Alana Walker

2021

• Named recipient of the first-ever VaSID Defensive-Player-of-the-Year award
• VaSID First Team All-State selection
• Started in all 28 matches and was the only player on the team to play in all possible 100 sets
• Concluded her career with 134 matches played, 478 sets played, 923 kills, and 484 total blocks, including 84 block solos
• Led the team in hitting percentage (.241) and was fourth on the team in kills (182) and kills per set (1.82)
• Finished the regular season second in the nation and led the ACC in blocks per set (1.51)
• Her 1.51 blocks-per-set season average was good for second all-time in program history
• Finished the regular season fourth in the nation and led the ACC in total blocks (151)
• Her 151 totals blocks tied for seventh all-time in program history in a single season
• Posted 127 block assists, which tied for sixth all-time in program history in a single season
• Collected her 900th career kill at Wake Forest (Nov. 12)
• Tied her career high of 11 blocks against Clemson (Oct. 10) and in UVA’s four-set win at North Carolina (Sept. 26)
• Both of her 11-block performances tied for ninth all-time in program history
• Only player in the ACC to register five double-digit block performances on the season
• Recorded two double-doubles on the season
• Tallied her 400th career block at NC State (Sept. 24)
• All-tournament selection in UVA’s first home tournament (Sept. 3-4)
• The first signee under head coach Shannon Wells

At Northwestern

2020 (Note: The Big Ten played entirety of its 2020 season in spring of 2021)

• Started in all 10 matches of the season appeared in 39 out of 40 possible sets
• Led the team in total blocks (36.0) and blocks per set (0.92)
• Finished third on the team in points (84.0) and points per set (2.15)
• Recorded a .529 hitting percentage, 11 kills on 17 attempts and six blocks against Rutgers (Jan. 22)
• Notched a season-best seven blocks at Maryland (April 3, 2021) and against Iowa (Feb. 26, 2021)

2019

• Started in all 32 matches and appeared in all 118 possible sets
• Led the team in blocks (101) and was third in kills (237)
• Posted 13 kills and season-high eight blocks in win over Miami (OH) (Aug. 31)
• Totaled 29 kills and 13 blocks in three matches of the Chicago Cup, earning All-Tournament Team honors (Sept. 20-21)
• Recorded double-digit kills in back-to-back matches against Minnesota (Oct. 18) and Wisconsin (Oct. 19)
• Posted double-digit kills for the third match in a row with 14 in five-set game against Maryland (Oct. 23) and continued her streak with 14 against Rutgers (Oct. 27)
• Notched a career-high 17 kills in win over Maryland (Nov. 24)

2018

• Appeared in all 32 matches, playing in 113 total sets
• Led the team with 125 blocks and finished ninth in the Big Ten in blocks per set (1.11)
• Finished third on the team in kills with 229
• Panther Invitational (Aug. 24-25) All-Tournament selection
• Chicago Cup Tournament MVP
• Hit a season-high .900 (9-0-10) against Colgate (Aug. 31)
• Tallied a season-high 15 kills, while contributing three blocks, in a win against Iowa (Oct. 24)
• Earned career-high 11 blocks against Indiana (Nov. 23)

2017

• Appeared in all 32 matches, playing in 108 total sets
• Finished the season with the highest hitting percentage by a first-year player in program history
• Her .297 hitting percentage was seventh among Big Ten first-years
• Her 0.58 blocks per set were the 11^th-most among conference fist-years
• Played in every set during the Wildcats’ weekend tournament at Duke, where she posted a season-high 11 kills and a .588 hitting percentage in the Wildcats’ sweep over UNCW (Sept. 2)
• Named to the All-Tournament Team for the DePaul Invitational after leading the Wildcats to 3-0 tournament record
• Set a season-high six blocks in NU’s five-set win over Michigan (Nov. 10) and tallied 10 kills

High School

• PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace
• JVA Watch List
• 2016 Illinois All-Star Team Captain
• Beverly Review MVP
• Named captain of Illinois High School All-Star Team
• Played for 1^st Alliance Club team for three years

Personal

• Born Alana M. Walker
• Daughter of Donna Grant and former NBA All-Star and Chicago native Antoine Walker
• Father won a NCAA Championship at Kentucky and an NBA Championship with the Miami Heat
• Graduated from Northwestern in 2021