Alaina Bergsma
American volleyball player
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| Full name | Alaina Lynn Bergsma | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-03-30) March 30, 1990 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite Spiker | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Daejeon KGC | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Alaina Bergsma (born March 30, 1990) is an American volleyball player. She is 6 feet 3 inches (1.90 m) tall and plays the position of hitter. She was on the United States women's national volleyball team.
College
During her college career at the University 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 the AVCA 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 the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2013.[3][4]
Club volleyball
Bergsma won the 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix Finals Most Valuable Player award[5] and the Superliga crown.[6]
She joined the Korean V-League club Daejeon 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]
Personal
Bergsma studied sports business in college.[12] In 2012, she won the Miss Oregon USA pageant and represented Oregon in Miss USA 2012, where she did not place but was awarded "Miss Photogenic".[13]
Clubs
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–present)
Awards
College
- 2009 All-West Coast Conference Team
- 2009 WCC Freshman of the Year
- 2010 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
- 2011 AVCA Third-Team All-American
- 2012 AVCA National Player of the Year
- 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year
- 2012 AVCA First-Team All-American
- 2012 Capital One Third-Team Academic All-American
- 2013 Honda Sports Award for volleyball[14]
Individuals
- 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix "Finals Most Valuable Player"
- 2016/17 Korean V-League "Best Opposite"
- 2016/17 Korean V-League "All-Star Game Most Valuable Player"
Clubs
- 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix –
Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers - 2016 Korean Cup –
Runner-Up, with Daejeon KGC - 2016/17 Korean V-League –
Bronze medal, with Daejeon KGC
References
- ^ a b c d "Alaina Bergsma". University of Oregon. 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ "Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Alaina Bergsma, Oregon". CWSA. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ ralphamsden (July 21, 2013). "Alaina Bergsma Recognized at 2013 Honda Cup Awards". C-Town Rivals. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ "Sacrifices worth it for MVP Bergsma". ABS CBN. December 2, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ Navarro, June (December 2, 2014). "Bergsma, Petron nail S. Liga crowns". Inquirer. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (November 17, 2017). "Corea F: Sconfitta a sorpresa per le Hyundai E&C" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (October 4, 2016). "Coppa Kovo F.: Terzo titolo per le IBK Altos" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (March 21, 2017). "Record: Bergsma da podio con 55 pt/gara. La classifica aggiornata" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (March 22, 2017). "Korea F.: La finale sarà tra Love e le IBK di Kingdon" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Tarse, Giacomo (May 12, 2017). "Korea F.: Definite le 6 straniere per la prossima stagione" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "Alaina Bergsma: Volleyball". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ "Oregon: Alaina Bergsma". Miss USA. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ "Volleyball". CWSA. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
External links
- Alaina Bergsma at Team USA (archived May 11, 2016)
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Philippine Super Liga Most Valuable Player Award
- 2013 IC: Bernal
- 2013 GP: Luangtonglang
- 2014 AF: Salak
- 2014 GP: Bergsma
- 2015 AF: Daquis
- 2015 GP: Stalzer
- 2016 IC: Gonzaga
- 2016 AF: Macandili
- 2016 GP: Santiago
- 2017 IC: Gonzaga
- 2017 AF: Pontillas
- 2017 GP: Pérez
- 2018 GP: Stalzer
- 2018 IC: Galang
- 2018 AF: Dimaculangan
- 2018 CG: Carlos
- 2019 GP: Niemer
- 2019 AF: Mau
- 2019 IC: Baron
legend: IC - invitational conference, GP - grand prix conference, AF - all filipino conference, CG - collegiate grand slam conference
