2020 Women's Volleyball Roster
Alex Washington
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Bishop Gorman
- Hometown:
- Henderson, Nev.
2020
Appeared in 20 matches, which included 12 starts … averaged 1.30 kills and 1.87 digs per set … tallied four 10-plus kill performances … dug out 10-plus balls in seven matches … recorded three kill-dig double-doubles, which included season-highs in both kills (15) and digs (15) in four sets at Evansville (3/14) … tallied back-to-back double-doubles as she finished with 11 kills and 13 digs in five sets vs. UNI (2/22) and followed with 13 kills and 12 digs at Bradley (2/28) … served at least one ace in nine matches, which included a streak of four-straight matches with at least one ace.
2019 (Redshirt freshman)
Played in nine matches before redshirting ... recorded four kill-dig double-doubles- which are tied for the sixth-most in a freshman campaign in Saluki history and are the most since 2003 … put down 10-plus kills in seven of the nine matches she played in, which is tied with Jene Pulliam for the 14th-most in a freshman season in program history … set career-bests in both kills (16) and digs (16) to record her third-straight kill-dig double-double in the win over Alabama A&M (9/6) … had 12 kills and a career-high 22 digs in SIU’s five-set win over SEMO (9/10) … first freshman in program history to record kill-dig double-doubles in two of their first three matches.
High School
Won two state championships while at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas, Nevada … hit at a .456 clip with 235 kills, 70 blocks and 137 digs as a senior to help the Gaels win their second state title in three seasons … was named to the All-Desert Region first team as well as the Nevada Preps All-State second team … as a junior, hit .304 with 97 kills and 53 total blocks to help Bishop Gorman go 30-11 and advance to the Class 4A state title game … as a sophomore, helped the Gaels capture their first-ever volleyball state title.
Personal
Daughter of Sherry and Paul Washington Sr…Father, Paul, and mother, Sherry, both played basketball at Middle Tennessee State … Has two older brothers … Oldest brother, P.J., was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 12th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft … Other brother, Spencer, played basketball for two seasons at Southwestern Illinois College.
