2025 Volleyball Roster

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2023

7 Alyssa Dozier

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Washington-Liberty
  • Hometown Arlington, Va.

Biography

2025 - Senior Season - Named a First Team All-American by the AVCA ... First ever player to earn AVCA Region Player of the Year honors ... Earned Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year plaudits ... First player in C2C history to be named Conference Player of the Year three years in a row ... Posted record-shattering career as the focal point of the CNU offense and defense over her four-year tenure ... Set the program record in blocks with 490 rejections at the net including ranking second all-time in solo terminations with 167 ... Finished her career ranking fourth in career kills (1,368) and fourth in attack percentage (.324) ... Registered one of the most dominant single season performances in program history including the most kills in a season since 2012 ... Ranked in the top-ten all-time at CNU while becoming just the third player in program history to hit over .400 for a single season (.402) ... Elevated her game under the brightest lights by proving herself as one of the most dominant postseason players in program history ... Broke the single match record for kills in an NCAA Tournament match with 27 versus Cortland ... Holds both the program record and second-highest hitting percentage marks for a postseason tournament after hitting .477 in 2025 and .433 as a junior in 2024 ... Ranked 11th nationally in total blocks and 7th in hitting percentage ... Also ranked in the top-50 in total kills, eclipsing 400 and becoming only the second senior in program history to reach the mark ... Logged the third-best hitting percentage by a senior in program history ... Registered a 13-match streak of 10-kill matches from Oct 4-Nov 14 ... Continued to be a force at the net, posting the second most blocks in a season by a senior with 129 ... Led team in points scored with 507.0 ... Named to the C2C All-Tournament Team ... Gregory Klich Academic Achievement Award ... CNU's first ever three-time First Team Academic All-American selected by the College Sports Communicators ... First ever Division III and one of only 13 volleyball players across all three levels of NCAA and the NAIA to earn three first team certificates in her career ... Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2024 - Junior Season - Earned Third Team All-American honors from the AVCA ... Also selected a first team AVCA All-Region pick and repeated as the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... Named the C2C Offensive Player of the Week four times ... Became just the second CNU student-athlete in any sport to earn first team Academic All-American honors twice when the College Sports Communicators selected her for the recognition in 2024 ... One of the most formidable front-line defenders in the country, ranking 21st nationally in blocks per set (1.15) and fourth in Division III total blocks (147) ... That mark tied for third most in a single season at CNU ... Moved up to sixth all-time in total blocks (361) after just her third year ... Logged 488 points were a top-ten mark all-time at CNU and set a personal best ... Led the league in kills, blocks, points and added a number of standout single game performances as well ... Set a CNU volleyball record by hitting .625 in the opening round of the NCAA Regional Championship against William Paterson ... Buried 15 kills without a single error on 24 swings to help CNU advance to the second round ... Added another program record with 21 kills against East Texas Baptist in the regional semifinals while adding a career-high 11 blocks in the same match ... Started all 36 matches and appeared in 129 of 130 possible sets ... Finished the season with 386 kills and hit .313 to lead the team ... Added 65 digs, seven assists, and two aces ... Named to the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team for the third year in a row

2023 - Sophomore Season - Established herself as one of the nation's best all-around players in 2023, earning Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors ... Played in 126 of 132 sets across the season, leading the conference in hitting percentage (.345) and total points (446.5), while ranking 3rd in kills with 345 ... Her 118 blocks placed her 2nd in the conference and 17th nationally, with an average of 0.95 blocks per set, which was 68th in the nation ... She tallied a season-high 20 kills in a win at Washington & Lee and recorded 10 blocks against Mary Washington ... Her outstanding performance earned her Second Team All-American honors from the AVCA and a VaSID All-State selection, making her the first Captain to receive Second Team All-American recognition since 2015 ... Earned First Team Academic All-American honors from the College Sports Communicators ... Named to C2C All-Academic team for second straight season

2022 - Freshman Season - AVCA Region 6 Freshman of the Year … VaSID All-State Second Team and Rookie of the Year, C2C Rookie of the Year … Immediately became an impact player in her first season at CNU … Appeared in 126 sets across 36 matches, the most for any freshman on the team … Second on the team and third in the conference in blocks with 96 … Third on the team with 231 kills … Posted season highs in kills (16) and points (23) against Mary Washington (11/4) ... Totaled 9 blocks against UC Santa Cruz (11/5) ... Had ten matches with double-digit blocks ... Earned spot on the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

At Washington-Liberty - Led the Generals to district and regional titles in 2019 … Named First-Team All-District in her junior and senior seasons … Named First-Team All-Region in her junior season and Second-Team following her senior year … Honored as team MVP in each of her final two years with the Generals … Listed on honor roll for all four years at WLHS … Also played with Virginia Elite Volleyball Club

Personal - Alyssa Jean Dozier is the daughter of Edward and Emily Dozier … Brother, Sam, plays baseball at Lebanon Valley College … Says her dream vacation would be to Greece … Favorite movie is Harry Potter and favorite musician is Luke Combs … Would most like to meet Martin Luther King Junior of any historical figure … Majoring in History, she is studying to become a history teacher in the future.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2022Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    7
  • 7
    C

    2023Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    7
    C
  • 7

    2024Junior

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    7
  • 7

    2025Senior

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    7