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Georgia Southern University Athletics

2016 Women's Volleyball Roster

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Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics
Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics

8 Alex Beecher

  • Position DS
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.
  • Highschool Bishop Moore

Biography

Honors and Awards
2016-17 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2016 second-team All-Sun Belt
2016 Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 14 and Oct. 3
2015 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2015 second-team All-Sun Belt
2014 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List
2013 Magnolia Invitational All-Tournament
2013 Bash in the Boro All-Tournament
2013 SoCon Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 18
2013 SoCon All-Academic
2013 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
2012 SoCon All-Freshman Team
2012 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
2012 three-time SoCon Defensive Player of the Week

Senior (2016): Broke her own school record with 632 digs, averaging 5.10 per set • Ranked 11th in the country and first in the Sun Belt in digs • Played in all 33 matches and 124 sets • Also tallied 129 assists and 29 aces • Collected 20-plus digs in 13 matches and 30-plus digs twice • Had a season-high 36 digs with six assists and three aces against Little Rock (10/29) • Posted 33 digs and six assists at Appalachian State (11/6).

Junior (2015): Ranked 10th in the country with 5.57 digs per set • Set the Georgia Southern career digs record in just three seasons • Recorded 590 digs, the second-most in a single-season at Georgia Southern and 14 shy of her own school record, set in 2012 • Played in 29 matches and 106 sets • Had 20-plus digs in 13 matches, including seven in a row from Sept. 18-Oct. 7 • Recorded 30-plus digs in three matches • Had a season high of 36 digs at Georgia State (11/7) • Notched 31 digs vs. South Alabama (9/26) • Logged 30 digs vs. Stetson.

Redshirt (2014): Missed the season with an injury • Received a medical redshirt.

Sophomore (2013): Ranked fifth in the SoCon in digs (4.69/set) • Played in 33 matches and started every one as the libero •  Played in 118 sets • Collected 553 digs, the third most in a season at Georgia Southern • Had 20-plus digs in nine matches and double-figure digs in 29 contests • Second on the team with 97 assists • Had 25 digs in the SoCon title match against Samford • Posted a season-high 27 digs vs. Elon (9/27) and Furman (10/4) • Notched 26 digs vs. Western Carolina (11/15) • Posted a season high seven assists in three contests. 

Freshman (2012): Set school record with 604 digs • One of two Eagles to play in all 124 sets • Started every match as the libero • Led the team with 37 service aces and was second with 115 assists • Set school record with 40 digs against Western Carolina (11/3) • Had 20-plus digs in 13 matches • Had double-figure digs in all but two matches • Posted 31 digs in the SoCon Tournament semifinal vs. Furman (11/18) • Tallied 28 digs vs. Wofford (11/10) and Wisconsin (9/14) • Registered 19 digs and 10 assists vs. Portland (9/8).

Prep: Lettered for Tanya Jarvis at Bishop Moore • Named to All-Central Florida Top Team • Voted best libero in Central Florida • Led the Hornets to the state Final Four as a junior, and they were the state runner-up in her senior season • National Honor Society, English Honor Society and Social Studies Honor Society.

Personal: Born Alexandra Selena Beecher May 13, 1994, in Orlando, Fla. • The daughter of Terry and Holly Beecher • Terry is a high school girls basketball coach in Florida • Enjoys listening to music, watching movies and playing beach volleyball • People she most admires are her mom, high school volleyball coach and Olympian Kerri Walsh.

Major: Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2012Freshman

    DS
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2013Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2014Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2015Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2016Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    8