| Alaina Bergsma | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alaina Lynn Bergsma | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-03-30)March 30, 1990 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Chandler, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 119 in (301 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 110 in (290 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | University of Oregon | ||||||||||||||
| Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||
| Position | Opposite Spiker | ||||||||||||||
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Alaina Bergsma (born March 30, 1990) is an American formervolleyball player. She is 6 feet 3 inches (1.90 m) tall and played the position ofhitter. She was on theUnited States women's national volleyball team.
During her college career at theUniversity of Oregon, Bergsma won the 2009 All-West Coast Conference Team and was Freshman of the Year.[1] In 2010, she was an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention.[1] In 2011, she was selected as an AVCA Third-Team All-American and to the All-Pac-12/Region First Team.[1]
During the 2012 season, she was theAVCA National Player of the Year, Pac-12 Player of the Year, AVCA First-Team All-American, All-Pac-12/Region First Team and the Capital One Third-Team Academic All-American.[1][2]
Bergsma won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2013.[3][4]
Bergsma won the2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix Finals Most Valuable Player award[5] and the Superliga crown.[6]
She joined the Korean V-League clubDaejeon KGC for the 2016/17 season.[7] and helped Daejeon to the silver medal in the Korean Cup.[8] She scored 55 points in the Korean League second semifinal match against IBK Altos, scoring 50 points in attack and five blocks, tying as the third major total points ever recorded.[9] Her team lost the semifinal 2-3 to IBK and settled with the bronze medal.[10] In May 2017 she renewed her contract with Daejeon.[11]
Bergsma studied sports business in college.[12] In 2012, she won theMiss Oregon USA pageant and represented Oregon inMiss USA 2012, where she did not place but was awarded "Miss Photogenic".[13]
Mets de Guaynabo (2013)
Minas Tênis Clube (2013–2014)
Petron Blaze Spikers (2014–2015)Gigantes de Carolina (2015)
Supreme Chonburi (2015)
Yunnan Volleyball (2015-2016)
Gresik Petrokimia (2016)
Daejeon KGC (2016–2019)
Champion, withPetron Blaze Spikers
Runner-Up, withDaejeon KGC
Bronze medal, with Daejeon KGC