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2025 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Shane Rodrigues

8 Alana Embry

8 Alana Embry

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Poway, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Grossmont College

Summary

Biography

2025 (Junior)

  • Earned all-Big West first team honors for the second straight year.
  • Played in all 35 matches, with all but six of those at the top two flights.
  • Competed at the top of the order in 20 matches.
  • Finished the season with an overall mark of 15-20.
  • Played with three different partners during the season. 
  • Found her most success with Julia Lawrenz as the pair went 13-7, highlighted by winning seven of nine matches at the No. 2 fight.
  • Defeated pairs from three ranked squads with Lawrenz.
  • Went 2-7 at the No. 1 flight with Amirah Ali. 
  • Boasted wins against two ranked opponents – No. 13 Grand Canyon and No. 16 North Florida – at the top of the order with Ali.
  • Captured the clinching point in UH’s win over No. 16 North Florida at the Best in the West Tournament.
  • Named academic all-Big West.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2024 (Sophomore) 

  • A second-team AVCA All-American.
  • Also named first team All-Big West with partner Jaime Santer.
  • Played in all 36 matches at the top of the order.
  • With Santer, was the only UH pair to appear in all 36 matches together.
  • Won a team-best 24 matches on the year (against 12 losses).
  • Boasted more than a half dozen wins over ranked squads.
  • Named Queen’s Cup Most Outstanding Pair with Santer after going a perfect 6-0 and helping the team to the tournament title.
  • Also awarded Big West Pair of the Week following the Queen’s Cup performance.
  • Finished 8-4 in three set matches, including wins over top-10 teams Stanford, LSU and Long Beach State.
  • Won seven of her final nine matches of the season, including three key wins in UH's Big West title run.
  • Named to the CSC At-Large Academic all-district team.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Prior to UH
  • Attended Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif., for one year.
  • Went 43-0 with former BeachBow Madi Bogle at Grossmont College and won the 2023 junior college state championship at both the pairs and team level.
  • Along with Bogle, named the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Outstanding Duo of the Year.
  • Prior to Grossmont, played one season for the indoor squad at New Mexico State.
  • Helped lead the Aggies to their third-straight WAC regular season championship, while  appearing in 26 matches at setter as a true freshman.
Prep
  • A 2021 graduate of Poway High School in California.
  • A three-year letterwinner in indoor volleyball.
  • Named the team’s MVP.
  • Named Most Outstanding Player in the Nike Tournament of Champions.
  • Named to the Girls Junior National Championships All-Tournament Team.
  • Played for Wave Volleyball and Epic Volleyball.
Personal
  • Born in Bakersfield, Calif.
  • Intends to major in psychology.
  • Has one younger sister.

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Historical Player Information

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    2024Sophomore

    5'9"
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    2025Junior

    5'9"
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