Alyssa Bert

Cherlin Antonio

OH/RH

/ Volleyball

Photo by: SU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Position:
Defensive Specialist/Libero
Height:
5-9
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Prev School:
Colorado State University

Graduate Year (2023): Starting libero in all 28 matches … Appeared in all 89 sets this season as libero … Led the squad with 261 digs … Second on the team with 27 service aces … Averaged 2.93 digs/set … Boasted a reception percentage of .955 on 425 reception attempts … Had 10-or-more digs in 12 contests … Tied single-game career-best four aces versus Delaware State (9/2) … Named to Kathy DeBoer Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Graduate Year (2022): Starting libero in all 103 sets … Recorded 326 digs … Averaged 3.17 digs per set … Third on team in service aces with 27 … Third on team in set assists with 110 … Single-game career high 22 digs vs. Army West Point (9/8) … Single-game career-high 5 attacks vs Hofstra (9/9) … Single-game career-high 11 assists at Wake Forest (9/30) … Tallied double-double (11 assists, 10 digs) at Wake Forest.

Prior to Syracuse (Colorado State 2019-2021): Three-time Mountain West Academic All-Conference honoree (2019, 2020, 2021) and was tabbed an MW Scholar-Athlete in back-to-back seasons (2019, 2020) … Played primarily as a defensive specialist/libero, she assisted the Rams to a Mountain West Regular Season Title from the back row in 2019 and a Co-Season Title in 2021 … The Oklahoma City, Okla. native also has experience playing in the postseason, as the Rams faced South Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2019, ultimately falling in a five-set battle.

Club: Played for Oklahoma Peak Performance for eight years under head coach Joe Skinner.

High School: A four-year letter winner at Westmoore High School (Oklahoma City, Okla.), where she served as a team captain for three years … Three-time Central Oklahoma Athletic Conference (COAC) All-Conference First-Team honoree, COAC All-Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2018, 2019) … Was named the Westmoore Female Athlete of the Year (2019).

Personal: Born Aug. 30 in Oklahoma City, Okla. … Daughter of Charlie and Pam Bert … Has one brother, Michael (32) ... Majoring in Teaching & Curriculum in the School of Education (Masters).