| Height: | 5-10 |
| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Position: | OH |
| Major: | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Previous School: | Iowa Western CC |
| Club Team: | Iowa Western |
2019 (Junior): Appeared in all 30 matches and played 110 sets at outside hitter... earned All-OVC First Team honors... named to Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team... ranked first on the team in kills (395), service aces (36), and points (455)... finished with a team second-best 313 digs and 49 blocks, while adding 36 assists on the season... posted 17 double-doubles with kills and digs... put up 21 matches with at least 10 kills and 15 matches with at least 15 kills... produced 19 games with at least 10 digs... recorded a career-high 23 kills and a career-high 25.5 points against Southeast Missouri (Sept. 28)... tallied a career-high 20 digs against Southeast Missouri (Nov. 21)... notched a season-high four service aces against Chattanooga (Sept. 13)... posted a career-high .414 hitting percentage against North Alabama (Sept. 14).
2018 (Sophomore): Started all 30 matches and played in 117 sets … led the Golden Eagles with 332 kills, 2.84 kills per set and 386.5 points … also led the team with 36 service aces, which ranked third in the Ohio Valley Conference ... was second in both digs (318) and digs per set (2.72) … recorded 36 blocks, which was sixth-best on the team … put up 19 matches with at least 10 kills and 11 matches with at least 15 kills … posted 17 outings with at least 10 digs, and 13 double-doubles in kills and digs … tallied 31 kills, five aces and a .338 attack percentage over two matches against Eastern Illinois and SIUE to earn OVC Co-Offensive Player and Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 15)… totaled a season-high 21 kills against Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 27)… took a season-high .351 hitting percentage against Evansville (Aug. 24)… put up a season-high 25.0 points thanks to a career-high five services aces against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 13)… turned in a season-high 19 digs at Austin Peay (Oct. 20)… also contributed 16 assists on the year.
2017 (Freshman, Iowa Western): Played in 42 matches as an outside hitter and right side in 2017 for Alicia Williams… totaled 330 kills (the third-best mark on the team) and hit .261… also had 73 blocks and 87 digs… helped the Reivers finish seventh at the 2017 NJCAA Division I national tournament… Iowa Western also won the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference and its region in 2017… member of the NJCAA All-Academic first team for the 2017-18 season… took a medical redshirt as a freshman for the 2016 volleyball season but played basketball… appeared in 13 games and averaged 9.2 minutes, 3.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game as a forward… two-time NJCAA Academic All-Region XI first-team honoree.
High School: Verzani was a multi-sport athlete at Lawton-Bronson High School in Iowa, where she played volleyball, basketball and softball and competed in track & field… was an outside hitter for four years for Jeremiah Pottebaum… totaled 1,115 kills in her career, which marked a Lawton-Bronson record… helped the Eagles to a Western Valley Conference championship title as a senior in 2015, when they went undefeated in the league… named to the WVC first team in 2014 and 2015 and to the second team in 2013... also named to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Class 2-A all-state second team and Class 2A Northwest all-district team in 2015.
Personal: Full first name is Alison but goes by Ali… father, Michael, played football at Wayne State from 1991-94.
Academic: Pursuing a master's degree in business administration… earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in healthcare informatics in December 2019… two-time OVC Academic Medal of Honor recipient (2018-19, 2019-20)… named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll twice (2018-19, 2019-20)… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll four times (fall 2018, spring 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020).
Honors & Awards:
- 2020 President's Award
- 2019 All-OVC First Team
- 2019 Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2018 Memphis Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 15
- 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, Oct. 15
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14 | at Tennessee State | L, 3-2 |
| Mar 15 | at Tennessee State | W, 3-0 |
| Mar 21 | at Murray State | W, 3-1 |
| Mar 22 | at Murray State | W, 3-2 |
| Mar 28 | Belmont | W, 3-1 |
| Mar 29 | Belmont | W, 3-1 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 16 | 16 | ||
| Sets | 61 | 61 | ||
| Kills | 172 | 172 | ||
| Kills per set | 2.82 | 2.82 | ||
| Errors | 91 | 91 | ||
| Total Attacks | 592 | 592 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .137 | .137 | ||
| Assists | 11 | 11 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.18 | 0.18 | ||
| Service Aces | 26 | 26 | ||
| Service Errors | 18 | 18 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.43 | 0.43 | ||
| Receptions | 345 | 345 | ||
| Reception Errors | 11 | 11 | ||
| Digs | 144 | 144 | ||
| Digs per set | 2.36 | 2.36 | ||
| Block Solo | 6 | 6 | ||
| Block Assist | 23 | 23 | ||
| Block Total | 29 | 29 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.48 | 0.48 | ||
| Block Errors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 215.5 | 215.5 | ||
| Points per set | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Matches started | - | - | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7 | at Austin Peay | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 11 | 4 | 37 | .189 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Feb 8 | at Austin Peay | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25 | -.080 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Feb 14 | Eastern Illinois | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 10 | 10 | 40 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15.5 |
| Feb 14 | Eastern Illinois | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 13 | 2 | 23 | .478 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.5 |
| Feb 21 | Eastern Kentucky | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 | .190 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Feb 22 | Eastern Kentucky | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 14 | 9 | 51 | .098 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Feb 28 | at Jacksonville State | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 8 | 6 | 32 | .063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Mar 1 | at Jacksonville State | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 9 | 9 | 44 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Mar 7 | Morehead State | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 8 | 6 | 51 | .039 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Mar 8 | Morehead State | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | .042 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 |
| Mar 14 | at Tennessee State | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 13 | 7 | 41 | .146 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.5 |
| Mar 15 | at Tennessee State | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 16 | 3 | 35 | .371 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Mar 21 | at Murray State | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 5 | 6 | 41 | -.024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.0 |
| Mar 22 | at Murray State | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 16 | 6 | 45 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18.0 |
| Mar 28 | Belmont | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 15 | 6 | 38 | .237 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Mar 29 | Belmont | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 17 | 3 | 44 | .318 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 30 | 117 | 332 | 2.84 | 160 | 1073 | .160 | 16 | 0.14 | 36 | 0.31 | 655 | 29 | 318 | 2.72 | 1 | 35 | 36 | 0.31 | 386.5 | 3.3 |
| 2019-20 | 30 | 110 | 395 | 3.59 | 168 | 1221 | .186 | 35 | 0.32 | 33 | 0.30 | 958 | 41 | 313 | 2.85 | 5 | 44 | 49 | 0.45 | 455.0 | 4.1 |
| 2020-21 | 16 | 61 | 172 | 2.82 | 91 | 592 | .137 | 11 | 0.18 | 26 | 0.43 | 345 | 11 | 144 | 2.36 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 0.48 | 215.5 | 3.5 |
| Total | 76 | 288 | 899 | 3.12 | 419 | 2886 | .166 | 62 | 0.22 | 95 | 0.33 | 1958 | 81 | 775 | 2.69 | 12 | 102 | 114 | 0.40 | 1057.0 | 3.7 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 16 | 61 | 172 | 2.82 | 91 | 592 | .137 | 11 | 0.18 | 26 | 0.43 | 345 | 11 | 144 | 2.36 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 0.48 | 215.5 | 3.5 |
| Conference | 16 | 61 | 172 | 2.82 | 91 | 592 | .137 | 11 | 0.18 | 26 | 0.43 | 345 | 11 | 144 | 2.36 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 0.48 | 215.5 | 3.5 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 8 | 31 | 90 | 2.90 | 44 | 292 | .158 | 2 | 0.06 | 19 | 0.61 | 178 | 7 | 75 | 2.42 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.48 | 118.5 | 3.8 |
| Away | 8 | 30 | 82 | 2.73 | 47 | 300 | .117 | 9 | 0.30 | 7 | 0.23 | 167 | 4 | 69 | 2.30 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.47 | 97.0 | 3.2 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Wins | 9 | 35 | 114 | 3.26 | 49 | 338 | .192 | 4 | 0.11 | 16 | 0.46 | 208 | 6 | 88 | 2.51 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0.63 | 142.5 | 4.1 |
| Losses | 7 | 26 | 58 | 2.23 | 42 | 254 | .063 | 7 | 0.27 | 10 | 0.38 | 137 | 5 | 56 | 2.15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.27 | 73.0 | 2.8 |
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| February | 7 | 24 | 68 | 2.83 | 41 | 229 | .118 | 2 | 0.08 | 14 | 0.58 | 89 | 1 | 55 | 2.29 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.58 | 91.5 | 3.8 |
| March | 9 | 37 | 104 | 2.81 | 50 | 363 | .149 | 9 | 0.24 | 12 | 0.32 | 256 | 10 | 89 | 2.41 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0.41 | 124.0 | 3.4 |
