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Senior
Hometown
Calgary,
Canada
Last School
Centennial High School
Roster Years
2012-2015
At BYU
- Only three-time All-American (excluding honorable mentions) in program history - AVCA Third Team in 2013, Second Team in 2014 and First Team in 2015
- All-Region First Team (2013-15) and honorable mention (2012)
- Two-time WCC Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
- WCC Freshman of the Year (2012)
- Four-time All-West Coast Conference (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Four-time All-NCAA Tournament (2013 Regional, 2014 Regional and Championships, 2015 Regional)
- Three-time National Player of the Week
- Eight-time WCC Player of the Week (most conference weekly honors in BYU history)
- In the BYU all-time record books, finished career ranked second in kills and attempts and sixth in points and sets played
- In the BYU rally scoring era record books, finished career ranked first in kills, points and attempts, second in sets played, fifth in solo blocks
- In the BYU all-time season record books, placed first in attempts per set (12.9, 2015), second in kills per set (5.24, 2015) and attempts (1,435, 2015), sixth in kills (582, 2015) and 10th in points (646, 2015)
After BYU
- Played professionally in South Korea and Italy
- Member of the Canada National Team, 2017-present
Before BYU
High School
- Started playing volleyball in grade 6
- Also played rugby and basketball
- Helped team to first place in Varsity Girls Provincial Volleyball Championships as a junior
Club
- Helped city team to first place in Varsity Girls City Volleyball Championships
- Played with Calgary Dinos Women’s Volleyball Club since 2008
- Helped Calgary Dinos to U15 and U17 provincial champ titles and U16 and U17 national champ titles
- Named MVP for U15 and U16 championships and to the All-Star team for U17 championships
- Member of U16 Girls Team Canada that competed in Norceca tournament in Guatemala in 2010, going up against such teams as USA and Dominican Republic
- Awarded Best Attack / Best Spiker in the Norceca tournament
Stats
Year | Sets | K | E | A | Pct. | SA | BS | BA | TB | Dig | Ast. | Pts. |
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2012 | 112 | 365 | 95 | 877 | .308 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 9 | 400.5 |
2013 | 120 | 477 | 131 | 1136 | .305 | 5 | 9 | 74 | 83 | 86 | 6 | 528 |
2014 | 116 | 424 | 126 | 1025 | .291 | 3 | 9 | 83 | 92 | 47 | 9 | 477.5 |
2015 | 111 | 582 | 155 | 1435 | .298 | 23 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 271 | 42 | 646 |
Totals | 459 | 1848 | 507 | 4473 | .300 | 31 | 35 | 276 | 311 | 475 | 66 | 2052 |
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2012
- Earned All-America Honorable Mention
- Named WCC Freshman of the Year
- Named to the All-WCC First Team and WCC All-Freshman Team
- Earned All-Pacific Region Honorable Mention
- Finished the season with 365 kills (second most on the team), averaging 3.26 kills per set on .308 hitting
- Named George Washington Invitational MVP
- Named to the Rice Invitational All-Tournament team
- Named to the BYU Nike Invitational All-Tournament team
- Had a career-high 20 kills vs. Wichita State, five blocks and four digs
- Had 12 kills and five blocks vs. No. 14 Tennessee
- Recorded 13 kills and three blocks vs. Utah
- Had 14 kills vs. Princeton
- Had 12 kills and five blocks vs. George Washington
- Recorded 13 kills vs. No. 14 Pepperdine
- Recorded 12 kills on .714 hitting vs. Gonzaga
- Recorded a team-high 19 kills on .417 hitting and four digs vs. San Francisco
- Had 12 kills, three digs and three blocks vs. Saint Mary’s
- Had 13 kills and a career-high 12 digs, her first double-double, and a career-high seven blocks vs. LMU
- Recorded 10 kills, three digs and two blocks vs. Portland
- Tallied 12 kills on .303 hitting with two blocks vs. San Francisco
- Had 11 kills on .500 hitting vs. Saint Mary’s
- Had a career-high 23 kills on .488 hitting and six blocks vs. Santa Clara
- Had 16 kills and four digs vs. LMU (11/3)
- Had 13 kills on .440 hitting vs. SCU (11/10)
- Had 10 kills vs. Pepperdine (11/15)
- Had 12 kills and three digs vs. UVU (11/20)
- Had eight kills, three digs and two blocks vs. Oklahoma (12/1)
- Recorded eight kills and three blocks vs. Oregon in the Omaha Region Semifinal match (12/7)
Sophmore Year
2013
- Named AVCA Third-Team All-American
- Added to the AVCA All-Pacific South First Team
- Named First-Team All-WCC
- Was the WCC Player of the Week during a week in September
- Added to the NCAA Los Angeles Region All-Tournament team
- Added to the Hampton Inn Invitational All-Tournament team
- Finished the season ranked No. 45 nationally in kills per set and No. 50 nationally in points per set
- Led the team averaging 3.97 kills per set
- Had a career high 47 attempts vs. Bowling Green State (8/31)
- Recorded her first career ace vs. Creighton (8/30)
- Had a .444 hitting percentage vs. UVU (9/3)
- Recorded 22 kills vs. Oklahoma (9/7)
- Recorded five total blocks to go with 21 kills vs. Saint Mary's (9/26)
- Had 22 kills vs. Loyola Marymount (10/31)
- Set a new career high in kills and attempts with 27 and 72, respectively, vs. Arizona State (12/6)
- Recorded a season high seven blocks vs. Hawai'i (12/7)
Junior Year
2014
- Named AVCA Second-Team All-American
- Named the WCC Player of the Year
- Added to the All-WCC First Team
- Added to the All-Pacific South Region team
- Added to the NCAA Seattle Region All-Tournament Team
- Added to the NCAA Oklahoma City All-Tournament Team
- Helped BYU advance to its first-ever NCAA championship match and second Final Four
- Entered the 1,000 kills club after her 426 season total pushed her to 1,266 - good for No. 11 all-time at BYU
- Had a career-high two service aces vs. UMBC (9/6)
- Collected 10 kills and four blocks vs. WVU (8/29)
- Had 10 kills vs. UTEP (9/12)
- Added seven kills and three block assists vs. NMSU (9/13)
- Had 17 kills and a .500 hitting percentage vs. Utah (9/19)
- Had a team-high 11 kills and a season-high four blocks vs. Gonzaga (9/25)
- Added 12 kills and two blocks vs. Portland (9/27)
- Collected 14 kills, 42 attempts and five digs vs. Pep (9/30)
- Had 16 kills and a season-high five blocks vs. USF (10/2)
- Contributed a team-high 11 kills vs. SCU (10/4)
- Season-high 20 kills vs. Pacific (10/9)
- Tied a season-high 20 kills vs. SMC (10/11)
- WCC Player of the Week (10/13) & (11/10)
- Tied a season-high 20 kills vs. USD (10/17)
- Had 19 kills and a season-high six blocks vs. USD (11/14)
- Collected 19 kills, two blocks and two digs vs. Texas (12/18)
Senior Year
2015
- Named an AVCA First-Team All-American
- Named the WCC Player of the Year
- Added to the All-Pacific South Region First Team
- Added to the All-WCC First Team
- Named the WCC Player of the week for a record-tying five times (including four in a row)
- Named an AVCA National Player of the Week
- Named an ESPNW National Player of the Week
- Named 2015-16 Female Athlete of the Year at annual Y Awards
- Added 22 kills, two aces, seven digs and four blocks vs. UNC (8.29)
- Contributed 12 kills, three digs and three blocks vs. USC (8/29)
- Had 14 kills, a .333 clip and seven digs vs. PU (9/5)
- Collected 13 kills, an assist and four digs vs. SLU (9/4)
- Added a career-high 13 digs and 26 kills vs. OSU (9/12)
- Had 19 kills, five digs and four blocks vs. ISU (9/9)
- Contributed 15 kills on a season-high .519 clip vs. UVU (9/19)
- Collected 18 kills and nine digs vs. SCU (9/26)
- Added a double-double of 12 kills and 13 digs vs. LMU (9/29)
- Had a double-double of 14 kills and 12 digs vs. UOP (10/8)
- Contributed her second-consecutive double-double of 19 kills and 15 digs vs. SMC (10/10)
- Notched 21 kills on a .545 clip vs. GON (10/15)
- Added 21 kills on a .500 clip vs. UP (10/17)
- Collected a double-double of 15 kills and 12 digs vs. PEP (10/22)
- Contributed a career-high tying 27 kills and career-high four blocks vs. LMU (10/24)
- Had 20 kills,12 digs and five blocks vs. PAC (11/7)
- Added a career-high 30 kills and 32 digs vs. UP (11/12)
- Contributed a double-double of 29 kills and 13 digs vs. GON (11/14)
- Collected a career-high 31 kills and nine digs vs. SCU (11/19)
- Notched 29 kills and 12 digs vs. PEP (11/24)
- Added 22 kills on a .541 clip vs. WKU (12/5)
- Finished as the No. 2 kills per set leader in the nation, averaging 5.24 per set
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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Alexa Gray: Killing the competition
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 12
Gray helps No. 9 BYU past Oregon State in four
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 11
No. 9 BYU sweeps Oregon State behind Willardson's double-double
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 09
Gray leads No. 9 Cougars past Idaho State in five-set thriller
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 07
Gray takes WCC Player of the Week honors
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 07
Gray takes WCC Player of the Week honors
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 05
Balanced attack helps No. 12 BYU cruise past Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 05
No. 12 BYU sweeps No. 24 Purdue behind Gray's 14 kills
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ImageW Volleyball | Sep, 04
Gray and No. 12 Cougars cruise past Saint Louis
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 29
No. 11 Cougars fall at No. 22 USC to conclude invitational
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 29
Gray helps No. 11 Cougars upend No. 7 North Carolina
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 28
Burnett leads No. 11 BYU over Chicago State in season opener
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 22
Blue downs white 3-1 in annual scrimmage
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 20
Cougars picked first in WCC preseason poll
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 20
Women's volleyball ready for challenging 2015 season
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 10
Cougars begin preparations for the 2015 season with annual Blue/White match
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ImageW Volleyball | May, 14
Gray to participate in Canada National Team open selections
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ImageW Volleyball | May, 14
Gray to participate in Canada National Team open selections
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ImageW Volleyball | Apr, 02
Cougars nominated for State of Sport Awards
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ImageW Volleyball | Apr, 02
Women's volleyball collects 2015 Y Awards
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ImageAthletics | Mar, 20
BYU collects six nominations for Utah's State of Sport Awards
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ImageW Volleyball | Jan, 20
Cougars recognized at annual awards banquet
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ImageW Volleyball | Jan, 05
2014 women’s volleyball season review
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 20
Postmatch notes & quotes vs. Penn State
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 20
Cougars fall to Penn State in NCAA national finals
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 19
Prematch press conference vs. Penn State
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 18
National semifinals postmatch notes and quotes
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 18
Hamson, Gray lead Cougars over Longhorns to advance to NCAA finals
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 18
Olmstead named AVCA Coach of the Year
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 17
Women's volleyball fields Final Four media questions
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 17
Three Cougars receive All-America accolades
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 13
BYU advances to Final Four with upset of Huskers
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 12
Hamson and BYU rally past Florida State for Elite 8 berth
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 09
Cougars receive all-region honors
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 05
Hamson helps Cougars past Arizona for third-straight Sweet 16
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 04
Hamson leads No. 12 BYU past Seton Hall in first round of NCAA tournament
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ImageW Volleyball | Dec, 02
Women spikers rake in WCC postseason awards
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 22
Gray and No. 12 Cougars beat Gonzaga in come-from-behind thriller
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 20
Gray and No. 12 BYU clinch outright WCC title in sweep of Portland
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 14
Boswell's record-setting night helps No. 13 BYU claim WCC title
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 10
Gray named WCC Player of the Week
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 10
Gray named WCC Player of the Week
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 08
Gray and No. 14 Cougars sweep Tigers in nail-biting match
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 06
Gray leads No. 14 BYU in sweep of Saint Mary's
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ImageW Volleyball | Nov, 01
No. 11 Cougars bounce back in sweep of USF
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ImageW Volleyball | Oct, 30
No. 11 BYU stunned by Santa Clara on the road
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ImageW Volleyball | Oct, 25
No. 12 BYU holds off Pepperdine in win at home
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ImageW Volleyball | Oct, 23
Cougars sweep Lions, Parker first in BYU's rally-scoring era digs
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ImageW Volleyball | Oct, 17
No. 9 BYU falls short in five-set thriller at San Diego
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ImageW Volleyball | Oct, 13
Gray collects WCC Player of the Week honors