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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

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17 Caylen Alexander

17 Caylen Alexander

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Alpharetta, Ga.
  • Highschool:
    Centennial HS

Summary

Biography

2024 (Junior):
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
AVCA All-Region (Pacific)
Big West Player of the Year
All-Big West First Team
Big West Player of the Week (Sept. 16, Sept. 23, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 11)
Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic Most Outstanding Player
Outrigger Invitational Most Outstanding Player
  • Played in 30 matches, including 29 starts, and 120 sets.
  • Led NCAA Division I with 611 total kills and ranked fifth in the nation with 5.09 kills per set.
  • Ranked second nationally with 676.5 total points and ranked seventh with 5.64 points per set.
  • Ranked 17th nationally with 11.89 attacks per set.
  • Posted at least 20 kills in 15 matches, the most for a UH player since Jamie Houston had 15 in 2007.
  • Posted 15 double-doubles (kills-digs).
  • Set a UH and conference record with seven Big West Offensive Player of the Week awards.
  • Recorded UH’s highest kills total since the current 25-point scoring system was adopted by the NCAA in 2008, surpassing Emily Hartong’s previous high of 527 in 2012.
  • Became the first UH player to exceed 600 kills in a season since Jamie Houston had 623 in 2007 under the 30-point scoring system.
  • Recorded a career-high 38 kills in a five-set win over Texas State on Sept. 14, the most for a UH player since Kim Willoughby put away 38 against Washington on Sept. 7, 2002.
  • Posted 36 kills at UC Riverside on Nov. 7, to become the first player with two 30-plus kill performances since Hartong had two in 2012.
  • Passed 1,000 kills for her career with a 28-kill performance at CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 22.
  • Finished the season at No. 16 in program history with 1,225 career kills.
  • Received the team's Best Attacker and Most Valuable Player awards.

2023 (Sophomore)
All-Big West Honorable Mention
Academic All-Big West
  • Appeared in 31 matches with 26 starts and played in 103 sets.
  • Ranked second on the team and eighth in the Big West with 319 total kills.
  • Ranked second on the team and sixth in the Big West with 3.10 kills per set.
  • Finished second on the team with 25 service aces.
  • Posted 226 total digs, good for fourth on the team, and averaged 2.19 per set.
  • Posted 50 blocks, including 10 solo, and averaged 0.49 blocks per set.
  • Recorded double-digit kills in 16 matches and eight double-doubles (kills-digs).
  • Set a career high with 21 kills against TCU (Sept. 14).
  • Posted a career-best 16 digs against against Western Carolina (Sept. 15).
  • Tied her career high with five aces against Southern California (Aug. 31).
  • Selected to the USA Volleyball Women's National Team Open Program. 

2022 (Freshman)
Big West Freshman of the Year
All-Big West Second Team
Big West All-Freshman Team
Big West Freshman of the Week – Sept. 5, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 10, Oct. 31, Nov. 28
  • Became the fifth Rainbow Wahine and the second in last three seasons to earn Big West Freshman of the Year honors 
  • Set a new UH record and Big West season-high six Freshman of the Week awards (Sept. 5, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 10, Oct. 31, Nov. 28)
  • Appeared in all 29 matches with eight starts at outside hitter
  • Led the team with 33 service aces and finished her rookie season 
  • Finished ranked third on the team with 295 kills while tallying 125 digs and 26 blocks
  • Recorded three double-doubles with 18K/11D vs. UCLA (9/4); 13K/10D vs. USC (9/9); and 16K/14D vs. UC San Diego (10/8)
  • Tallied 16 double-digit kill matches and three double-digit dig matches
  • Pounded a career high 18 kills twice against UCLA (9/4) and at UC Davis (10/29)
  • Dealt out a team best five service aces vs. USC (9/9)
Prep:
  • A 2022 graduate of Centennial High School (Roswell, Ga.)
  • Earned four varsity letters in volleyball
  • For her career, recorded 1,086 kills, 1,067 digs and 161 service aces as a Knight
  • Earning multiple athletic awards — including All-State honors (2020, '22), All-Region honors (2018, '19, '20, '21), AVCA Phenom Player Watchlist (2020), Centennial HS MVP (2020, '21) and she earned All-American third team honors
  • In the classroom, earned Scholar-Athlete honors from 2018-21
 
Personal:
  • Has two older siblings
  • Parents are Ada Franklin of Alpharetta, Ga. and Christopher Alexander of Galveston, Texas
  • Mother Ada Franklin played volleyball collegiately at Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, Texas) and at Howard University (Washington D.C.) ... she was also Alexander's head coach for the Centennial HS girls volleyball team.
  • Played six years with the A5 Volleyball Club
CAREER HIGHS
  • Kills – 38, Texas State (9/14/24)
  • Attacks – 85, UC Riverside (11/7/24)
  • Assists - 4, Texas State (9/10/24), UC Riverside (11/7/24)
  • Service Aces – 5 (2x), USC (9/9/22), USC (8/31/23)
  • Digs – 17, UC Davis (11/29/24)
  • Solo Blocks – 3, Long Beach State (11/25/23)
  • Block Assists - 4, Five times, last vs. Cal Poly (11/30/24)
  • Total Blocks - 6.0, at CSUN (11/28/22)
  • Points – 40.5, Texas State (9/14/24)
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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2023Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2024Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17