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Jersey Number 11
Alyssa Chronowski
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Munster
- Hometown:
- Munster, Indiana
Bio
CAREER CAPSULE: Three-time Academic All-Big Ten Selection ... Appeared in 78 career matches, averaging 2.5 kills per set and adding 0.70 digs and 0.60 blocks per frame ...
COLLEGIATE HONORS
Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021)
2018 MSU Playmaker Award
2017 MSU Most Improved Player Award
2018 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
2018 Carolina Classic All-Tournament Team
2018 Spartan Invitational All-Tournament Team
Career capsule: Earned her Physiology degree in May 2021 ... Over four seasons, appeared in 78 career matches (251 sets), and contributed 2.5 kills, 0.7 digs, 0.6 blocks per set, adding 27 service aces.
SENIOR (SPRING 2021): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Appeared in 12 of 15 matches in a Covid-shortened season... In 41 sets, averaged 1.93 kills, 0.59 digs, and 0.56 blocks per set, hitting .192 ... Posted three kills, a pair of digs, and a block in a five-setter vs. Ohio State (2/1) ... Started both matches at Maryland (2/12-13), averaging 1.86 kills and 0.71 blocks per set, including an 11-kill performance where she hit .375 in the first match ... Started the match vs. Michigan (2/17) and had three kills, three digs, and a pair of blocks ... In the second match with Wisconsin, had five kills (2/21) ... Shared the team lead of eight kills in the first match vs. Penn State (3/19) adding six digs ... Hit .385 and averaged 2.57 kills and 1.0 blocks per set in the Iowa series (3/26-27) ... In the final series vs. Rutgers (4/2-3), averaged 3.22 kills, 0.89 blocks, 0.44 digs, and hit .278; she had a season best in kills (18) in the first match and blocks (5) in the second.
JUNIOR (2019): Academic All-Big Ten ... Played 83 of 110 sets, averaging 2.22 kills, 0.55 blocks, and 0.45 digs per set, hitting .192 ... Third on the team with a 2.58 points per set average ... Averaged 2.29 kills and 1.14 blocks in two wins at the College of Charleston Classic (8/30-31) ... Averaged 2.36 kills and 0.64 blocks per set at the Spartan Invitational (9/6-7) ... Posted 10 kills, two digs, and an ace in a sweep of Oakland (9/12) ... Delivered 10 kills and three blocks in a home win over UNC (9/15) ... Posted 10 kills with three blocks (two solo) vs. Auburn (9/20) ... Posted 24 kills, a career-best .465 hitting percentage and three digs at Iowa in a five-set victory (10/13) ... Delivered seven kills and four blocks (one solo) in a sweep of Rutgers (10/18) ... Seven kills in a tough loss to Penn State (10/20) ... Posted a team-best 12 kills and added four blocks (two solo) with five digs against Minnesota (10/27) ... Posted eight kills, four blocks (three solo) and three digs at Michigan (11/6) ... Three kills and a solo block at Wisconsin (11/16) ... Delivered three kills and a block in the third set at Indiana (11/24) ... Posted eight kills on a .286 hitting percentage vs. Purdue (11/29) ... Five kills, a solo block, and a dig in the season finale against Indiana (11/30).
SOPHOMORE (2018): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... The only player to appear in all 121 sets of the season ... Led the Spartans with 3.02 kills per set on the season, adding 0.91 digs, 0.64 blocks, and 0.21 service aces ... Ranked 15th among Big Ten players in kills per set ... Made her season debut with 19 kills and four blocks against the host Volunteers at the Tennessee Classic (8/24-25), where she averaged 3.58 kills per set and hit .430 over three matches and had three double-digit kill efforts en route to being named to the All-Tournament Team ... Averaged 3.2 kills and hit .243 over three matches at the Carolina Classic, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team for the second straight week ... Posted 2.58 kills, 1.0 digs, and 0.57 blocks per set at the Fairfield Invitational (9/7-8), including a career-best four blocks in the finale vs. Central Connecticut State ... Earned MVP honors at the Spartan Invitational (9/14-15) where she posted three double-digit kill performances and averaged 3.2 kills, 1.5 digs, and 0.50 blocks per set ... Opened the Big Ten season with a .455 hitting percentage (12-2-22) with a solo block at Iowa (9/21) ... Posted eight kills, three blocks, and a pair of aces at No. 3 Nebraska (9/23) ... Had 10 kills and five digs vs. Penn State (9/28) before a 20-kill performance vs. Rutgers (9/29) ... Had career-best performances with 25 kills, 51 swings, and eight digs vs. Indiana (10/5) ... Posted her first career double-double with 12 kills and a career-best 10 digs vs. Purdue (10/6) ... Delivered 19 kills and hit .429 with a career-best seven blocks in a win at Maryland (10/12), including eight kills on 13 swings in the fourth set ... Produced 12 kills and four digs at Ohio State (10/14) ... Posted a career-best four solo blocks along with six kills at Northwestern (10/19) ... Led MSU with 11 terminations at Illinois (10/20) ... Delivered seven kills and three digs vs. Minnesota eight kills and a solo block, then shared the team lead with eight kills and added two digs and a solo block vs. Wisconsin (10/26-27) ... Posted nine kills, two digs, and a pair of solo blocks at Purdue (10/31) ... Posted 14 kills, five digs, and five blocks (one solo) in a tough five-setter at No. 3 Minnesota (11/3) ... Delivered eight kills, five digs, three blocks and an ace in a win over Ohio State (11/7) ... Contributed 13 kills and four digs against Iowa (11/10) ... Had 11 kills and three digs in a win at Rutgers (11/14) ... Tied her career best with four solo blocks and added seven kills against Michigan (11/17) ... Delivered 11 kills, two blocks, and three digs in the rematch with the Wolverines in Ann Arbor (11/24).
FRESHMAN (2017): Appeared in five matches ... Averaged 0.83 kills per set ... Made her collegiate debut vs. San Diego State (9/1) ... Made her Big Ten debut vs. Maryland (9/29) ... Posted four kills on seven swings (.286) in two sets at Rutgers (10/14) ... Came off the bench in a road win at Maryland (10/21) and had one kill.
CLUB: No. 30 on the PrepVolleyball.com list of Senior Aces ... Played for Tina Tinberg at Ignite Elite VBC in Crown Point, Indiana ... 17U Ignite Elite took fifth place at USA Volleyball nationals in 2016 and won the USA division at the USA Mideast Qualifier ... Helped her team to a second-place finish in the Great Lakes Power League Open 18s ... 16U Epic United squad took first place at the Energy Recruit Me Tournament and third place in the premier division at AAU Nationals in 2015 ... Named to the Energy “Recruit Me” All Tournament Team and the Great Lakes Region Windy City Power League All-Region Team in 2014 ... All-Region Team selection in the 2013 Windy City Power League.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a team captain and kill leader, led Munster to a 27-10 record as a senior, winning a second sectional title and third consecutive Conference championship (twice undefeated in conference) ... First team NCC Academic All-Conference and 2015 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association (ICGSA) Academic All-State Honorable Mention ... 2015 ICGSA North All-Star Team ... Northwest Indiana All-Star Team pick in 2014 and 2015 ... As a junior, earned the team’s Most Valuable Player honors and was the Ironman Award winner in 2014 and 2015 ... Was also the team’s Most Improved Player selection as a sophomore ... Three-time NCC All-Conference selection, earning First Team honors in 2015 and 2016 ... ICGSA Junior North All-Star ... Three-time letterwinner ... Four-time Munster High School Scholar-Athlete Award recipient ... Captained the freshman team in 2014.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Lou and Joy Chronowski ... Twin sister, Abigail, also played on the volleyball team at Munster and attends Purdue ... Honor Roll selection every semester ... National Honor Society member ... Majoring in Physiology, with a minor in Spanish.
COLLEGIATE HONORS
Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021)
2018 MSU Playmaker Award
2017 MSU Most Improved Player Award
2018 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
2018 Carolina Classic All-Tournament Team
2018 Spartan Invitational All-Tournament Team
Career capsule: Earned her Physiology degree in May 2021 ... Over four seasons, appeared in 78 career matches (251 sets), and contributed 2.5 kills, 0.7 digs, 0.6 blocks per set, adding 27 service aces.
SENIOR (SPRING 2021): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Appeared in 12 of 15 matches in a Covid-shortened season... In 41 sets, averaged 1.93 kills, 0.59 digs, and 0.56 blocks per set, hitting .192 ... Posted three kills, a pair of digs, and a block in a five-setter vs. Ohio State (2/1) ... Started both matches at Maryland (2/12-13), averaging 1.86 kills and 0.71 blocks per set, including an 11-kill performance where she hit .375 in the first match ... Started the match vs. Michigan (2/17) and had three kills, three digs, and a pair of blocks ... In the second match with Wisconsin, had five kills (2/21) ... Shared the team lead of eight kills in the first match vs. Penn State (3/19) adding six digs ... Hit .385 and averaged 2.57 kills and 1.0 blocks per set in the Iowa series (3/26-27) ... In the final series vs. Rutgers (4/2-3), averaged 3.22 kills, 0.89 blocks, 0.44 digs, and hit .278; she had a season best in kills (18) in the first match and blocks (5) in the second.
JUNIOR (2019): Academic All-Big Ten ... Played 83 of 110 sets, averaging 2.22 kills, 0.55 blocks, and 0.45 digs per set, hitting .192 ... Third on the team with a 2.58 points per set average ... Averaged 2.29 kills and 1.14 blocks in two wins at the College of Charleston Classic (8/30-31) ... Averaged 2.36 kills and 0.64 blocks per set at the Spartan Invitational (9/6-7) ... Posted 10 kills, two digs, and an ace in a sweep of Oakland (9/12) ... Delivered 10 kills and three blocks in a home win over UNC (9/15) ... Posted 10 kills with three blocks (two solo) vs. Auburn (9/20) ... Posted 24 kills, a career-best .465 hitting percentage and three digs at Iowa in a five-set victory (10/13) ... Delivered seven kills and four blocks (one solo) in a sweep of Rutgers (10/18) ... Seven kills in a tough loss to Penn State (10/20) ... Posted a team-best 12 kills and added four blocks (two solo) with five digs against Minnesota (10/27) ... Posted eight kills, four blocks (three solo) and three digs at Michigan (11/6) ... Three kills and a solo block at Wisconsin (11/16) ... Delivered three kills and a block in the third set at Indiana (11/24) ... Posted eight kills on a .286 hitting percentage vs. Purdue (11/29) ... Five kills, a solo block, and a dig in the season finale against Indiana (11/30).
SOPHOMORE (2018): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... The only player to appear in all 121 sets of the season ... Led the Spartans with 3.02 kills per set on the season, adding 0.91 digs, 0.64 blocks, and 0.21 service aces ... Ranked 15th among Big Ten players in kills per set ... Made her season debut with 19 kills and four blocks against the host Volunteers at the Tennessee Classic (8/24-25), where she averaged 3.58 kills per set and hit .430 over three matches and had three double-digit kill efforts en route to being named to the All-Tournament Team ... Averaged 3.2 kills and hit .243 over three matches at the Carolina Classic, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team for the second straight week ... Posted 2.58 kills, 1.0 digs, and 0.57 blocks per set at the Fairfield Invitational (9/7-8), including a career-best four blocks in the finale vs. Central Connecticut State ... Earned MVP honors at the Spartan Invitational (9/14-15) where she posted three double-digit kill performances and averaged 3.2 kills, 1.5 digs, and 0.50 blocks per set ... Opened the Big Ten season with a .455 hitting percentage (12-2-22) with a solo block at Iowa (9/21) ... Posted eight kills, three blocks, and a pair of aces at No. 3 Nebraska (9/23) ... Had 10 kills and five digs vs. Penn State (9/28) before a 20-kill performance vs. Rutgers (9/29) ... Had career-best performances with 25 kills, 51 swings, and eight digs vs. Indiana (10/5) ... Posted her first career double-double with 12 kills and a career-best 10 digs vs. Purdue (10/6) ... Delivered 19 kills and hit .429 with a career-best seven blocks in a win at Maryland (10/12), including eight kills on 13 swings in the fourth set ... Produced 12 kills and four digs at Ohio State (10/14) ... Posted a career-best four solo blocks along with six kills at Northwestern (10/19) ... Led MSU with 11 terminations at Illinois (10/20) ... Delivered seven kills and three digs vs. Minnesota eight kills and a solo block, then shared the team lead with eight kills and added two digs and a solo block vs. Wisconsin (10/26-27) ... Posted nine kills, two digs, and a pair of solo blocks at Purdue (10/31) ... Posted 14 kills, five digs, and five blocks (one solo) in a tough five-setter at No. 3 Minnesota (11/3) ... Delivered eight kills, five digs, three blocks and an ace in a win over Ohio State (11/7) ... Contributed 13 kills and four digs against Iowa (11/10) ... Had 11 kills and three digs in a win at Rutgers (11/14) ... Tied her career best with four solo blocks and added seven kills against Michigan (11/17) ... Delivered 11 kills, two blocks, and three digs in the rematch with the Wolverines in Ann Arbor (11/24).
FRESHMAN (2017): Appeared in five matches ... Averaged 0.83 kills per set ... Made her collegiate debut vs. San Diego State (9/1) ... Made her Big Ten debut vs. Maryland (9/29) ... Posted four kills on seven swings (.286) in two sets at Rutgers (10/14) ... Came off the bench in a road win at Maryland (10/21) and had one kill.
CLUB: No. 30 on the PrepVolleyball.com list of Senior Aces ... Played for Tina Tinberg at Ignite Elite VBC in Crown Point, Indiana ... 17U Ignite Elite took fifth place at USA Volleyball nationals in 2016 and won the USA division at the USA Mideast Qualifier ... Helped her team to a second-place finish in the Great Lakes Power League Open 18s ... 16U Epic United squad took first place at the Energy Recruit Me Tournament and third place in the premier division at AAU Nationals in 2015 ... Named to the Energy “Recruit Me” All Tournament Team and the Great Lakes Region Windy City Power League All-Region Team in 2014 ... All-Region Team selection in the 2013 Windy City Power League.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a team captain and kill leader, led Munster to a 27-10 record as a senior, winning a second sectional title and third consecutive Conference championship (twice undefeated in conference) ... First team NCC Academic All-Conference and 2015 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association (ICGSA) Academic All-State Honorable Mention ... 2015 ICGSA North All-Star Team ... Northwest Indiana All-Star Team pick in 2014 and 2015 ... As a junior, earned the team’s Most Valuable Player honors and was the Ironman Award winner in 2014 and 2015 ... Was also the team’s Most Improved Player selection as a sophomore ... Three-time NCC All-Conference selection, earning First Team honors in 2015 and 2016 ... ICGSA Junior North All-Star ... Three-time letterwinner ... Four-time Munster High School Scholar-Athlete Award recipient ... Captained the freshman team in 2014.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Lou and Joy Chronowski ... Twin sister, Abigail, also played on the volleyball team at Munster and attends Purdue ... Honor Roll selection every semester ... National Honor Society member ... Majoring in Physiology, with a minor in Spanish.
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