Akasha Anderson Season 2024-25

#13
PositionOH
Height6-3
YearSenior
HometownReston, Va.
Previous SchoolMichigan State
2024 / AS A JUNIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE
  • Started all 31 matches
  • Led the team's offense with 356 kills and 410.5 total points
  • Led Michigan State in kills over 19 matches
  • Led the team in blocks on four occasions and digs two times
  • Produced 20 double-digit kill matches
  • Set a career-high 26 kills and 30.5 points at No. 16 USC along with a season-high and team match-leading 13 digs in her double-double performance (10/24)
  • Went .500% at Michigan with 15 kills, three errors on 24 attacks
  • Hit at a .400 clip or better three times in a four-match stretch during Big Ten play:.455% at Rutgers (17-2-33), .500% vs. Michigan (15-3-26) and .400% vs. Maryland (11-3-20)
  • Set a season-high seven blocks at Iowa (11/17)
  • Totaled 70 blocks, second-most on the team
  • Finished the season with 17 aces
  • Owned a 92.6 reception %

2023 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT AUBURN
  • Started in all 27 matches she played in as a sophomore
  • Averaged 3.82 points per set and 3.37 kills per set on 1,114 total attacks
  •  Was second on the team with 356 kills throughout the season
  • Tied her career high with 26 kills in a five-set win over South Alabama
  • Was second on the team and first among hitters with nine double-doubles throughout the year
  • Complied the third-most aces on the team with 27
  • Finished the year with career highs in aces per set (0.26) and digs per set (2.30)
  • Had three matches (at South Alabama, vs Ole Miss, at Mississippi State) with more than 20 kills... Reached double digits in kills in 22 matches
  • Had a career-high .448 hitting percentage with 14 kills and 11 digs against LSU

2022 / AS A FRESHMAN AT AUBURN
  • Played in all 31 matches for the Tigers, starting in 27 of them
  • Ranked top-5 in the SEC in total attacks, kills, kills per set, points and points per set
  • Was top-10 in the Nation among freshmen in kills, kills per set, points and points per set
  • Was named SEC Freshmen of the Week twice
  • Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team
  • An All-SEC Selection
  • Named to the AVCA South All-Region Team
  • Awarded the 2022 AVCA South Region Freshman of the Year
  • Hit a career-best .526 on Aug. 27 vs Marist
  • Piled up a career-high 18 digs in win over Alabama on Sept. 25
  • Recorded her first double-double on Sept. 9 vs UAB with 24 kills and 14 digs
  • Notched the second-most double-doubles on the team with nine
  • Had at least 10 kills in 23 matches
    Stacked up at least 20 kills in eight separate matches
  • Her 428 kills were the 2nd-most in a single season at Auburn as was her 3.54 kills per set and 1,240 total attacks

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Named the team captain for the 2021 season
  • Multi-time All-District Team selection
  • Selected to PrepVolleyball.com's FROSH 59 List
  • Northern Region D Player of the Year
  • 2021 Class 6 Liberty Conference District Player of the Year
  • 2021-22 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year
  • played for Virginia Elite club team since 2016
  • 2021 and 2022 JVA All-National Team selection
  • Named to 2021 and 2020 JVA Ultra Ankle Watch List
  • 2021 Under Armour All-America nominee
  • 2021 Sunshine Volleyball Classic Star Search
  • Selected to 2020 AVCA Phenom List
  • Named to 2020 PrepVolleyball's Watch List
  • 2019 Capitol Hill Class Star Search
  • Tabbed to 2018 AVCA Phenom List
  • 2018 and 2017 Team Excellence Award winner
  • Selected to the 2020 USAV High Performance Program
  • Named to the 2019 and 2018 USAV Girls Select A1 Program
  • Played at HP World Championships in both 2018 and 2019
  • Selected to 2017 USAV Girls Future Select National Training Program
  • Academic Excellence Award winner
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Four-year member on both the academic and athletic honor rolls