Morgan State University Athletics

Spring 2021 (Freshman): Played a total of 33 sets, starting in two of the 10 matches played…Averaged 1.94 digs per set and finished fourth on the team in digs…Totaled 64 digs, a kill, seven assists, and six service aces…Notched a career-high 18 digs and had a career-high three assists in the season finale at Coppin State (3/28)...Had seven digs, an assist and a service ace at Coppin State (3/22)...Collected seven digs, a kill and an assist at Delaware State (3/15)...Tallied 10 digs against Coppin State (3/11)... Finished with 10 kills and a season-best two service aces against Howard (3/8).
 
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Northmont Senior High...Is the school’s career digs leader with 1,144...A two-time team MVP and two-time captain as a junior and senior...Helped the Thunderbolts to a 15-9 record during her senior season and a third-place finish in the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC)...Concluded her senior season leading the GWOC in digs with 491 and was the only female All-State athlete at Northmont during the 2019 Fall season...A first-team all-conference/district selection and was a Rotary Athlete of the Month (Sept. 2019)...Second-team All-GWOC selection as a junior in 2018...As a sophomore she was named NHS Defender of the Year and earned the coach’s award...Coached by Jim Smith...Was on the Honor roll and a scholar athlete...A recipient of the President’s Education Award...Played the flute and piccolo as part of the school’s wind ensemble...On the student-athletic leadership team...Was a member of the Aspiration team to be a student voice in planning activities.

Personal: Born September 5, 2002 in Dayton, Ohio...Daughter of Ivan and Angel Sampson...Her older sister Sasha played volleyball at Fairmont State (2015-19)...Major is biology...Career ambition is to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology to continue her love for science...Hobbies include playing the flute/piccolo, Monopoly, making art and cooking...Has spent her summers babysitting, working at McDonald’s and as an assistant coach at a youth club volleyball camp...Volunteered her time pet/house sitting for neighbors and worked in her Church nursery.


ALYSSA’S CAREER HIGHS

Attack  Percentage	1.000 at Delaware State (3/15/21)*
Kills	1 at Delaware State (3/15/21)*
Total Attempts	1 at Delaware State (3/15/21)*
Assists	3 at Coppin State (3/28/21)*
Digs	18 at Coppin State (3/28/21)*
Aces	2 vs. Howard (3/8/21)*
Blocks	None

*Played Spring 2021 due to COVID-19.