University of South Alabama Athletics

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
SOPHOMORE (2025)
- Started all 29 matches and competed in all 110 sets
- Recorded 157 kills (1.43 kps) and 244.5 points (2.22 pps)
- Posted a .228 hitting percentage and ranked third on the club with 25 service aces (0.21 aps)
- Was outstanding defensively at the net as her 106 total blocks were second on the club
- Had a team-high 23 solo blocks to go along with 83 block assists for a 0.96 blocks per set average
- Her 23 solo blocks were tied for fifth-most in the Sun Belt Conference
- Had 19 matches with three or more blocks, including 10 with five or more
- Recorded 18 matches with five or more kills, and posted 12 matches with a .300-plus hitting percentage
- Had six kills and seven block assists in collegiate debut versus Baylor (8/29)
- Finished with five kills and a season-high 11 total blocks - five solo and six block assists - at Milwaukee (9/7) for 15.0 points in the match
- Registered first double-digit kill match at Samford (9/18) where she finished with 11 kills and a .563 hitting percentage 
- Was also a threat from behind the service line where she recorded multiple aces in five matches and had at leas one ace in 15 matches
- Dropped in a season-best four aces in the series finale with James Madison (10/31) where she also contributed five kills and nine blocks (2 solo and 7 assists) for 14.5 points
- Was outstanding in South’s opening round win at the Sun Belt Conference Championship where she had 10 kills, two aces and three total blocks

FRESHMAN (2024)
- Sat out the season as a medical redshirt after suffering an injury in preseason camp

HIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB
- Lettered three years in volleyball at Copley High School in Copley, Ohio
- Was a first-team all-district and all-conference selection
- Led Copley to an Elite Eight appearance as a senior
- Was team captain as a senior where she helped CHS record a regional runner-up finish
- Recorded 291 kills and had a .337 hitting percentage to go along with 58 aces, 50 total blocks and 203 digs
- Had 200 kills, 39 blocks, 80 digs as a junior
- Also lettered in basketball and softball for the Indians
- Played two years of club ball for Academy Volleyball Club
- Helped her U15 and U17 club teams qualify for the USAV nationals where they finished 23rd in the Open Division in 2023
- Was named to the JVA Watch List

PERSONAL
- Full name is Alexa Elizabeth Strandberg
- Born in Akron, Ohio
- Daughter of Brent and Susan Strandberg
- Has two older brothers, Benjamin and Jacob
- Brother, Jacob, competed in equestrian for two years at Tiffin University, cousin Preston Thiele played four seasons of football at North Dakota State 
- Majoring in exercise science