Alexa Markley Season 2023

CAREER
Made the 2022 Big Ten All-Freshman Team…Won two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards...Earned one B1G Distinguished Scholar award (2023) and one Academic All-Big Ten honor (2023).

2023 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned the B1G Distinguished Scholar award and a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in 58 sets over 23 matches...Finished with 118 kills (2.03/set), 23 blocks, 13 digs and two aces...Totaled double-digit kills six times, including a season-high 17 while hitting .469 in a sweep at Iowa (10/13).

UMBC (9/15): Hit .308 with 10 kills and two blocks. Seton Hall (9/16): Tallied 10 kills for the second-straight match. at Illinois (9/29): Hit .375 with 11 kills and two blocks. at Minnesota (9/30): Contributed 10 kills and one block in a four-set win over the 13th-ranked Gophers. Ohio State (10/7): Posted a season-high four blocks in addition to 15 kills. at Iowa (10/13): Hit .469 with a season-high 17 kills in addition to one block in a sweep. 
 
2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team…Earned two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards (11/14, 11/21).
 
Season: Played in 87 sets over 26 matches, including nine as a starter…Finished with 165 kills (1.90/set) and 37 blocks, including 10 solo blocks…Reached double-digit kills six times, including a season-high 14 while hitting .333 in a four-set match at Illinois…Had at least three blocks in a match four times, including a season-high four in a three-set win over UMBC in the NCAA First Round (12/2).

Loyola (Md.) (8/27): Made collegiate debut and finished with two kills and two aces. UAlbany (9/17): Had five kills on .500 hitting and added two blocks. Illinois (10/9): Hit .350 with 10 kills and two blocks in a three-set win. Rutgers (10/23): Hit .357 with eight kills and two blocks. at Illinois (10/26): Tallied a season-high 14 kills on .333 hitting in a four-set match. at Purdue (11/12): Finished with 13 kills and two blocks. Minnesota (11/18): Hit .321 with 11 kills and three blocks in a four-set win. UMBC (12/2): Tallied a season-high four blocks in addition to seven kills in an NCAA First Round win.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was the No. 32 ranked 2022 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace...Totaled 1,261 kills during her high school career while leading McIntosh High School to three state titles...Was a two-time AVCA All-American, earning first-team recognition in 2021 and second-team status in 2020...Also earned All-America honors during her career from PrepVolleyball...Named the Best Player in Georgia by Max Preps in 2021...Named first-team all-state in Georgia twice...Played club volleyball with A5 Mizuno Volleyball Club for six years...Was a 2021 Under Armour All-America selection...Earned a spot on the JVA All-National Team...Ranked as the No. 23 recruit in the class of 2022 by Prep Dig.

PERSONAL
Parents are Ryan and Sandra Markley…Has one younger brother, John...Hobbies include traveling and art...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.