2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Alexis Rains
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- DS/L
- Hometown:
- Aliquippa, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Hopewell
- High School:
- Hopewell
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Letterwinner: 2013
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Set Assists:Â 1 (three times, last: at Akron, 9/27/12)
Digs:Â 6 (at Northern Illinois, 10/26/13)
2013 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Saw action in 17 matches and 36 sets on the season, making one start
• Tallied 31 digs and two assists on the season
• Tallied career-high six digs at Northern Illinois (Oct. 26)
2012 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Saw action in six matches and 10 sets
• Tallied season-high four digs vs. Ohio (Nov. 1)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• All-State selection as a senior in 2011 at Hopewell H.S. under head coach Terry Borkovic
• Earned All-WPIAL honors as a senior in 2011 and as a junior in 2010
• Led the Vikings in passing and digs while serving as team captain as a senior
• Also led Hopewell in digs during her junior season
• Also competed for Pittsburgh Three Rivers Volleyball Club under head coach Rob Snyder, helping lead the squad to back-to-back Junior National Championship qualifications in 2010 and 2011
PERSONAL
• Nicknames are 'Lex' and 'Lexie'
• Daughter of Dan and Debbie Rains
• Has two siblings, Lindsay and Jared
• Father, Dan, played football at the University of Cincinnati and was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears for four seasons (1982-85); member of Bears team that won Super Bowl XX title in 1985 and appeared in the famous 'Super Bowl Shuffle' music video; brother, Jared, also played football at Cincinnati
• Honor roll student and a member of the National Art Honors Society at Hopewell High School
• Majoring in fashion merchandising
