2016 (Senior Year): Played in all 27 matches and made 22 starts … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Finished her career 11
th all-time at NSU in digs (603) and 12
th in matches played (99), sets played (350) and assists (274) … Averaged 1.68 digs per set on the year … Tallied 160 digs, 52 assists, 23 service aces and one kill … Had the second-most aces on the team … One of three players on the team to appear in all 95 sets … Posted a season-high 11 digs against Morgan State on Oct. 23 … Also reached double digits with 10 digs against St. Francis (N.Y.) on Aug. 26 and versus South Carolina State on Sept. 2 … Began the year with 40 digs in the first five matches … Tallied a season-high 10 assists with nine digs at Elon on Sept. 9 … Ended the match with nine assists and six digs in the season opener against UMBC on Aug. 26 … Contributed nine digs and three assists in a win at Coppin State on Sept. 23 … Added nine digs and a season-high four service aces in a victory over North Carolina A&T on Oct. 12 … Also had four service aces in a home win against Hampton on Nov. 6 … Secured eight digs with two assists and two aces at Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 4 … Also had eight digs against Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 30 and eight digs against Coppin State on Oct. 21.
2015 (Junior Year): Played in all 25 matches and was one of three players to compete in all 90 sets on the year … Started every match at libero … Named the team’s Most Improved Player … Also earned a spot on the AD’s Honor Roll and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Led the team and ranked ninth in the MEAC with 2.89 digs per set … Totaled 78 assists, 18 service aces and one kill in addition to 260 digs … Finished the season 14
th all-time at NSU in career assists with 222 … Led off the year with a career-best 20 digs with six assists in the season opener against La Salle on Aug. 28 … Was one of 12 matches with double-digit dig totals … Had six straight from Sept. 5-18, capped off by tallying 19 digs with a season-high eight assists against North Carolina Central on Sept. 18 … Also had 19 digs two matches earlier at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 12 … In the three prior matches, had 10, 12 and 15 digs, the latter in a win over Alabama State on Sept. 12 … Posted 18 digs with five assists in a match against Hampton on Oct. 16 … Had tallies of 10, 15 and 11 digs in the three previous matches … That finished a stretch of 10 double-digit dig matches in a 12-match span from Sept. 5-Oct. 16 … Had totals of 13 digs at William & Mary on Aug. 29 and 12 against Radford against Sept. 15 as well.
2014 (Sophomore Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Played in 18 matches and 58 sets overall … Finished with 112 assists on the season, averaging 1.93 per set … Also tallied 46 digs, four service aces and one kill … Took on a bigger role at setter late in the season, finishing with double-digit assists in five of the last eight matches and averaging 3.71 assists per set during that span … Had a career-best 20 assists against Coppin State on Oct. 26 with two service aces … Finished with 19 assists and three digs in a win over Delaware State on Nov. 9 … Tied her season high with six digs to go with 15 assists versus UMES on Nov. 7 … Also reached double digits with 15 assists against Morgan State (Oct. 24) and 11 assists at Delaware State (Oct. 12).
2013 (Freshman Year): Competed in all 29 matches and started in one … Saw time in 107 sets on the season … Team’s Rookie of the Year … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Totaled 137 digs, averaging 1.28 per set … Also added 32 assists, 24 service aces and one block … Had her best overall match in a 3-1 win at Delaware State on Nov. 10, finishing with eight digs, a season-high seven assists and a career-best six service aces … Had a pair of matches with double-digit digs, including a season-high 11 in her only start of the year against Sacred Heart on Sept. 21 … Posted 10 digs the day before against Penn on Sept. 20 … Added nine digs and three service aces at William & Mary on Sept. 17 … Averaged 2.39 digs per set over a five-match span from Sept. 14-21 … Had four assists twice, in the 3-1 season-opening victory against Sam Houston State on Aug. 30 and in a 3-2 win over UMES on Oct. 18.
High School: Competed at Olympia High School her senior year after moving from Puerto Rico … Played her first three years of high school volleyball at Saint John’s School in San Juan, Puerto Rico … Led Olympia to a 21-6 overall record and a second-place finish in the 8A District 3 standings (10-3) her senior year … Was the team MVP her freshman and sophomore years at Saint John’s … Earned the Most Improved Award her junior year when Saint John’s finished second in its league with just one loss.
Club: Competed for the Orlando Volleyball Academy her senior year.
Personal: Full name is Alexandra Irizarry … Goes by “Alex” … Last name is pronounced Ear-uh-ZAR-ree … Born on Oct. 16, 1995 … Daughter of Eileen Pares and Eli Irizarry … Has one older brother, Eli Xavier, and two younger brothers, Eli Emmanuelle and Eli Gabriel … Both of her younger brothers are standout volleyball players … Originally hails from Puerto Rico but moved to Florida before her senior year of high school … Majoring in health service management … Wants to eventually go to med school and become an anesthesiologist or manage a hospital … Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society … Enjoys shopping, going to the beach and playing volleyball, and annoying her brothers.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
1 (3x), last: at Radford (8-27-16) |
| Total Attacks |
2 (8x), last: at Hampton (10-14-16) |
| Hitting Percentage |
1.000 (1-0-1), at Radford (8-27-16) |
| Assists |
20, Coppin State (10-26-14) |
| Service Aces |
6, at Delaware State (11-10-13) |
| Digs |
20, vs. La Salle (8-28-15) |
| Block Assists |
1, vs. Sam Houston State (8-30-13) |
| Total Blocks |
1, vs. Sam Houston State (8-30-13) |
| Points |
6.0, at Delaware State (11-10-13) |
