Elon University Athletics

Personal: Full name is Alexandra Elizabeth VanWestrienen...Born on August 28, 2000...Daughter of Tom and Kris VanWestrienen...Has an older sister, Abby.

Career Highs (through Nov. 17, 2022)
Kills: 1, 5x - last at Hampton | Oct. 30, 2022
Assists: 3 vs. Florida A&M | Sept. 9, 2022
Digs: 18 at VCU | Aug. 27, 2022
Blocks: --
Aces: 4, 2x - last vs. James Madison | March 24, 2021

2022: Started 14 matches in 26 appearances, playing in 102 sets. Finished her senior season with 207 digs (2.03/set), 31 aces and 18 assists...Tallied double-digit digs in eight contests, including a stretch of four in a row...Racked up a career-high 18 assists in Elon's first victory of the season against VCU at the VCU Invitational...Posted 10 digs to go along with three assists against Florida A&M and 11 digs against UNCG at the Volley for Unity Tournament...Recorded 13 digs and hits two aces against William & Mary on Sept. 25...Delivered 11 digs at North Carolina Central...Had 12 digs in Elon's victory against previously undefeated Towson on Oct. 15...Racked up 10 digs in a loss to College of Charleston...Posted seven digs and three aces in a four-set road victory against Hampton...Delivered nine digs and hit three aces on Senior Day against Stony Brook...Registered four digs in Elon's CAA Tournament quarterfinal against Northeastern.

2021: Made 22 starts in 28 matches and 100 sets played. She tallied 16 assists, 36 service aces (0.36/set) and 185 digs (1.85/set) for the season...Ranked seventh in the CAA in both total service aces and aces per set...Served three aces in a 3-1 win over Lehigh on Aug. 27. She added one assist and four digs...Ended up with 10 digs, one assist and one ace at Virginia Tech on Aug. 28...Gathered eight digs with one ace at Duke on Aug. 31...Reached double-digit digs in both matches at CofC on Sept. 17-18. She ended up with 10 in the first contest against the Cougars and bettered that effort with a season-high 14 in the second match...Totaled nine digs with two assists and one ace vs. Delaware on Sept. 25...Against JMU on Oct. 9, she turned in nine digs with one ace...Tallied 11 digs with three aces and one assist at Northeastern on Oct. 23...Served three aces to go along with one assist and five digs at William & Mary on Oct. 31...Turned in a nine-dig, one-ace performance against Hofstra on Nov. 5...Served two aces with seven digs in the CAA Championship Semifinal win over Hofstra on Nov. 19...Recorded eight digs with one assist and one ace in the CAA Championship Final at Towson on Nov. 20.

2020-21: Played in all 10 matches and appeared in 39 sets for the Phoenix. Her season totals included 17.0 points (0.43/set), 10 assists (0.25/set), 17 service aces (0.43/set) and 96 digs (2.40/set)...Reached double-digit digs six times and finished third on the team...Set a new career high with four service aces in the win at UNCG on March 18...Recorded a career-best 15 digs in Elon's win over Davidson on March 20...Served four aces with 14 digs on March 24 against JMU.

2019: Started four of the 29 matches she appeared in and played 89 total sets. Her season totals included 9.0 points, one kill, 54 assists, 12 service aces, and 113 digs...Made her collegiate debut against McNeese State...Played in all five sets and recorded 10 digs with a pair of service aces in a 3-2 win over Manhattan...Reached 10 digs against Wake Forest and UNCG...Set a season high of 11 digs in a 3-2 win at Charleston...Served two aces in a sweep at William & Mary...Scored a kill in the CAA Championship Semifinal vs. Towson.

High School: A three-year varsity letterwinner at Naperville Central High, VanWestrienen earned Second Team All-State and Defensive Dandies Honorable Mention honors as a senior...Was a two-time First Team All-DuPage Valley Conference selection, All-Area Honorable Mention, and was named to multiple All-Tournament teams...Achieved Academic All-DVC honors three consecutive years as well as High Honor Roll and Distinguished Honor Roll...Played at the club level for Sports Performance - 18 Kahl for Coaches Eric Norse and Jose Lopez. The team won the 2017 Sports Performance Pre Nationals Tournament, took second at the 2017 AAU National Tournament, and placed fifth at the 2018 AAU National Tournament.

Quoting Coach Tendler: "Alex is a very athletic back row player with the ability to cover a lot of space defensively. She has good control over her serve which allows her to score points easily. The more we watch Alex, the more we like her. Coming from one of the top ball-control clubs in the nation, Alex will add huge depth to our defensive position."