Alisha Glass

Alisha Glass
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1988-04-05) April 5, 1988
Leland, Michigan, U.S.
Hometown Leland, Michigan, U.S.
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Spike 305 cm (120 in)
Block 300 cm (120 in)
College(s) Penn State University
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Imoco Volley Conegliano
Career
YearsTeams
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016		Vôlei Futuro
Atom Trefl Sopot
LIU•JO Volley Modena
Fenerbahçe
Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
2009–United States
Honours
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2014 Italy
World Cup
2011 Japan
World Grand Prix
2010 Ningbo
2011 Macau
2012 Ningbo
2016 Bangkok

Alisha Glass (born April 5, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano, a participant of the 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, 2015 World Cup, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship. Glass played setter for Penn State, where she led Penn State to three NCAA consecutive championships.

Career

High school

Glass played high school volleyball for Leland High School in Michigan, where mother is Laurie Glass was also her coach and grandfather Larry Glass was her high school basketball coach. She was a four-time first team all-state, all-region dream team and all-conference, is the National and State High School record holder in season aces (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584) and during scholastic career attacked at a .440 clip while also contributing 1,816 digs and 680 blocks. She was named Michigan Gatorade High School Player of the Year and Miss Volleyball for the state of Michigan.

College

She played college women's volleyball at Penn State University. During her four years at Penn State, the Nittany Lions posted a stunning 142-5 record (.966), including a perfect 102-0 streak that spanned three seasons, captured the 2007, 2008 and 2009 NCAA titles, advanced to the 2006 Elite Eight and won four Big Ten Conference titles. She was the three-time All-American, first team All-Big Ten, and three-time First Team AVCA All-Mideast Region. Under her guidance, Glass directed the Penn State offense to a record setting and nation-leading .390 hitting percentage and the Nittany Lions bested their own record of .350 set in 2007. She finished her career in 13th place in hitting percentage with .336 and blocks with 448, fourth in assists with 5,800, and fifteen with 465 sets played. [1]

Internationl

Glass won the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when her national team defeated 3–1 to China.[2] She was also selected tournament's Best Setter.[3] Glass has played for the United States women's national volleyball team in Rio that won a bronze medal and was named Best Setter.

Clubs

Awards

Individual

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/glass_alisha00.html
  2. ↑ Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  3. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: CEV. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

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Awards
Preceded by
Japan Yoshie Takeshita
Thailand Nootsara Tomkom		 Best Setter of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2010
2013 		Succeeded by
Brazil Dani Lins
Brazil Dani Lins
Preceded by
Russia Yevgeniya Startseva		 Best Setter of
Olympic Games
2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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