Alaina Bergsma (born March 30, 1990) is an American

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player. She is tall and plays the position of

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. She was on the

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College

During her college career at the

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, Bergsma won the 2009 All-West Coast Conference Team and was Freshman of the Year. In 2010, she was an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention. In 2011, she was selected as an AVCA Third-Team All-American and to the All-Pac-12/Region First Team. During the 2012 season, she was the AVCA National Player of the Year, Pac-12 Player of the Year, AVCA First-Team All-American, All-Pac-12/Region First Team and the Capital One Third-Team Academic All-American. Bergsma won the

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as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2013.

Club volleyball

Bergsma won the 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix Finals Most Valuable Player award and the Superliga crown. She joined the Korean V-League club

Daejeon KGC Daejeon Korea Ginseng Corporation ( ko, 대전 KGC인삼공사) is a South Korean professional women's volleyball team. The team was founded in 1988 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Vol ...

for the 2016/17 season. and helped Daejeon to the silver medal in the Korean Cup. She scored 55 points in the Korean League second semifinal match against IBK Altos, scoring 50 points in attack and five blocks, tying as the third major total points ever recorded. Her team lost the semifinal 2-3 to IBK and settled with the bronze medal. In May 2017 she renewed her contract with Daejeon.

Personal

Bergsma studied sports business in college. In 2012, she won the

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pageant and represented Oregon in

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, where she did not place but was awarded "Miss Photogenic".

Clubs

* Mets de Guaynabo (2013) *

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(2013–2014) *

Petron Blaze Spikers The Petron Blaze Spikers were a professional women's volleyball team that played in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2013 to 2020. After the cancellation of the 2020 season of the PSL due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the team took a lea ...

(2014–2015) * Gigantes de Carolina (2015) * Supreme Chonburi (2015) * Yunnan Volleyball (2015-2016) * Gresik Petrokimia (2016) *

(2016–present)

Awards

College

* 2009 All-West Coast Conference Team * 2009 WCC Freshman of the Year * 2010 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention * 2011 AVCA Third-Team All-American * 2012 AVCA National Player of the Year * 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year * 2012 AVCA First-Team All-American * 2012 Capital One Third-Team Academic All-American *2013

for volleyball

Individuals

* '' 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix "Finals Most Valuable Player"'' * ''2016/17 Korean V-League "Best Opposite"'' * ''2016/17 Korean V-League "All-Star Game Most Valuable Player"''

Clubs

* 2014 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2016 Korean Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

* 2016/17 Korean V-League – Bronze medal, with Daejeon KGC

References

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