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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

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33 Alexia Byrnes

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Saint Francis
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.

Biography

Career:  Ranks fifth in assists (1,993) and fourth in assists average (8.20).

2022 (Redshirt Senior):  Named the Pacific West Conference Player and Setter of the Year and PacWest First Team ... West Region First Team and All-American honorable mention honors by the AVCA ... D2CCA All-West Region second team ... Academic All-PacWest ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award honoree ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ...named to the NCAA West Region All-Tournament Team ... helped Silverswords win their second straight Pacific West Conference title, an NCAA West Regional finals appearance and an AVCA national ranking in the final poll ... played all 119 sets (34 matches) ... totaled 844 assists, 285 digs, 101 kills, 49 aces and 30 blocks ... finished fourth in the PacWest in assists per set (7.09) and fifth in aces per set (0.41) ... recorded 13 double-doubles ... season-high 48 assists vs. San Francisco State (Aug. 27) ... season-best 20 digs against Central Washington while dishing out 30 assists (Sept. 2) ... career-high five aces in home finale vs. Hawai'i Pacific (Nov. 2) ... put down a season-high eight kills in season opener vs. Alaska (Aug. 19) ... tallied three total blocks four times.

Fall 2021 (Redshirt Junior):  PacWest Setter of the Year and Newcomer of the Year … AVCA and D2CCA All-West Region First Team setter … AVCA Honorable Mention All-American …  Academic All-PacWest ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award honoree ... one of three Silverswords to play all 124 sets … named the university's Female Athlete of the Year ... started all 33 matches … helped Silverswords win first Pacific West Conference title since 1996 with a program-record 27 wins and a berth in the NCAA West Regional … also helped them achieve first AVCA national ranking since 2005 … named the Hawai‘i Challenge All-Tournament setter … set school record with 1,149 assists which led the conference and ranked 27th nationally … fourth in the PacWest with 9.27 assists per set (78th nationally) … second on the team in total digs (352) and third in digs per set (2.84) … finished third on the team in service aces (25) … put down 146 kills (1.18 per set), the most by a CUH setter in over three decades … had 36 total blocks (three solo) for a 0.29 average … totaled 190.5 points … had 21 double-doubles, the most by a ’Sword since single-match records started being kept in 2005 … against Point Loma (Oct. 28), recorded program’s first triple-double (13 kills, 32 assists, 15 digs) since September 1996, with her 13 kills being a career high … had 11 matches with 40 or more assists, two with 50 or more … posted career-high 54 assists against Alaska (Aug. 29) … season-best 22 digs against Hawai‘i Hilo (Sept. 18) … had season-high three aces twice … had 11 multi-block matches with season high of four at Hawai‘i Pacific (Sept. 17).

Previous Schools:  Attended Division I Youngstown State in Youngstown, Ohio; and Division I Louisville in Louisville, Ky.
Spring 2021 (Redshirt Junior, Youngstown State):  Finished YSU career 10th in career assists (1,258) and eighth in assists per set (6.39) … played 14 matches with 46 sets … totaled 142 assists, 109 digs, 74 kills, nine service aces and nine blocks … averages of 3.09 assists, 2.37 digs and 1.63 kills (career-best) … career-high 13 kills vs. Robert Morris (March 8) … other season-highs were 29 assists vs. IUPUI (Jan. 25) and 16 digs vs. Oakland (March 22) … posted four assist-dig double-doubles.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore, Youngstown State):  Started 22 of 23 matches with 78 sets before missing final six matches due to injury … totaled 632 assists, 101 kills, 221 digs, 101 kills, 12 aces and 31 blocks … averages were 8.10 assists, 1.28 kills, 2.83 digs and 0.40 blocks … ranked fourth in the Horizon League in assists … became just the 12th player in YSU history to reach 1,000 career assists … tallied nine double-doubles … set career high with 45 assists vs. Bucknell (Aug. 30) … was one dig shy of a triple-double with season-high 12 kills and 36 assists vs. Coastal Carolina (Sept. 14) … posted career-high four blocks vs. Kent State (Sept. 10) … named to the all-tournament teams at the Penguin Classic, Cornell Invitational and YSU Red & White Invitational.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman, Youngstown State):  Transferred to Youngstown State … started 13 of 21 matches, playing 73 total sets … led Penguins with 484 assists and averaged 6.63 assists per set which ranked sixth in the Horizon League … totaled 42 kills (0.58 kps), 192 digs (2.63 dps) and 14 aces … named to the all-tournament teams at the Bucknell and Duquesne Invitationals … posted nine double-doubles … had a season-high 42 assists against Milwaukee (Oct. 27) … was one kill shy of triple-double (nine kills, 37 assists, 23 digs) against New Jersey Institute of Technology (Aug. 25) with kills and digs being season highs.
2017 (Louisville):  Redshirted for the Cardinals.
 
Prep:  A 2017 graduate of Saint Francis High School in Chicago, Ill. … helped Saint Francis win three state championships … hold school records for aces and blocks per set … was ranked one of the top 20 setters in the country by Prep Volleyball in 2016 … a two-time All-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference selection (2016, ’17) … earned all-tournament honors at the 2015 USA Girls Youth Continental Team program … was a setter in the 2016 Chicago All-Star match … played club volleyball for Club Fusion Batavia … was a 2014 Gym Rat by putting in 500 extra hours … won the 2015 C-Fed Award, an in-house award, for the most hardworking and having the best attitude in practice every day.
 
Personal:  Parents are Timothy and Jennifer Byrnes … has a sister, Laura, and two brothers, Peter and Austin … majoring in Martial and Family Counseling … after graduation, would like to play professionally overseas, open a counseling business which welcomes everyone, travel to different places and invest in real estate for vacation rentals or having multiple homes for traveling and investment purposes … was teammates with Brooklen and Kaybrie Pe‘a at Youngstown State … used to play soccer, did gymnastics, cheer and competitive dance … enjoys beach volleyball, surfing, hiking, spending time with family and friends, skiing, water and snow, tubing, boasting, learning new skills, helping others and lifting weights … enjoys good competition regardless of sport … big fan of trying new foods.

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Setter
    5'11"
    33
  • 33

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Setter
    5'11"
    33

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