2019 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Alex Ratzlaff
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Hillsboro HS
- Hometown:
- Hillsboro, Kan.
Pronunciation
Finishes career ranked No. 4Â all-time for total digs (1283), No. 4 in service aces (118) and No. 6 in digs per set (3.30)
2020 (Senior): Honorable Mention All-Summit ... Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Average of 0.39 service aces per set led the team and ranked fourth in the Summit ... Average of 3.76 digs per set ranked second on team and eighth in the Summit ... Had 10-plus kills in 15-of-17 matches, including stretch of 14 straight ... Broke double-digit kills mark nine times ... Posted nine double-doubles on the year ... Season-high 15 kills came on Feb. 14 versus Western Illinois ... Posted career-highs in digs (27) and service aces (7) at Omaha on Feb. 8 ... Dug up 25 attacks in Summit Semifinals against South Dakota ... Posted multiple service aces in seven matches ... Went for 10 kills on .421 hitting at North Dakota on Feb. 28 ... Posted four blocks on Feb. 15 win over Western Illinois
2019 (Junior): Played in 104 sets, appearing in 27 matches with 24 starts... Battled a leg injury during a mid-season stretch... Ranked No. 4 in the conference in service aces per set (0.36), No. 7 in digs per set (3.67) and total digs (382); tied for No. 7 in total service aces (37)... Ranked in the top 150 in the NCAA in the following stat categories: services per set (No. 105) and total service aces (No. 129)... Ranked fourth on the team with 52 total set assists... Also tallied 26 kills... Posted 10-plus kills in 23 of her 27 matches... Finished with 11 digs and four kills in season-opener against Kansas (8/30)... Recorded a career-high 25 digs in WAC Tournament against Grand Canyon (11/22)... Ended the season on a year-long seven-match streak of double-digit digs... Had at least one service ace in 22 of her 27 matches played... Spiked a season-high five service aces in win against Utah Valley (10/10)... In early season stretch, claimed at least four kills in each of her first four matches... Season-best output of eight kills to compliment 12 digs in win against Louisiana Tech (9/6)... Academic All-WAC.
2018 (Sophomore):Â Appeared in all 32 matches for 2018 as a sophomore.... Recorded 767 attacks while contributing with 182 kills for the Roos... Scooped up 356 digs.... Produced 235.5 points throughout the 2019 campaign... Tacked on a season high 43 attacks against Utah Valley (11/8)..... Notched a season-high 23 digs in a match-up with California Baptist (9/29)... Academic All-WAC.
2017 (Freshman):Â Appeared and started in all 28 matches and all 97 sets in first season at KC ... Finished second on the team with 848 attacks and third with 195 kills and 2.01 kills per set ... Added 283 digs (second-most on team), 28 assists (third-most on team), a team-high 22 service aces and 23 blocks on the year ... Posted a season-high three service aces in the season opener against Middle Tennessee (8/25) ... Recorded 10+ kills in four matches and 10+ digs in 12 matches ... Tallied double-digit dig totals in four consecutive matches with 10 against Austin Peay (8/25), 13 against Marshall (8/26), 14 against Tulsa (9/1) and a season-high 21 digs along with a season-high 14 kills against Wright State (9/2) ... Matched season-high with 14 kills in a 3-1 win over Northern Iowa (9/9) and a 3-2 win over Grand Canyon (9/21) ... Recorded 20 digs in a road match at UT Rio Grande Valley (9/28) ... Tallied 13 kills in a 3-0 conference win over Seattle U (10/12) ... Matched a season-high with three service aces against CSU Bakersfield (10/19) ... Finished the season with 18 kills in the WAC Tournament against Utah Valley (11/16).
Background: A transfer from Nebraska, Ratzlaff is known for her stellar career at Hillsboro High School. The two-time high school state champion was selected to the USA Volleyball High Performance Indoor Women’s Junior A1 National Training Program. Ratzlaff was also named a MaxPreps Small Schools All-American.
Personal: Born January 20 in Hillsboro, Kansas … Daughter of Damian and Amy Ratzlaff … Father played football at Tabor College, while mother played volleyball at Bethel College … Mother is currently head volleyball coach and Director of Athletics at Tabor College … Has three siblings: Christian, Darian and Grayson.
