Alaina Bergsma (2023) - Hall of Fame - University of Oregon Athletics

Alaina Bergsma

Induction:
2023
Class:
2013

On the heels of a memorable individual campaign and the volleyball team’s postseason run, Alaina Bergsma was named the 2012 National Player of the Year, becoming the first student-athlete in program history to win the prestigious award. That season, she helped lead Oregon to an NCAA runner-up finish with tournament victories over national powers BYU in the Sweet 16, Nebraska playing in its home state in the Elite Eight and Penn State in the Final Four. Additionally, Bergsma earned a spot on the AVCA All-America First Team, was named Most Outstanding Player for the Omaha Regional and became the first Pac-12 Volleyball Player of the Year at Oregon. With her selection in 2012, Bergsma is one of six players in Oregon Volleyball history to earn multiple All-America honors, after earning an AVCA third team pick in 2011 as a junior. In the classroom, Bergsma was voted to the 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team. She was also an NCAA Senior CLASS Award finalist. In just three seasons at Oregon, she amassed 1,421 kills, which ranked fifth on the program’s all-time list at the time of her graduation. She also ranked among the top 10 at Oregon in points (1,568.5) and hitting percentage (.278). During her incredible senior season, Bergsma ranked fifth nationally with 4.85 kills per set and 5.35 points per set, leading the Pac-12 in both categories. She was also 10th in the conference with a career-high .325 hitting percentage. Her 631.5 points were second in program history for a single season since the start of the rally scoring era in 2001. During the Omaha Regional, Bergsma put down 5.00 kills per set while hitting .370 in a pair of four-set wins over BYU and Nebraska. In the victory that sent the Ducks to the Final Four, Bergsma tallied 23 kills coupled with a .429 hitting percentage – just two attack errors in 49 swings – and 11 digs. On the team’s final road trip of the regular season, the Chandler, Ariz., native put together back-to-back 30-kill performances with 31 kills at Washington followed by a career-high 32 kills at Washington State. Bergsma finished the 2012 season with 572 kills, the seventh-highest total in UO history. Along with her 510 kills in 2011, she is the only player in program history with multiple 500-kill seasons during the rally scoring era. She collected her first All-America certificate in 2011 after averaging 4.51 kills per set and 5.12 points per set, both top-15 figures nationally. Bergsma was also an all-Pac-12 selection in 2011. In the first round of that season’s NCAA Tournament against Colorado State, she registered 30 kills for the first time in her UO career. She reached double-digit kills in 28 of 31 matches during the season and finished the year with eight double-doubles. In 2010, her first season in Eugene, Bergsma became Oregon’s fourth AVCA National Player of the Week after hitting .500 with 4.71 kills per set in wins over Washington State and Washington.