Alaina Lester

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Althoff Catholic
Hometown:
Millstadt, Ill.

2025: Played in 95 sets over 25 matches for the Redhawks…Narrowly missed a career-high with 118 kills on the season (119 in 2024) while raising her kills-per-set mark to a career-best 1.24…Totaled 282 total attacks and finished the campaign with a .330 hitting-percentage marking the second-straight year with a .330 or higher percentage…Matched her career best of eight kills in a match three different times in 2025…Recorded her best hitting-percentage in a match in the season opener with a .714 against Grambling (8/29)…Recorded 87 total blocks on the defensive side of the net, averaging 0.92 blocks-per-set…Tallied 166.5 points for an average of 1.75 points-per-set.

2024: Played in all 33 matches over 126 sets in her first season as a Redhawk…Offensively, finished her first season with 119 kills on 302 total attacks for a .334 hitting-percentage…Averaged 0.94 kills-per-set and recorded a season-high eight kills against Lindenwood (11/15)…Defensively, recorded 23 digs and a staggering 137 total blocks…She recorded 108 block assists and 29 solo blocks…Her 137 total blocks ranks her fifth all-time in single-season program history behind Taylor Masterson (139, 2013)…Her 108 block assists in a single season ranks her third in program history for a single season and 29 solo blocks ranks her ninth for a single season…She recorded a season-high 11 blocks against Southern Indiana (9/27)…She recorded a season best four solo blocks against Southern Illinois (9/21) and 11 block assists for another season-high at Southern Indiana (9/27).

Prep: Was a four-year letter winner for head coach Brice Miller at Althoff Catholic High School in Illinois and was selected as a First Team All-Conference selection for all four years of her career…Led her team in kills and blocks at the Crossroads Classic where she was named All-Tournament team…Selected as All-State Honorable Mention her junior year…Broke the Althoff Catholic school record for blocks in a game vs. O’Fallon High School with nine.

Personal: The daughter of Sara and Wavey Lester II…Was a standout in basketball and track…2^nd Team All-Conference selection in basketball, and has six individual state medals on the track, including a triple jump state title…Holds nine school record in T&F at Althoff Catholic…Member of National Honor Society…Majoring in Finance