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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Edward Jacobs Jr
Darral Freund
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Darral Freund
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr

8 Alyssa Kelling

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Arrowhead
  • Hometown Merton, Wis.

Biography

  • 2019-20 MSU Denver women's athlete of the year
  • 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • 2019 All-RMAC first team
  • 2019 Academic RMAC Co-Player of the Year
  • 2019 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21)
  • 2019 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30)
  • 2019 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 23)
  • 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2018 All-RMAC second team
  • 2018 Academic All-RMAC
  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2017 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
  • 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2016 All-RMAC honorable mention
  • 2016 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
  • 2016 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3)
  • 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester

Career: Moved into fourth place in program history with 332 career block assists, ranks eighth in total blocks (371) and ranks ninth in blocks per set (0.99). ... Her 108 block assists in 2019 was the 12th-highest single-season total in program history.

2019: All-RMAC first team selection and Academic RMAC Co-Player of the Year (shared with teammate Jessa Megenhardt). ... Ranked sixth in the RMAC and 58th in the nation in blocks per set (1.10). ... Also ranked seventh in the RMAC and 85th in the nation in hitting percentage (.320). ... In RMAC-only play, ranked fifth with 1.23 blocks per set and sixth with a .353 hitting percentage. ... Led the team with 122 blocks and 1.10 blocks per set, and was second with a .320 hitting percentage. ... Fifth on the team with 1.76 kills per set and 195 kills. ... Hit a season-best .588 (10 kills, no errors, 17 attacks) against Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament championship on Nov. 23, the third time in four matches she hit better than .500 and the sixth time she has topped .500 this season. ... Hit .522 with 12 kills and no errors in 23 attacks in two matches Nov. 15 and Nov. 19. ... Earned RMAC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in 2019 after recording nine blocks (1.29 per set) in wins over Dixie State and Westminster, while hitting .455 and averaging 2.4 kills per set. ... Hit .308 or better in 12 straight matches from Sept. 14 through Oct. 19. ... Amassed a total of 15 blocks (2.14 blocks per set) in road wins at No. 12 Regis and Colorado Christian on Sept. 27-28, earning RMAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. ... Named the MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week on Sept. 23 after huge weekend against Adams State and Fort Lewis on Sept. 20-21. ... Dominant with career-best 13 kills and matched career high with 10 blocks in three-set win against Fort Lewis on Sept. 20. ... Followed up big night vs. Fort Lewis with 12 kills and four blocks against Adams State. For the weekend, she hit .479 with 25 kills and only two errors in 48 attacks. ... Posted a season-best 10 kills while hitting a season-high .467 in a defeat of No. 1 Tampa at the Colorado Premier Challenge. ... Totaled 17 blocks during the Colorado Premier Challenge, posting five each against No. 9 Tarleton State and No. 15 Southwest Minnesota State.

2018: Named All-RMAC second team as well as earning RMAC All-Academic Team recognition...Ranked fourth in the RMAC with an average of 1.04 blocks per set...For her career, has 397 kills, 224 block assists and 249 total blocks...On MSU Denver career list, ranks 11th in blocks per set (0.94), 13th in block assists (224) and 16th in total blocks (249)...Led the team in blocks per set, blocks (114) and block assists (101) and shared the team lead in solo blocks (13). Her block assist total is tied for the 20th-best single-season total in school history..Second on the team (minimum 30 attacks) with .281 hitting percentage...Fourth on the team in kills (189) and fifth with 1.72 kills per set...Had 13 total blocks (2.2 per set) in back-to-back sweeps of Chadron State on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2...Had at least seven blocks in four matches, including an RMAC Tournament semifinal win at Colorado School of Mines (Nov. 9), a match in which she also hit .538 with eight kills...Hit .400 or better with six or more kills in eight matches...Posted a season-high nine block assists in a Sept. 9 win against Colorado Christian

2017: Played in 26 matches and started 10...Averaged 0.9 kills and 0.35 blocks per set while compiling hitting percentage of .159...Had a season high in kills with 11 against Cal Poly Pomona on Sept. 1, hitting .321 while adding four blocks...Had a season-high five block assists Oct. 20 at Colorado Christian, then recorded six kills Oct. 27 at South Dakota Mines. 

2016: Averaged 1.7 kills and 1.29 blocks per set while compiling a .288 hitting percentage...Ranked second in the RMAC in blocks. Second in blocks in RMAC-only matches as well, with 1.5 per set...Led the team in blocks per set, blocks (111), block assists (100) and tied for second in solo blocks (11)...Blocks per set average is 12th-best single-season figure in program history and the program's best ever by a freshman...Fifth on the team in kills (148) and sixth in kills per set...Had impressive double-double of 10 kills and 10 blocks in NCAA Tournament loss to Colorado Mesa on Dec. 1...Had 10 kills on .350 hitting in a five-set match with Regis on Nov. 18...Had 10 kills on .615 hitting while adding three blocks on Oct. 28 against South Dakota Mines...Followed up with eight kills and eight blocks the following night against Black Hills State...Starred with nine kills and nine blocks (three solo) on Sept. 30 against CSU-Pueblo, then had four kills and six blocks the following night against New Mexico Highlands, leaading to an RMAC Defensive Player of the Week award...Recorded hitting percentages of .400 or better in three straight matches Sept. 23 through Sept. 30, hitting a combined .429 (21 kills, 6 errors, 35 attacks).

2015: Redshirted.

High School: Arrowhead High School Class of 2015...Four-year letterwinner...Coached by Sherry Mosler...Two-time all-state honorable mention...Two-time all-conference first team...Two-year team captain...Led her team with 446 kills, a .325 hitting percentage, 59 blocks and 57 service aces as a senior while playing outside hitter...Lettered in soccer as a sophomore...Honor roll student with 4.0 GPA.

Club Team: Played for Milwaukee Sting.

Personal: Born Alyssa Nicole Kelling... Birthday is Oct. 18...Daughter of Lynn McCann, Craig Kelling (father) and Larry McCann (stepfather)...Has a sister (Kirsten) and a stepsister (Laura McCann)...Majoring in human performance and sport.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2015Freshman

    Middle Blocker/Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    8
  • 8

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Middle Blocker/Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    8
  • 8

    2017Sophomore

    MB/OH
    6'0"
    8
  • 8

    2018Junior

    MB
    6'0"
    8
  • 8

    2019Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    8