Alyssa Schultejans

K-State's Alyssa Schultejans spikes the ball against West Virginia at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas.

Photo by: Scott D. Weaver / K-State Athletics

Photo by: Scott D. Weaver / K-State Athletics

K-State's Elle Sandbothe and Alyssa Schultejans (Scott D. Weaver/K-State Athletics)

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Silver Lake
Hometown:
Silver Lake, Kan.

Honors

Georgia Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team (2017)
Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2016-18)
All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2015)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (11/9/15)
Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2015-16)

Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015)

Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2016)

Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)

Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)

2018 (Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Appeared in 26 matches (76 sets), totaling 163 kills (2.14 per set) while hitting .190 with 48 digs (0.63 per set) and 24 service aces ... Finished second on the team with 24 aces and tied for second in the Big 12 with 0.32 aces per set ... Nine matches with double-digit kills, with a season-high 17 kills vs. Texas on Sept. 19 ... Hit over .300 on four occasions, hitting a season-best .389 (7 kills, 0 errors, 18 attempts) at UMKC on Sept. 11 ... Six matches with multiple aces and a season-high four aces on Sept. 8 against Omaha ... Career-best six blocks against Western Kentucky on Sept. 1 ... In Big 12 play, hit .149 with 77 kills (1.83 per set) and six aces and 24 digs.

2017 (Junior)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Named to Georgia Tech All-Tournament team after a season-high 19 kills (.349) against the Yellow Jackets on Sept. 8. ... Finished the season third on the team in total kills (203) and kills per set (2.31) ... Posted 11 matches with double-figure kills, leading the team in the category three times ... Had a .143 hitting percentage along with 46 digs (0.52 per set), 30 total blocks (0.34 per set) and four aces ... Season-high eight digs at TCU on Oct. 4 ... In conference-only matches, she averaged 2.15 kills per set (third on team) and hit .136 with 23 digs (0.59 per set).

2016 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Finished sophomore season with 110 kills (2.34 kps), with .176 hitting percentage, 12 aces, 24 digs and 11 blocks ... Five matches with 10 or more kills, four of which came over a five-match stretch (Oct. 12-29) ... In Big 12 play, averaged 2.61 kills/set and tallied 10 of her 11 blocks on the season ... Six times hit .300 or higher in a match.

2015 (Freshman)
All-Big 12 Freshman Team … Big 12 Rookie of the Week (11/9) … Recorded 262 kills on a .177 hitting efficiency and played in 104 of K-State’s 107 sets … Led the team with 25 aces … Most aces by a K-State freshman since 2013 (Katie Brand, 27) … First freshman to lead the Wildcats in aces since 2010 (Kaitlynn Pelger) ... Finished ninth in the Big 12 with 0.24 aces/set in overall matches … Also had 99 digs, 39 blocks and 307.5 points … Her 262 kills are the 12th-most by a K-State freshman … Assumed one of the two outside hitter roles after Kylee Zumach suffered a season-ending injury during the first weekend of the season … 10+ kills in 12 matches … Hit .300+ in 6 matches … 10 kills on a .348 hitting percentage in three sets during K-State’s win over Illinois State on 8/29 … Season-high 20 kills on a .340 hitting percentage in five-set loss at Creighton on 9/20 … 10+ kills in 3 straight matches from 10/31-11/11 … 2+ aces in 7 matches … Season-high 4 aces in two different matches (Last: 9/12 at Middle Tennessee) … Season-high 22.5 points in four-set win vs. Cal on 9/4 (18 kills, 2 aces, 1 solo block, 3 block assists) … Joined by teammate Macy Flowers on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team, the pair became the first Wildcat teammates named to the conference’s top freshman team in the same season in school history ... Enrolled at K-State a semester early, joining the program in spring of 2015.

USA Volleyball

Trained with the U.S. Collegiate National Team program in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

High School

Attended Silver Lake High School ... Lettered in volleyball for four years, playing under head coach Sarah Johnson ... Finished as the state record holder in career kills (1,985) for all levels of Kansas high schools ... 2014 Under Armour Second Team All-American ... Two-time Class 3A Player of the Year (2013, 2014) ... Three-time Class 3A All-State First Team (2012-14) ... Four-time all-league selection (first team in 2012, 2013, 2014) ... Three-time all-state tournament team ... MaxPreps/AVCA Kansas High School Player of the Week (Oct. 27, 2014) ... Led Silver Lake to back-to-back Class 3A state titles (2013, 2014) ... Had 732 kills (7.8/set), 211 digs and 38 blocks in her senior season ... Her 732 kills were the most in Kansas ... Had a state-best 624 kills as a junior, being recognized on the 2013 MaxPreps Small Schools All-America Second Team ... Also finished 11th in the state in hitting efficiency (.432, 624k-123e-1160att) as a junior ... As a sophomore, registered 450 kills, which was seventh-best in the state ... Helped Silver Lake win three league championships and reach the state tournament three times ... Played in the 2015 KVA All-Star Match held at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, totaling 7 kills, 4 digs and 1 block to help the Red Team win in 5 sets ... Also played basketball and track in her freshman year.

Personal

Born on April 18, 1997 in Topeka, Kansas ... Parents are Mike and Jennifer Schultejans ... Has two older brothers, Blake and Isaac ... Honor roll student in high school who was also involved in choir ... Majoring in accounting.