Ryan McAleer Season 2024

Club Team: Team Dynasty Volleyball Club
Career Plans: Sports Journalism & Broadcast
 
2024 / AS A FRESHMAN

• Played in all 34 of Purdue’s matches with 29 starts
• Set a career-high 15 digs vs Indiana (10/19/24)
• Set a career-high 6 service aces at Minnesota, the third freshman in program history to do so (09/28/24)
• Registered 285 digs and averaged 2.44 per set
• Tallied 18 service aces
• Produced double-digit digs in 14 matches
• Secured a perfect reception % in 22 matches
• Had a perfect reception % in 9 straight Big Ten matches (10/19/24-11/17/24)
• Helped lead team to the most digs per set in the Big Ten with 15.60

HIGH SCHOOL

• Member of the 2023 U19 U.S. National Team 20-girl roster as libero and served as an alternate for the U.S. gold-winning team at the 2023 U19 Pan American Cup
• USA Volleyball National Training Development Program (NTDP) Indoor Training Series athlete
• The No. 1 defensive specialist/libero out of the state of Kansas and ranked the No. 3 overall athlete in the state by PrepDig Volleyball
• Competed at the national championships four times
• Guided her team to a USA Volleyball Junior National Champion team title
• Received All-Tournament Team honors for the 2021 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship
• 2023 and 2019 USA Volleyball Junior National Championship Runner-Up
• Placed third in 2022 at the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships
• Helped Blue Valley to a 6A State Runner-Up finish as a junior (2022)
• Selected for the Metro Sports All-Star match on Team Kansas for a match vs. Team Missouri
• Averaged 5.5 digs per set in both her junior and sophomore seasons
• Named First Team All-Conference as a senior and junior and a Second Team honoree as a sophomore
• 2022 VolleyballMag.com High School Midseason "ION" Watch List
• Received First Team All-State as a junior
• Career plans: Work in sports journalism and broadcast
• Parents: Thom and Jackie McAleer
• Sister, Addy, was an outside hitter at Lindenwood University and brother, Sam, played baseball at Mesa Community College

Dave Shondell on Ryan McAleer: "Ryan was ranked as one of the three top liberos in the nation in her class. She brings great energy and belief to any team and has the ability to cover plenty of court as a passer and defender. A key contributor on her Dynasty club team and Blue Valley High School team, Ryan has the ability to fight for playing time from the beginning. She's battled against the best club teams in America and proved her worth regularly. Ryan is a digging machine that will bring a unique approach to our defense."