2020-21 Women's Volleyball Roster
McDonald, Aliyah
Jersey Number 5
Aliyah McDonald
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Glenda Dawson HS
- Hometown:
- Pearland, Texas
Bio
AT OREGON STATE
2023
2023
- Appeared in 120 sets across all 30 matches
- Led the Beavs in blocks, tallying 111 stuffs at the net, including 92 solo with a match-best 10 against Nevada (Sep. 8)
- Totaled 132 kills, including a season-best of eight in the sweep at Washington (Oct. 27)
- Put up a season-best-10.5 points in the sweep at Cal (Nov. 9)
- Appeared in 77 sets, making 17 starts across 27 matches played
- Led the Beavs in blocks, tallying 67 stuffs at the net
- Finished as the lead blocker in six matches for OSU
- Added 95 kills on the year, including a season-high 11 at Houston
- Had 10 blocks (9 BA, 1 BS) in the match against North Texas, the most by an individual this season.
- Hit .500 (8K-1E-14TA) in the match against Oregon for her third highest kill total of the year.
- Did not play
- Redshirted due to season-ending injury
- Appeared in all 18 matches and 65 of 69 sets
- Posted a .239 attacking percentage, ninth-highest among freshman in program history for a season
- Tallied 40 blocks, including 37 block assists
- Finished with 129 kills on 318 attacks, both third most on the team
- Led Oregon State in kills against Colorado (1/24/21) with 17 and against USC (1/31/21) with 13
- Notched the most blocks in a match for the Beavers four times
- Posted double-digit kills five times, including a season-best 17 against Colorado on Jan. 24
- Hit .409 with 13 kills on 22 attacks on Jan. 31 versus USC
- Registered six blocks twice, Arizona State (2/12/21) and Cal (3/5/21)
- Tallied 17 kills at Colorado (1/24/21), an OSU individual match-high for a four-set match
- Had three solo blocks on Mar. 5 at Cal, an individual match-best for the Beavers
- Four-year varsity player for the Eagles
- Broke the school’s block record with 370 denials in her career
- 2019 Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball
- 2019 AVCA Under Armour Preseason All-American
- Played club ball for Houston Juniors Volleyball Club
- Was teammates with fellow OSU teammate Mychael Vernon, in 2017 on a USA A1 High Performance team
- Two-time all-district first team selection
- Three-time academic all-district honoree
- Born May 27, 2002 in Houston, Texas
- Daughter of Lakeah and Deleon McDonald
- Has a sister, Ariel
- Enjoys hanging out with friends and going to movies
- Chose Oregon State because “I love the atmosphere and the people at the school. The campus is beautiful.”
- Plans to study chemistry
Oregon State Volleyball 2025 Highlights
Wednesday, April 02
Oregon State Volleyball: Highlights vs Oregon
Friday, September 27
Oregon State Volleyball: First Practice 2019
Saturday, August 10
2010 Spike Out Cancer
Thursday, April 11
