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Jersey Number 22
Alissa Kinkela
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Girls' College
- Major:
- Labor Studies & Employment Relations | Human Resource Management
HONORS & AWARDS
Personal
Nickname: Liss
Major: Labor Studies
Best player ever competed against: Pleumjit Thinkaow
The person I most admire is and why: My mum because of her strong-willed nature and her ability to display resilience, as well as her on-going support for me.
If I wasn’t playing volleyball, I’d be: An English teacher in a foreign country
Favorite professional athlete: Zhu Ting
Favorite professional sports team: Richmond Football Club (AFL)
One word to describe myself on the court: Enthusiastic
One word to describe myself off the court: Shy
I started playing my sport because…: Of my friends who made volleyball thoroughly enjoyable and made me want to turn up to training every week.
I chose Rutgers because…: It is an academically strong school, which presents me with amazing opportunities, as well as the competitive and intense nature of Big Ten volleyball and playing alongside incredible student-athletes.
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: All Harry Potter series
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite musician/group: Queen and BTS
The first song I knew all the words to is: Bohemian Rhapsody
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Eating an excessive amount of sushi
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Listening to good music before a game
Favorite all-time gift received: A ring my mum bought for my 18th birthday
Pets I had growing up were: My cat named Koco
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: England
The website I visit most often is: YouTube
If my life was a book, the title would be: How to be a Successful Introvert
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Black
My spirit animal is: Hedgehog
One thing on my bucket list is: I would love to travel around the United Kingdom
Phone app you cannot live without: Instagram
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2023)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)
- Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (Sept. 30, 2024)
- Set School Record For Kills In A Match vs. Iowa with 24 Kills (Sept. 26, 2024)
- Tenth All-Time in Career Kills (977)
- Rally-Era Career Leader in Points (1151.0)
- Second in Rally-Era Career Kills (977)
- Third in Rally-Era Career Kills Per Set (2.92)
- Eighth in Rally-Era Career Blocks (221)
- Eighth in Rally-Era Career Block Assists (212)
- Tenth in Rally-Era Career Aces (59)
- Fifth in Rally-Era Points (329.5 - 2024)
- Sixth in Rally-Era Season Kills (322 - 2024)
- Seventh in Rally-Era Season Kills Per Set (3.10 - 2024)
- Rutgers Volleyball Tournament All-Tournament Team (2022)
- College of Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team (2022)
- Led Rutgers for the third consecutive season kills with 322 averaging 2.10 per set.
- Seventh among Rutgers juniors in kills (322)
- Led the Scarlet Knights in kills in 18 matches including the program record 29 in the Big Ten opener with Iowa (Sept. 26)
- Named Rutgers' first-ever Big Ten Player of the Week after pounding out 5.30 kills per set and hitting .446 along with an average 2.40 digs per set and six blocks in RU's two five-set Big Ten openers against Iowa and Michigan setting the program record for kills in a match and becoming the seventh Scarlet Knight of the rally era to reach the 800 career kill mark
- Recorded three double-doubles against Binghamton (Sept. 12), Iowa (Sept. 26) and Michigan (Sept. 29)
- Led RU with nine kills at No. 11 Oregon. (Oct. 27)
- Put away nine kills adding eight digs and a pair of blocks to her stat line in their match against #2 Nebraska. (Oct. 12)
- Became the seventh Scarlet Knights of the rally era to reach the 800 career kills mark during the match with 24 kills and 14 digs against Michigan (Sep. 29)
- Set the program record with 29 kills, hitting .429, with 10 digs for her second double-double of the season and four blocks against Iowa (Sep. 26)
- Made no attack errors to hit at a .409 clip with nine kills on 22 swings adding seven digs and four blocks in the victory against VCU (Sep. 14)
- Registered her first double-double of the year with 13 kills and 11 digs against Binghamton (Sep. 12)
- Led the attack with 15 kills hitting .343 on the night against LIU. (Sep. 10)
- Led the offense with a game high of 16 kills in match against LA Tech. (Sep. 7)
- Led the five set match against Little Rock with 15 kills, 6 digs, and 4 block. (Sep. 6)
- Led both sides with 11 kills and eight digs at #21 Arkansas (Sep. 5)
- Opened the season leading RU with 12 kills, two aces and a pair of blocks against RV Miami. (Aug. 30)
- First Rutgers attacker to earn an All-Big Ten award
- Fourth in Rally Era single season kills (344)
- Fourth in Rally Era single season points (414.0)
- Ninth in Rally Era single season aces (29)
- Tenth in Rally Era single season kills per set (2.99)
- Played in most Big Ten matches by an RU player (77)
- Most points in Big Ten matches by an RU player (268.0)
- .630 attack percentage at Columbia the fifth-best attack percentage in a rally-era match (Sept. 9)
- Six aces versus Princeton tied for the third-most in a rally-era match and most in a rally-era five set match (Sept. 15)
- Most kills in a Big Ten three-set match with 18 versus Purdue (Sept. 24)
- Most points in a Big Ten three-set match with 20.0 versus Purdue (Sept. 24)
- Led Rutgers in kills for second consecutive season
- Averaged 2.99 kills and 1.79 digs per set
- Led Rutgers in kills in 20 of 30 matches recording 21 double-figure kill matches
- Led Rutgers in aces in six matches
- Collected five or more blocks in five matches
- Season-high 19 kills in five-set victory at Iowa marking by the most by an RU player in a five-set match in 2023 (Oct. 27)
- Hit a career-best .630 (18-1-27) at Columbia (Sept. 9)
- Career-high six aces in non-conference finale versus Princeton (Sept. 15)
- Career-high seven blocks against #24 Ohio State (Oct. 6)
- Career-high 15 digs against #1 Nebraska in front of a record crowd of 6,757 at Jersey Mike's Arena tying for the most by an RU player in a three-set match in 2023 (Nov. 5)
- Captured seven double-doubles in both matches with Maryland along with #16 Minnesota, Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois and Princeton
- \Collected 18 kills versus No. 19 Purdue for the most by an RU player in a three-set match in 2023 (Sept. 24)
- Also posted 18 kills at Columbia marking the most by an RU player in a four-set match in 2023 (Sept. 9)
- Appeared in all 32 matches in 109 of 110 sets
- Led Rutgers with 301 kills averaging a team-best 2.76 per set
- Ninth most kills by a Scarlet Knight in a rally-era season (301)
- Top Scarlet Knight in kills in 14 matches
- Double-figure kills in13 matches
- Career-high 21 kills against Michigan State (Nov. 23)
- First Scarlet Knight to collect 20 or more kills in a match since Kamilia Cieslik’s 20 kills on Sept. 15, 2017
- Her 21 kills against the Spartans were the second-most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten match
- Notched 18 kills against defending CAA Champion Towson at the Towson Invitational (Sept. 3)
- Captured 17 kills against defending SoCon Champion The Citadel at the College of Charleston Classic (Aug. 27)
- Career-best .444 hitting percentage behind nine kills on 18 attempts with one error in sweep of Iowa (Nov. 4)Led team in blocks in five matches
- Career-high five blocks against Radford at the Towson Invitational (Sept. 2) and in the straight-set victory over Iowa (Nov. 4)
- Registered five or more digs in eight matches
- Career-high nine digs against Radford at the Towson Invitational (Sept. 2)
- Appeared in four nonconference matches before injury
- Totaled 10 kills, three digs and four blocks over seven sets
- Won seven consecutive Australian Volleyball League Championships
- Member of the U23 and U17 Australian Women's Volleyball Teams
- Helped the Melbourne Vipers win gold in the Australian Volleyball League in 2020
- Awarded 2019 MVP at U23 Asian Championship
- Named 2019 Rising Star Award honoree for Victorian Volleyball League
- Earned 2019 League Most Improved Player with University Blues in the Australian Volleyball League
- MVP of the U17 Australian Women's Volleyball Team in 2018
- Captured gold in 2018 and 2017 with University Blues in Australian Volleyball League
- Vice Captain of the U16 School Sports Victorian State Team earning All-Australian Team honor
- Took home gold in 2017 in the Women's Premier Division at Victorian State League
- Two-time MVP of the Secondary Catholic Sports Association Volley Tournament
- 2015 Best First Year Player Award and 2016 Most Improved player with Monash University Volleyball Club …
Personal
- Daughter of Dean and Helen
- Has one brother, Daniel, and one sister, Liana .
- Majoring labor studies
Nickname: Liss
Major: Labor Studies
Best player ever competed against: Pleumjit Thinkaow
The person I most admire is and why: My mum because of her strong-willed nature and her ability to display resilience, as well as her on-going support for me.
If I wasn’t playing volleyball, I’d be: An English teacher in a foreign country
Favorite professional athlete: Zhu Ting
Favorite professional sports team: Richmond Football Club (AFL)
One word to describe myself on the court: Enthusiastic
One word to describe myself off the court: Shy
I started playing my sport because…: Of my friends who made volleyball thoroughly enjoyable and made me want to turn up to training every week.
I chose Rutgers because…: It is an academically strong school, which presents me with amazing opportunities, as well as the competitive and intense nature of Big Ten volleyball and playing alongside incredible student-athletes.
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: All Harry Potter series
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite musician/group: Queen and BTS
The first song I knew all the words to is: Bohemian Rhapsody
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Eating an excessive amount of sushi
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Listening to good music before a game
Favorite all-time gift received: A ring my mum bought for my 18th birthday
Pets I had growing up were: My cat named Koco
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: England
The website I visit most often is: YouTube
If my life was a book, the title would be: How to be a Successful Introvert
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Black
My spirit animal is: Hedgehog
One thing on my bucket list is: I would love to travel around the United Kingdom
Phone app you cannot live without: Instagram
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