2014 Women's Volleyball
Roster
Allison Leigh
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Palmer, AK
- High School:
- Colony
- Position:
- MH
As a Senior in 2015:
- First-Team All-MAAC selection
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- MAAC Player of the Week (8/29)
- Started all 34 matches
- Set Quinnipiac Division I record with 184 blocks
- Led the MAAC in hitting percentage at .321
- Had five double-doubles in kills and blocks
- Had winning kill at 26-24 in the fourth set in final home match against Rider to clinch a MAAC Tournament berth, finishing match with 13 kills
- Tallied 10 kills and seven blocks in MAAC championship match against Fairfield (11/20)
- Had season high 14 kills and 10 blocks against Saint Francis Brooklyn (9/5)
- Tallied a season high 12 blocks and 10 kills in a win over Providence (9/10)
- Hit a season high .643 against Morgan State (8/27) with 10 kills in 14 attempts, helping her earn the MAAC Player of the Week award for the first week of the season
As a Junior in 2015:
- MAAC All-Academic team
- Started three matches before missing the rest of the season with an injury
- Was off to a strong start with 28 kills in three matches on a .348 hitting percentage before her injury, while adding 23 blocks
- Tallied eight kills in 20 attempts with no errors, to go along with seven blocks, in season-opener against Bryant (8/28)
- Totaled 12 kills in 19 attempts with one error (a .579 percentage), along with six blocks against Iona (8/29)
- Had 10 blocks (five solo) against Holy Cross (8/29)
As a Sophomore in 2014:
- Moved into second on the all-time list for most career blocks in program history (DI)
- 2014 season ranks third all-time for most blocks in a season in program history (DI) with 127
- Finished third in MAAC with 1.17 B/S
- Finished second in kills with 186
- Third on the team with 26 service aces
- Played in 32 matches
As a Freshman in 2013:
- Led the MAAC in both Totals Blocks (136) and Blocks per Set (1.24)
- Played in 31 matches and led the team in sets played (110)
- Led the team in Kills (216), Kills per Set (1.96), Shooting Percentage (.222), Points (312.5), and Points per Set (2.8)
- On Oct. 5 against Rider had 13 blocks in a big win
- On Nov. 10 against Manhattan had a career high 17 kills.
Before Quinnipiac:
- Graduated from Colony High School where she was a two-sport star in volleyball and basketball
- First Alaskan to sign with the Bobcats
- Finished her career at Colony with 1079 kills in 298 games played and she finished with a career hitting percentage of .312 including a mark of .410 during her senior season
- As a senior in 2012, tallied 484 kills in 93 games played, 38 service aces, 72 digs, 84 solo blocks, 23 block assists and single-match career highs in kills (24), digs (six) and solo blocks (11)
- Led her team in kills throughout the 2011 and 2012 seasons and also helped guide her team to the Arctic Winter Games Championship in 2012
- Among her individual accolades include two West Spiketacular All-Tournament Team distinctions in 2011 and 2012, Academic Award in 2010, All-Region Team her sophomore and senior years and the Most Kills Award at the 2012 Arctic Winter Games while playing for her club team, Midnight Sun
- The Midnight Sun also became the only Alaskan team to ever win the Championship at the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix in the summer of 2013
- Her basketball team won the Regional Conference Championship in her sophomore year, where she earned all-region honors.
Personal:
- Born in Denver, Colorado and raised in Palmer, Alaska
- Daughter of Thomas and Anna Leigh
- Has two older sisters, Jessica and Whitney, and a younger brother, Tom
- Played piano for 10 years
- Majoring in Health Science
- Volunteered with kids in South Africa for six weeks
