Alaina Bergsma
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Full name | Alaina Lynn Bergsma | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | March 30, 1990 | ||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Career
During her college career, Bergsma won the 2009 All-West Coast Conference Team and Freshman of the Year, 2010 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, 2011 AVCA Third-Team All-American, 2011 All-Pac-12/Region First Team and during the 2012 season, 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]
While at Oregon, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2013.
Bergsma won the 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix Finals Most Valuable Player award[2] and the Superliga crown.[3]
She joined the Korean V-League club Daejeon KGC for the 2016/17 season.[4] and helped Daejeon to the silver medal in the Korean Cup.[5] She scored 55 points in the Korean League second semifinal match against IBK Altos, scoring 50 points in attack and 5 blocks, tying as the third major total points ever recorded.[6] Her team lost the semifinal 2-3 to IBK and settled with the bronze medal.[7] In May 2017 she renewed her contract with Daejeon.[8]
Personal
Bergsma went to University of Oregon and studied Sports Business.[9] In 2012, she won the Miss Oregon USA pageant and represented Oregon in Miss USA 2012, she did not place and was awarded Miss Photogenic.[10]
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
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
- ^ "Alaina Bergsma". University of Oregon. 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Sacrifices worth it for MVP Bergsma". ABS CBN. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Navarro, June (2 December 2014). "Bergsma, Petron nail S. Liga crowns". Inquirer. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (17 November 2017). "Corea F: Sconfitta a sorpresa per le Hyundai E&C" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (4 October 2016). "Coppa Kovo F.: Terzo titolo per le IBK Altos" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (21 March 2017). "Record: Bergsma da podio con 55 pt/gara. La classifica aggiornata" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Berlanda, Marco (22 March 2017). "Korea F.: La finale sarà tra Love e le IBK di Kingdon" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Tarse, Giacomo (12 May 2017). "Korea F.: Definite le 6 straniere per la prossima stagione" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Alaina Bergsma: Volleyball". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Oregon: Alaina Bergsma". Miss USA. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- American beauty pageant winners
- American women's volleyball players
- Beauty pageant contestants from Oregon
- Miss USA 2012 delegates
- Oregon Ducks women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Chandler, Arizona
- Opposite hitters
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
- Expatriate volleyball players in the Philippines
- Expatriate volleyball players in Thailand
- Expatriate volleyball players in China
- Expatriate volleyball players in Indonesia
- Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea
- American expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- American expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- American expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- American expatriate sportspeople in China
- American expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- American expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines