Florida Gators

• Major: Telecommunications - Production
• Club: Metro American
• 2017-18 Honda Sport Award winner - Volleyball (first Gator to earn the award)
• 2017 SEC Player of the Year
• Second Gator in history (Kelly Murphy) to earn a spot on one of the three AVCA All-America teams four times
• Four-time AVCA All-American (2014 -- Second Team; 2015, 2017 -- First Team; 2016 -- Third Team)
• Three-time Volleyball Magazine All-American (2014, 2017 -- First Team; 2015 -- Second Team; 2016 -- Honorable Mention)
• Four-time AVCA All-Southeast Region (2014-16)
• Four-time All-SEC (2014-16)
• Second player in Division I history to tally at least 1,250 kills, 605 blocks and a .420 clip
• Career .423 hitting percentage ranked tied for 7th in Division I history following 2017 season
• School record holder in career total blocks (674) and block assists (584)
• Career 1.52 blocks per set average ranks second in UF history
• 90 career block solos rank sixth in UF history
• 1,278 career kills rank 10th in UF history
• 3.89 career points per set rank 10th in UF history
• 2017 USAV National Team -- Pan American Cup -- Gold Medalist
• 2016 USAV National Team -- Pan American Cup -- Bronze Medalist / Best Blocker
• 2015 USAV Junior National Team -- European Global Challenge -- Gold Medalist
• 2014 USAV Junior National Team -- NORCECA Championships -- Gold Medalist / MVP / All-Star Team / Best Blocker
• 2014 USAV Women's National Team Winter Training Block Roster
• 2012 & 2013 USAV Youth National Training Team

CAREER HIGHS
Kills
24 vs. Wisconsin (12/11/15)
Hitting Percentage (min. 20 attempts)
.810 vs. Texas A&M0 (10/9/15)
Assists
2 vs. Missouri (10/24/14)
Service Aces
2, 8x, last vs. Texas A&M (10/4/17)
Blocks
14 at James Madison (9/29/15)
Points
28.5 vs. Wisconsin (12/11/15)
 

AS A SENIOR (2017) -- MATCH-by-MATCH STATS

• Led the nation with 1.70 blocks per set (first SEC player in history to lead the nation in that category)
• Joined BYU's Haley Warner (2012) as the only other Division I player since 2010 to finish a season with at least 1.70 blocks per set and a .355 hitting percentage
• 1.70 blocks per set also ranked second in UF's single-season records, and tied the ninth-highest average in Division I since the 25-point format was adopted in 2008
• Tied Nina Foster's UF single-season school record, set in 1997, with 195 total blocks
• Ranked second on the team with a .401 hitting percentage and 309 kills
• Totaled 17 kills and hit .517 in a 5-set win over Stanford in the NCAA Semifinals
• Notched 14 kills, six blocks, and hit .423 in a 5-set win over Southern California in the NCAA Regional Championship match
• Amassed 20 kills without an error on 26 attempts (.769 clip) at Ole Miss (Oct. 13)
• Tallied 20 kills and 24.0 points in a 5-set win at Arkansas (Sept. 24)
• Posted a pair of kill-blocks double-doubles--Lipscomb (Sept. 16) and UCLA (Dec. 8)
• 2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

AS A JUNIOR (2016) -- MATCH-by-MATCH STATS

• Ranked No. 9 in hitting percentage (.416--tied seventh-highest single-season clip in UF history) and No. 11 in blocks per set (1.45) among all Division I players--one of only two ranked in the top 20 in both categories
• Only player ranked in the top 15 in both hitting percentage and blocks per set, making her the second Division I player since 2010 to finish in the top 15 nationally of both categories multiple times (also did so in 2015)
• Most efficient hitter for the only team in the nation to hit over .310, as the Gators hit .338, tying the fifth-highest hitting percentage under the current 25-point scoring format (instituted in 2008)
• Averaged 1.45 blocks per set--the 10th-highest single-season total in school history
• Logged a monster game at Texas A&M (Oct. 16), totaling 22 kills and 10 blocks, becoming the first Gator since Benavia Jenkins (2001) to record 20-plus kills and 10-plus blocks in a match
• Recorded 10-block outings at Texas A&M and against Auburn (Nov. 23)
• Posted double-digit kills in 18 matches, and double-digit total blocks in 15 matches
• Led the Gators in hitting percentage, block solos (22), block assists (119) and total blocks (141) for the third consecutive season
• Four-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week
• 2016 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015) -- MATCH-by-MATCH STATS

• Ranked second in the nation in blocks (189), blocks per set (1.62) and ninth in hitting efficiency (.422--sixth-highest single-season clip in UF history)
• Set a school record with 14 blocks in UF’s season-opener against James Madison, and the most for an SEC player in any match in 2015
• 189 total blocks were the second-highest single-season total in UF history, and 1.62 blocks per set was the fourth-highest total in school history
• 159 block assists marked the third-highest single-season total in school history
• .810 hitting percentage against Texas A&M ranks fifth in program history (minimum 12 kills)
• Led the Gators in blocks in 29 of 32 matches, led UF in points in 19 matches, including a career-best 28.5 points against Wisconsin in the NCAA Regional Semifinal
• Posted double-digit kills in 22 matches and double-digit blocks on three different occasions, including two double-doubles
• Sept. 8 AVCA Division I National Player of the Week
• Sept. 8 SEC Offensive Player of the Week
• Aug. 31 SEC Defensive Player of the Week
• Named to the USA Volleyball Roster for the Pan Am Cup for summer 2016 (bronze medalist)
• Named the Best Blocker of the Pan Am Cup Tournament
• 2015 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

AS A FRESHMAN (2014) -- MATCH-by-MATCH STATS

• SEC and AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
• SEC All-Freshman Team
• Named to the USA Volleyball Junior National Team for the European Global Challenge and proceeded to lead Team USA to Gold alongside teammate Carli Snyder in Pula, Croatia
• Invited to train with the USA Volleyball Women’s National Team and head coach Karch Kiraly in California in January as part of the winter training block
• Led the country in hitting efficiency (.458) to give the Gators the nation’s hitting efficiency leader for three consecutive seasons
• Led Florida in blocks in 30 of 32 matches (started all 32)
• Sept. 16 AVCA Division I National Player of the Week
• Five-time SEC Offensive/Freshman Player of the Week

PRIOR TO FLORIDA

• Named to the USA Volleyball Junior National Team in summer 2014, wining gold with Team USA at the U20 NORCECA Tournament
• MVP of the NORCECA Continental Championships, named the best blocker in the tournament and was on the tourney All-Star Team
• Named to the USA Youth National Training Team roster and jump-reached a staggering 11 feet, 1 inch at club volleyball tryouts in 2013
• Club: Metro American
• High School: The Academy of the Holy Cross (Kensington, Md.)
• No. 3 player on PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces despite only picking up volleyball in her sophomore year of high school
• PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 Junior, and Soph 79 special mention
• Alhassan amassed 150 kills, 31 blocks and 23 service aces her senior season, leading the Tartans to a 27-3 overall record
• Alhassan totaled 170 kills and 48 blocks as a junior, leading Holy Cross to a 26-2 record
• 2013 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Player of the Year and under her watch, Holy Cross captured back-to-back WCAC Championships (2012 and 2013)
• Also nominated to be a McDonald’s All-American in basketball after scoring over 1,000 career points in high school
• Played her club volleyball at Metro American Volleyball with fellow Gator Alex Holston