2009 Women's Volleyball

4 Alexis Crusey

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Francis Parker
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.

Biography

Career: First Yale player, and just the fifthplayer ever, to earn four First Team All-Ivy honors…Ranksthird all-time at Yale with 1,286 career kills…Ranks seventhwith 1,219 career digs.

2009: First Team All-Ivy…Appeared in 79sets…Had 253 kills (3.20 per set) and 282 digs (3.57 perset)…Ranked eighth in the Ivy League in kills per set,eighth in service aces (0.25 per set) and ninth in digs perset…Ranked second on the team with 46 total blocks,including a team-high 12 solo blocks…Yale InvitationalAll-Tournament Team…American Volleyball ClassicAll-Tournament Team…Yale Classic Most ValuablePlayer…Ivy League Player of the Week (9/29)…Four-timeIvy League Weekly Honor Roll selection…Recipient of theCoaches’ Award…Had sevendouble-doubles…Recorded 10 or more kills in 13 matches and10 or more digs in 15 matches…Posted 13 kills and 20 digs onOct. 17 at Columbia…Had 21 kills in four sets on Oct. 30 atPenn…Notched 22 kills and 26 digs in a Nov. 6, five-set winat Harvard.

2008: Unanimous first team All-Ivyselection...Played in 92 sets over 27 matches this season...Wassecond on the team and fourth in the Ivy League with 3.59 kills perset...Ranked second on the team and 10th in the Ivy League with3.46 digs per set...Was the only player in the league to place inthe top ten in both kills and digs...Hit .246 on the season...Oneof just two players in the top ten in both kills and hittingpercentage...Posted double-figure kills on 19 occasions anddouble-figure digs in 18 matches...Recorded a team-best 15double-doubles, including seven straight from Sept. 27 to Oct.18...Amassed 38 assists, 21 service aces and 44 blocks, including ateam-best 20 solo blocks...Selected as Most Valuable Player of theYale Invitational from Sept. 12-13...Recorded a team-high 14 killson 37 errorless swings in the season-opening Sept. 12 win overBoston College...Led the Bulldogs with 11 digs on Sept. 13 againstHofstra...Notched a match-high12 kills and 10 digs in the Sept. 20sweep of New Hampshire, starting a streak of 10 matches withdouble-digit kills...Recorded 4.45 kills and 3.64 digs per set in11 frames of work on Sept. 26-27 en route to earning a slot on theUAlbany Classic All-Tournament team...Led all players with 18 killson Sept. 26 at Albany, and repeated the feat in the Sept. 27 sweepof Dayton...Recorded team highs with 13 kills and 17 digs on Sept.27 against Long Island...Named Ivy League Player of the Week forthe week ending Oct. 4...Had a season- and match-high 23 kills anda match-best 18 digs on Oct. 3 at Brown...Recorded a match-high 17kills and 13 digs on Oct. 4 against Brown...Led the Bulldogs with11 kills in the Oct. 17 sweep of Princeton...Picked up 21 kills and18 digs on Oct. 18 against Penn...Shared the match high of 11 killson Oct. 25 at Columbia...Tallied a match-high 19 digs on Nov. 1 atDartmouth...Led all players with 10 digs in the Nov. 7 sweep ofColumbia...Crushed 16 kills with 20 digs on Nov. 14 atPenn...Posted 15 kills and 20 digs in the Ivy LeagueChampionship-clinching sweep on Nov. 15 at Princeton...With 17kills and a season-high 21 digs on Nov. 29 at Loyola Marymount,became the eighth Bulldog with 1,000 career kills and also eclipsed900 career digs...Recorded 14 kills and 16 digs in the NCAAChampionship First Round win over Ohio.

2007: First team All-Ivy...Played in 84 games,starting 24 matches...One of two players in the Ivy League withover 300 kills and 300 digs...Only Ivy Leaguer ranked in the top 10in both kills and digs...Led the team and finished fourth in theIvy League with 4.05 kills per game...Ranked ninth in the IvyLeague with 3.93 digs per game...Led the Bulldogs with 19 soloblocks...Recorded 10 or more kills 19 times and double-digit digson 16 occasions...Had five 20-kill performances and four 20-digefforts...Tallied 14 double-doubles, including three 20-20showings...Named MVP of the season-opening Yale Invitational afterrecording 30 kills and 32 digs in three matches...Also earnedall-tournament honors at the Yale Volleyball Classic and LIUVolleyball Classic...Had 23 kills and 25 digs at Princeton on Oct.12...Tallied 25 kills and a career-high 27 digs in Yale''s five-gamewin over Dartmouth (Oct. 27)...Also had a career-high five assistsin that match.

2006: Unanimous selection as Ivy League Rookieof the Year, as well as first team All-Ivy...Four-time Ivy LeagueRookie of the Week...Appeared in all 79 games...Led the Ivy Leaguewith 4.59 kills per game...Slammed a team-leading 363 kills...Fifthin the conference with a .293 hitting percentage...Finished secondon the squad with 289 digs and 3.66 digs per game...Registered 16solo blocks and 51 total blocks...Named to Asics Invitationalall-tournament team after a 23-kill, 13-dig effort atPacific...Posted a career-high 26 kills in a five-game loss toAlbany on Sept. 23...Went over the 20-kill mark eight times andposted 16 double-doubles.

Before Yale: Led Francis Parker to the CIFDivision IV state championship and was named a PrepVolleyball.comSenior Ace...Earned San Diego All-Academic honors threetimes...Named to the Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team afterleading the Coast VBC''s 18-1s to second place in the NationalDivision in 2005.

Getting to Know Lexi

Favorite Quote: The Serenity Prayer “Godgrant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courageto change the things I can, and the wisdom to know thedifference.”
Your Theme Song: "Life is a Highway"
Biggest Inspiration: My mom
Favorite Reality TV Show: The BiggestLoser
Greatest Fear: Being alone
Pre-Match Superstition: I try to always chew afresh piece of gum when I play.
Signature Dance Move: The Worm?
Why did you choose Yale?: It was just the rightfit. I knew I wanted to go to Yale right when I stepped on campus.It has an amazing feel.

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Historical Player Information

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