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2015 Women's Volleyball

24 Alex Caldwell

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Archbishop Mitty
  • Hometown San Jose, Calif.

Biography

2015: Appeared in 25-of-26 matches, making 19 starts … Finished second on the team in both total kills (195) and kills per set (2.22) … Ranked third on the squad with a .222 hitting percentage … Tallied 61 digs and 44 blocks … Registered a career-high and team season-high 19 kills in a 3-1 win over Delaware on Sept. 15 … Opened season with 11 kills and 11 digs against Maryland … Hit a season-high .529 with 10 kills against Harvard on Oct. 30 … Reached double figures in kills in eight matches … Wrapped up career with 98 matches played, 734 kills, 1,409 assists, and 703 digs.

2014: Second-team All-Ivy for second straight year … Played in all but one set (89), starting all 25 matches … Recorded five triple-doubles and 12 double-doubles … Averaged 2.65 points/set … Led team with 17 service aces … Second on team in kills (195), assists (423), and assists/set (4.75) … Had third-best hitting percentage (.233), third-most digs (227), and third-most blocks (47) … Fourth in blocks/set (0.51) … Matched single-match high with 15 kills at Brown (11/14) … Matched single-match high with 20 digs against Brown (10/11) … Matched single-match high with five blocks against Brown (10/11) … Set single-match high with five block assists against Brown (10/11) … Recorded at least 15 assists in 16 matches … Had two service aces in five matches … Had 15 kills, 26 assists, and 10 digs at Brown (11/14) … Named to Crowne Plaza All-Tournament Team.

2013: Second-team All-Ivy … One of two players to play in all 105 sets … Finished the season with triple digits in kills (185), assists (643) and digs (203) … Recorded three triple-doubles and 9 double-doubles ... triple-doubles against against Delaware (9/10), Temple (9/15) and Cornell (10/5) … Led team in assists … Seventh in the Ivy League (6.12 a/s) … Second on the team with 20 service aces … Produced career-high five service aces against Cornell (11/1) … Also eclipsed two other single-match highs: 39 assists against Dartmouth (10/19) and 20 digs against Cornell (11/1) … Matched career high with four block assists against Dartmouth (11/8), Delaware (9/10) and Harvard (11/9) … Ended the season with 54 blocks.

2012: Appeared in 81 sets, playing in a total of 23 matches ... Twice named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (9/25 and 10/2) ... Finished fifth on the team in kills (1.96), second in assists (3.90), and fifth in digs per set (2.88) ... Recorded seven triple-doubles and 13 double-doubles ... Registered her first triple-double against Radford (9/15) with 13 kills, 10 assists and 11 digs ... Tied for team-high honors while setting a career high with 15 kills, also notching 25 assists and 16 digs in Penn's come-from-behind win over Delaware (9/19) ... Had 10 kills, 16 assists and 12 digs in the Ivy League opener against Princeton (9/22) ... Fell two kills shy of a triple-double, but still had eight kills, 25 assists, and career highs with 18 digs and five blocks (one solo, four assists) at Harvard (9/29) ... Led both teams with 13 kills while also tallying 20 assists, 12 digs and four block assists at Brown (10/12) ... Recorded a team-high 13 kills along with 16 assists and 14 digs against Yale (11/2) ... Handed out a career-high 26 assists along with 11 kills and 15 digs at Columbia (11/9) ... Closed out the season with 10 kills, 19 assists and 11 digs at Cornell (11/10).

High School: Three-time letterwinner with the Archbishop Mitty volleyball team, including two years as captain ... Member of an undefeated state championship team in 2010 ... First-team All-WCAL and San Jose Mercury News in 2011 ... Played her club volleyball with Ronnie Bither ... Four-year honor roll member.


Personal: 
Daughter of Toni and Kim Caldwell ... Sister, Ashley, ran track & field and cross country at UCLA ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in communications and broadcast journalism.


Seasonsp-mpkk/setapctaa/ssasa/ssedigd/srebsbatbb/sbebheptspts/s
2012..81-231591.9675477.1763163.9020.0282122.621236380.47313181.02.23
2013..105-251851.7688534.1826436.12200.19182031.931549540.5169 234.52.23
2014..89-251952.1961574.2334234.75170.19142272.551243450.51511235.52.64
2015..88-251952.2280517.222270.3150.0613610.690044440.50642222.52
TOTAL.363-987342.023042102.20514093.88440.12537031.94391721810.502037873.02.40

SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Kills: 19, Delaware, Sept. 15, 2015;
Attacks: 41, vs. Maryland, Sept. 5, 2015
Attack pct: .571, vs. UMKC, Sept. 7, 2013 (14-2-21)

Assists: 39, Dartmouth, Oct. 19, 2013
Serve aces: 5 [t-5th], Cornell, Nov. 1, 2013
Digs: 20, Cornell, Nov. 1, 2013; Brown, Oct. 11, 2014
Blocks: 5, at Harvard, Sept. 29, 2012, at Harvard, Nov. 9, 2013; Brown, Oct. 11, 2014 
Block solos: 1, nine times
Block assists: 5, Brown, Oct. 11, 2014

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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