Alisha Glass

Alisha Rebecca Glass Childress [1] (born April 5, 1988) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a setter for the United States women's national volleyball team. Glass played collegiate volleyball for Penn State, where she led Penn State to three NCAA consecutive championships. Glass won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, and bronze at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Alisha Glass
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1988-04-05) April 5, 1988
Leland, Michigan, U.S.
HometownLeland, Michigan, U.S.
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
College / UniversityPenn State University
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubUnited States Athletes Unlimited Volleyball
Number1 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2022		Vôlei Futuro
Atom Trefl Sopot
LIU•JO Volley Modena
Fenerbahçe
Imoco Volley Conegliano
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball
National team
2009–2016 United States
Medal record
Volleyball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 ItalyTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2011 JapanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 JapanTeam
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2010 NingboTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 MacauTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 NingboTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 BangkokTeam

Career

High school

Glass played high school volleyball for Leland High School in Michigan, where her mother Laurie Glass was also her coach and grandfather Larry Glass was her high school basketball coach. She was a four-time first team all-state, all-region dream team and all-conference, is the National and State High School record holder in season aces (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584) and during scholastic career attacked at a .440 clip while also contributing 1,816 digs and 680 blocks. She was named Michigan Gatorade High School Player of the Year and Miss Volleyball for the state of Michigan.

College

She played college women's volleyball at Penn State University. During her four years at Penn State, the Nittany Lions posted a stunning 142-5 record (.966), including a perfect 102-0 streak that spanned three seasons, captured the 2007, 2008 and 2009 NCAA titles, advanced to the 2006 Elite Eight and won four Big Ten Conference titles. She was the three-time All-American, first team All-Big Ten, and three-time First Team AVCA All-Mideast Region. Under her guidance, Glass directed the Penn State offense to a record setting and nation-leading .390 hitting percentage and the Nittany Lions bested their own record of .350 set in 2007. She finished her career in 13th place in hitting percentage with .336 and blocks with 448, fourth in assists with 5,800, and fifteen with 465 sets played. [2]

International

Glass won the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when her national team defeated 3–1 to China.[3] She was also selected tournament's Best Setter.[4] Glass has played for the United States women's national volleyball team in Rio that won a bronze medal and was named Best Setter.

Clubs

Coaching

Glass Childress joined the Stanford women's volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach in January 2019.[5] She left after 2 seasons.

Awards

Individual

National team

College
  • 2x First Team AVCA All-American (2008, 2009)
  • Second Team AVCA All-American (2007)
  • 3x NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 2x NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ( 2008, 2009)
  • 3x AVCA National Player of the Week (11/11/06, 11/19/07, 11/18/08)
  • Three-time First Team All-Big Ten (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 2006 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
  • Four-time Big Ten Player of the Week

See also

References
  1. "Alisha Glass Childress - Women's Volleyball Coach".
  2. "Alisha Glass Bio :: Penn State :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: CEV. 2014-05-11. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  5. "Alisha Glass Childress - Women's Volleyball Coach".


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