Alex Wiederholt

Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Riverdale
Hometown:
Muscoda, Wis.

As a Junior (2012):
» Akron Invitational All-TournamentTeam
Appeared in all 29 matches and 71 sets ... Ranked third onthe team averaging 1.63 kills per set ... Posted double-digit kills on four occasions ... Earned AkronInvitational All-Tournament Team
honors after averaging 12.5 kills per set against Quinnipiac andMontana State ... Tied career-high nine digs versus Montana State... Recorded a season-best .571 clip twice, once against SEC foeSouth Carolina ... Tallied 0.32 blocks per set.

As a Sophomore (2011): Played in 28 matches and79 sets ... Finished fourth on the team on the offensive attackwith 102 kills, averaging 1.29 per set ... Ranked fourth on theteam in blocks, posting 36.0 and averaging 0.46 per set ... Tallieda season-high nine kills against Arkansas State (Aug. 26) and aseason-high five blocks against Northern Illinois (Oct. 14) ...Recorded a career-high nine digs against UAB (Aug. 26).

As a Redshirt Freshman (2010): Appeared in all32 matches and made 21 starts for the Zips … Totaled 178kills in 108 sets played for an average of 1.65 kills per set… Led the team with 85 total blocks, 12 solo, and averaged0.79 blocks per set … Recorded 2.12 points per set and 228.5total points.

As a Freshman (2009): Redshirted as afreshman.

At Riverdale High School: A three-yearletterwinner and two-time All-Southwest Wisconsin
Activities League first team honoree ... as a senior was namedteam captain and team MVP ... also named the SWAL Player of theYear and Riverdale Female Athlete of the Year ... holds schoolrecords for most kills in a season (302), is number three on theall-time list for blocks in a season (52) and is eighth on the listfor service aces (42) ... in 2008 averaged 4.8 kills, .97 digs, .90blocks and .50 aces ... posted a .633 hitting percentage as asenior, holds a prep career average of .540 ... played for theCenter Stars Club squad for three years ... played with fellowteammate Morgan Kuhn for one year on Wisconsin PoWer ...academically named a Army National Reserve Scholar Athlete ... aseven-time honor roll athlete ... a three-year member of theNational Honor Society, voted vice-president as a senior ... wasalso involved in student government, named class president as asophomore, and student council for two years ... also a three-yearletterwinner in basketball and a four-year letterwinner insoftball.

Personal: Daughter of David and JoAnnWiederholt ... has two younger brothers, Johnny and Nick ... motherplayed volleyball and basketball at the University of Wisconsin-EauClaire ... majoring in exercise science.