jim...Has one brother, Matthew...Dad played baseball at The College of New Jersey...Major is rehibilation and human services.