Alina Anderson

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Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Rockford, Mich.
High School:
Rockford

2023-24: Standout player on the Central Michigan volleyball team as a defensive specialist who transitioned to basketball mid-season … made first appearance at Oakland (Dec. 9) … appeared in 21 games as a junior, starting the last four games of the season … averaged 11.0 minutes per game … scored season high eight points against Buffalo (Jan. 6) … logged season high 23 minutes against Chicago State (Jan. 21) … collected season high six rebounds and three assists against Chicago State (Jan. 21) … recorded two steals against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 28).

2022 (Ferris St.): Transferred to Central Michigan as a volleyball player from NCAA II Ferris State University, joined the women’s basketball program mid-season, making her first appearance at Oakland (Dec. 9) … helped Ferris State to the NCAA II Midwest Regional championship match after a five-set victory over Grand Valley State in the GLIAC title match … played in all but one of the Bulldogs’ 138 sets on the season … tied for third on the team in service aces, fourth in digs … completed lone semester at Ferris with 4.0 grade-point average

High School: Graduated with a 4.2 GPA as a three-sport athlete from Rockford High School … named AVCA All-American Honorable Mention (2021), twice earning all-state status (2021: 1^st; 2020: 3^rd) … earned four all-conference honors between basketball and soccer … Rockford High School record holder in rebounds in a game, free throws in a game along with most digs in a game and career … finished runner-up in the state of Michigan in volleyball (2018) … won three regional titles between basketball (2022) and volleyball (2021, 2018) … was a three-time academic all-state honoree, wire-to-wire honor roll recipient … earned 11 varsity letters between volleyball, basketball and soccer

Club: Played on the national squad for Michigan Volleyball Academy (2019, 2022) and FarOut Volleyball Club (2021-22)

Personal: Daughter of Shane and Michele Anderson … second-youngest of five siblings; two sisters, two brothers … mother, Michele ‘86, played softball at CMU … sisters, Samantha and Zoe, went on to play soccer (Roosevelt Univ. (IL)) and basketball (Ferris State), respectively, in college … has been to five countries outside the U.S.: Italy, Mexico, Dominican Republic, China and France … has two 12-inch titanium rods in her spine

Why CMU?: “When entering the transfer portal, I knew I wanted to stay close to home due to my family. I have a very great relationship with my family, and they are very important to me. CMU gave me a great chance to be close to them. I also fell in love with the campus feel and how it was a home away from home for me. The professors are great and all my coaches on both the basketball and volleyball team have been fantastic and very caring about me as a person and push me to be a better player.”