Rachel Alcorn

Position:
Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
Chrysler
Hometown:
New Castle, Ind.

Photo Album / Final Bio & Career Match-By-Match Stats in PDF Format

At Ball State University . . .
2008 (Jr.): Earned third letter . . . played in three matches and five games . . . missed a majority of the season due to injury . . . elected to forgo her senior year of eligibility and will not play volleyball in 2009 . . . smashed a season-high two kills at Sam Houston State (Aug. 30) . . . also scored a solo block in the contest . . . added one kill versus Drake (Aug. 29).

2007 (So.): Earned second letter . . . saw action in 27 matches, earning one start . . . played in 95 of BSU’s 109 games . . . tallied a career-high 17 digs at Kent State (Oct. 13) . . . opened the season with a then-career-high 13 digs in the team’s win over Maine (Aug. 24) . . . logged double-digit digs in eight matches, while collecting at least two digs in every match she played . . . served up a pair of aces at Toledo (Sept. 27) . . . recorded a kill at Ohio (Oct. 12).

2006 (Fr.): Earned first letter after redshirting in 2005 . . . played in 15 matches, earning one start . . . saw action in 26 games . . . recorded her first career kill on her first career attempt versus Xavier (Aug. 25) . . . scored a career-high three kills at Central Michigan (Oct. 20) and at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 21) . . . recorded her first career block assist at CMU and followed with a career-high two total blocks at EMU, including her first career solo block . . . scored her first career ace versus Appalachian State (Sept. 16) and followed with a season-best five digs later in the day at Western Kentucky.

2005: Redshirted

Prep Career . . .
Earned three letters in volleyball at Chrysler for coach John Shondell and coach Phil Leswing . . . All-North Central Conference First Team selection as a junior and senior . . . academic all-conference as a senior . . . helped guide the Trojans to a sectional championship her senior season . . . named a Molton National Most Improved Player after her senior season . . . two-time all-state honoree . . . Indiana All-Star as a junior and senior . . . played club volleyball for Munciana.

Personal . . .
Major is sports administration . . . born June 18, 1986, in New Castle, Ind. . . . daughter of Tammy Alcorn . . . has two brothers, Eric and Trey . . . full name is Rachel Jean Alcorn.