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Jersey Number 22
Alexa Markley
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Peachtree City, Ga.
- High School:
- McIntosh
- Previous College:
- Penn State
Bio
2024 NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner
2022 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Transfer from Penn State joining the Huskies for her final season in 2025 โฆ a National Champion at Penn State where she totaled 306 kills in 166 sets over three seasons and earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2022 โฆ pursuing postbaccalaureate studies at Washington after completing her B.S. in Marketing at Penn State in May of 2025, graduating in three years โฆ also had a minor at PSU in International Business & Digital Media Trends and Analytics.
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Last Week: Had the first two double-doubles of her career in her first two matches as a Husky, and also had more aces in one weekend than in the past three years combined ... in her first match posted a career-high-tying 17 kills on a .378 Att% with 3 aces and 10 digs in 2-3 loss at Northern Colorado ... career-high 15 digs plus 11 kills in 3-2 win at Colorado State.
2025 | Senior
- Tied carer-high with 17 kills in her first match as a Dawg at Northern Colorado (8/29), and had first double-double of her career with 10 digs
- Career-high 15 digs in second match of the season, a five set win at Colorado State (8/30) with 11 killls.
- Double digit kills in every match so far this season
2024 | Junior At Penn State
Captured the NCAA Championship in her final season as a Nittany Lion, appearing in 11 matches and 21 sets as Penn State went 35-2 and defeated Louisville for the title โฆ was the NCAA Elite 90 Award winner for volleyball, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the sportโs final site โฆ had 23 kills on the season and hit .246, with 10 total blocks โฆ had 2 kills on 2 swings in the NCAA opening round win over Delaware State (12/6) โฆ in sweep of Minnesota (10/20) had 5 kills on 13 swings to hit .308 plus 3 blocks โฆ 2 kills on 7 swings and 2 blocks in win at Ohio State (10/18) โฆ notched 6 kills on 7 swings to hit .857 in sweep of Princeton on 9/14 โฆ first appearance was in sweep of Temple on 9/1 with 4 kills on 10 swings โฆ named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team and also named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
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2023 | Sophomore At Penn State
Played in 58 sets over 23 matches as Penn State advanced to the Sweet 16 ... finished with 118 kills (2.03/set), 23 blocks, 13 digs and two aces and hit .182 ... totaled double-digit kills six times, including a season-high 17 while hitting .469 in a sweep at Iowa (10/13) โฆ had 7 kills on 23 swings and 2 blocks in loss to Purdue (10/22) โฆ helped lead 3-2 win over Ohio State (10/7) with 15 kills on 43 swings plus 4 blocks โฆ 10 kills in the 3-1 win at Minnesota (9/30) โฆ hit .375 with 11 kills on 24 swings in 3-0 win at Illinois (9/29) โฆ also had consecutive 10 kill matches in wins over Seton Hall (9/16) and UMBC (9/15) โฆ in season-opener against Florida, had 3 kills on 9 swings without an error โฆ earned the B1G Distinguished Scholar award and a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
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2022 | Freshman At Penn State
Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team after helping Penn State advance to the Sweet 16 โฆ appeared in 26 of 34 matches and in 87 sets, averaging 1.90 kills per set (165 total) to rank fifth on the team, and adding 36 blocks โฆ started nine matches โฆ earned two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards in back-to-back weeks on 11/14 and 11/21 โฆ reached double-digit kills six times โฆ did not become a regular in the rotation until October and conference play, appearing in just 7 sets in nonconference โฆ in five-set Sweet 16 loss to Wisconsin, had 6 kills and 2 solo blocks โฆ in regular season finale, had 11 kills on 42 swings in the 3-2 win over Purdue (11/25) โฆ earned second-straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week after posting 11 kills in a 2-3 loss to Wisconsin (11/19) and 11 kills on a .321 attack percentage in a 3-1 win over Minnesota (11/18) โฆ the previous week, won Freshman of the Week for the first time, coming off a 13 kills on 41 swings effort in a win at Purdue (11/12) plus 8 kills in a sweep at Indiana (11/11) โฆ had a season-high 14 kills, hitting .333, in a 1-3 loss at Illinois (10/26) โฆ first double-figure kill total was 10 kills on 20 swings (.350 Att%) in 3-0 home sweep of Illinois (10/9) โฆ made collegiate debut on 8/27 in second match of the season, getting 2 kills vs. Loyola Maryland.
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High School and Personal
Parents are Ryan and Sandra Markley โฆ has one younger brother, John ... was the No. 32 ranked 2022 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace ... ranked as the No. 23 recruit in the class of 2022 by Prep Dig โฆ totaled 1,261 kills during her high school career while leading McIntosh High School to three state titles ... was a two-time AVCA All-American, earning first-team recognition in 2021 and second-team status in 2020 ... also earned All-America honors during her career from PrepVolleyball ... named the Best Player in Georgia by Max Preps in 2021 ... named first-team all-state in Georgia twice ... played club volleyball with A5 Mizuno Volleyball Club for six years ... No. 1 ranked 18s team in Open Division for much of 2021-22 season โฆ earned a spot on the JVA All-National Team.
Academic Honors
2024 NCAA Elite 90 Award
2024 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2024 Academic All-Big Ten Team
2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2023 Academic All-Big Ten Team
2022 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Transfer from Penn State joining the Huskies for her final season in 2025 โฆ a National Champion at Penn State where she totaled 306 kills in 166 sets over three seasons and earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2022 โฆ pursuing postbaccalaureate studies at Washington after completing her B.S. in Marketing at Penn State in May of 2025, graduating in three years โฆ also had a minor at PSU in International Business & Digital Media Trends and Analytics.
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Last Week: Had the first two double-doubles of her career in her first two matches as a Husky, and also had more aces in one weekend than in the past three years combined ... in her first match posted a career-high-tying 17 kills on a .378 Att% with 3 aces and 10 digs in 2-3 loss at Northern Colorado ... career-high 15 digs plus 11 kills in 3-2 win at Colorado State.
2025 | Senior
- Tied carer-high with 17 kills in her first match as a Dawg at Northern Colorado (8/29), and had first double-double of her career with 10 digs
- Career-high 15 digs in second match of the season, a five set win at Colorado State (8/30) with 11 killls.
- Double digit kills in every match so far this season
2024 | Junior At Penn State
Captured the NCAA Championship in her final season as a Nittany Lion, appearing in 11 matches and 21 sets as Penn State went 35-2 and defeated Louisville for the title โฆ was the NCAA Elite 90 Award winner for volleyball, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the sportโs final site โฆ had 23 kills on the season and hit .246, with 10 total blocks โฆ had 2 kills on 2 swings in the NCAA opening round win over Delaware State (12/6) โฆ in sweep of Minnesota (10/20) had 5 kills on 13 swings to hit .308 plus 3 blocks โฆ 2 kills on 7 swings and 2 blocks in win at Ohio State (10/18) โฆ notched 6 kills on 7 swings to hit .857 in sweep of Princeton on 9/14 โฆ first appearance was in sweep of Temple on 9/1 with 4 kills on 10 swings โฆ named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team and also named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
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2023 | Sophomore At Penn State
Played in 58 sets over 23 matches as Penn State advanced to the Sweet 16 ... finished with 118 kills (2.03/set), 23 blocks, 13 digs and two aces and hit .182 ... totaled double-digit kills six times, including a season-high 17 while hitting .469 in a sweep at Iowa (10/13) โฆ had 7 kills on 23 swings and 2 blocks in loss to Purdue (10/22) โฆ helped lead 3-2 win over Ohio State (10/7) with 15 kills on 43 swings plus 4 blocks โฆ 10 kills in the 3-1 win at Minnesota (9/30) โฆ hit .375 with 11 kills on 24 swings in 3-0 win at Illinois (9/29) โฆ also had consecutive 10 kill matches in wins over Seton Hall (9/16) and UMBC (9/15) โฆ in season-opener against Florida, had 3 kills on 9 swings without an error โฆ earned the B1G Distinguished Scholar award and a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
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2022 | Freshman At Penn State
Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team after helping Penn State advance to the Sweet 16 โฆ appeared in 26 of 34 matches and in 87 sets, averaging 1.90 kills per set (165 total) to rank fifth on the team, and adding 36 blocks โฆ started nine matches โฆ earned two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards in back-to-back weeks on 11/14 and 11/21 โฆ reached double-digit kills six times โฆ did not become a regular in the rotation until October and conference play, appearing in just 7 sets in nonconference โฆ in five-set Sweet 16 loss to Wisconsin, had 6 kills and 2 solo blocks โฆ in regular season finale, had 11 kills on 42 swings in the 3-2 win over Purdue (11/25) โฆ earned second-straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week after posting 11 kills in a 2-3 loss to Wisconsin (11/19) and 11 kills on a .321 attack percentage in a 3-1 win over Minnesota (11/18) โฆ the previous week, won Freshman of the Week for the first time, coming off a 13 kills on 41 swings effort in a win at Purdue (11/12) plus 8 kills in a sweep at Indiana (11/11) โฆ had a season-high 14 kills, hitting .333, in a 1-3 loss at Illinois (10/26) โฆ first double-figure kill total was 10 kills on 20 swings (.350 Att%) in 3-0 home sweep of Illinois (10/9) โฆ made collegiate debut on 8/27 in second match of the season, getting 2 kills vs. Loyola Maryland.
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High School and Personal
Parents are Ryan and Sandra Markley โฆ has one younger brother, John ... was the No. 32 ranked 2022 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace ... ranked as the No. 23 recruit in the class of 2022 by Prep Dig โฆ totaled 1,261 kills during her high school career while leading McIntosh High School to three state titles ... was a two-time AVCA All-American, earning first-team recognition in 2021 and second-team status in 2020 ... also earned All-America honors during her career from PrepVolleyball ... named the Best Player in Georgia by Max Preps in 2021 ... named first-team all-state in Georgia twice ... played club volleyball with A5 Mizuno Volleyball Club for six years ... No. 1 ranked 18s team in Open Division for much of 2021-22 season โฆ earned a spot on the JVA All-National Team.
Academic Honors
2024 NCAA Elite 90 Award
2024 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2024 Academic All-Big Ten Team
2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2023 Academic All-Big Ten Team
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