Alaina Bergsma

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.

Alaina Bergsma
Personal information
Full name	Alaina Lynn Bergsma
Nationality	American
Born	(1990-03-30) March 30, 1990 (age 33)
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)
College / University	University of Oregon
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite Spiker
Current club	Daejeon KGC
Number	2
Career
Years Teams 2013 Mets de Guaynabo 2013–2014 Minas Tênis Clube 2014–2015 Petron Blaze Spikers 2015 Gigantes de Carolina 2015 Supreme Chonburi 2016–present Daejeon KGC
National team
2013–2014  United States

College

During her college career at the University of Oregon, Bergsma won the 2009 All-West Coast Conference Team and was Freshman of the Year.^[1] In 2010, she was an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention.^[1] In 2011, she was selected as an AVCA Third-Team All-American and to the All-Pac-12/Region First Team.^[1]

During the 2012 season, she was 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][2]

Bergsma won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2013.^[3][4]

Club volleyball

Bergsma won the 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix Finals Most Valuable Player award^[5] and the Superliga crown.^[6]

She joined the Korean V-League club Daejeon KGC for the 2016/17 season.^[7] and helped Daejeon to the silver medal in the Korean Cup.^[8] She scored 55 points in the Korean League second semifinal match against IBK Altos, scoring 50 points in attack and five blocks, tying as the third major total points ever recorded.^[9] Her team lost the semifinal 2-3 to IBK and settled with the bronze medal.^[10] In May 2017 she renewed her contract with Daejeon.^[11]

Personal

Bergsma studied sports business in college.^[12] In 2012, she won the Miss Oregon USA pageant and represented Oregon in Miss USA 2012, where she did not place but was awarded "Miss Photogenic".^[13]

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
• 2013 Honda Sports Award for volleyball^[14]

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

1. "Alaina Bergsma". University of Oregon. 2012. from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
2. "WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-AMERICA TEAMS AND AWARD WINNERS" (PDF). NCAA. (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
3. "Alaina Bergsma, Oregon". CWSA. from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
4. ralphamsden (July 21, 2013). "Alaina Bergsma Recognized at 2013 Honda Cup Awards". C-Town Rivals. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
5. "Sacrifices worth it for MVP Bergsma". ABS CBN. December 2, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
6. Navarro, June (December 2, 2014). "Bergsma, Petron nail S. Liga crowns". Inquirer. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
7. Berlanda, Marco (November 17, 2017). "Corea F: Sconfitta a sorpresa per le Hyundai E&C" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
8. Berlanda, Marco (October 4, 2016). "Coppa Kovo F.: Terzo titolo per le IBK Altos" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
9. Berlanda, Marco (March 21, 2017). "Record: Bergsma da podio con 55 pt/gara. La classifica aggiornata" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
10. Berlanda, Marco (March 22, 2017). "Korea F.: La finale sarà tra Love e le IBK di Kingdon" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
11. Tarse, Giacomo (May 12, 2017). "Korea F.: Definite le 6 straniere per la prossima stagione" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
12. . United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
13. . Miss USA. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
14. "Volleyball". CWSA. from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2020.

External links

• at TeamUSA.org (archived May 11, 2016)