2013: Named to the SCIAC All-Academic team for her fall season... Plays opposite and middle for the Tigers... Led Oxy with 18 kills and a .244 hitting percentage against George Fox... recorded 14 kills and two block assists against Linfield... Scored six assists on 14 attacks for a .462 hitting percentage... recorded seven kills, six digs and a block at Whittier (Sept. 24)... registered 11 kills without an error on 21 attempts (.524 pct) vs. #5 Cal Lutheran on Sept. 27... recorded 15 kills in a 3-2 comeback win over Pomona-Pitzer on Sept. 28... notched a team-high 16 kills vs. #21 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Oct. 4... tallied a match-high 19 kills and had four digs in a 3-1 win at Redlands on Oct. 5... paced the Oxy offense in a 3-2 win over Chapman (Oct. 8) with a career-high 24 kills while adding five digs and four block assists... knocked down 11 kills to go along with nine digs and two block assists vs. UC Santa Cruz on Oct. 12... notched 13 kills vs. La Sierra on Oct. 12... had eight kills in a 3-0 sweep of Caltech on Oct. 15... put away 12 kills in a 3-0 sweep of Whittier on Oct. 19... was one of four Tigers with double digit in kills with 13 vs. Pomona-Pitzer on Oct. 25... knocked down 14 kills in a 3-2 win at Chapman (Nov. 2) in the final game of her career
2012: Had 5 kills and a block against Grinnell (Sept. 8)...posted 8 kills, 2 service aces, 6 digs, and 2 blocks at Chapman (Sept. 14)...registered 4 kills and 7 services aces on Sept. 15 at Caltech...in a 3-0 sweep at Whitter (Sept. 21), posted 12 kills on 17 attemps, good for .647 kill percentage...finished with 12 kills against Cal Lutheran (Sept. 22)...tallied 10 kills on 20 attempts versus Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 25)...registered 9 kills versus La Verne (Sept. 29)...had 13 kills and 2 block against CMS (Sept. 29)...posted 6 kills and a block at La Verne (Oct. 6)...posted nine kills (.500 hit percentage) and two blocks in a sweep over Whittier (Oct. 9)...had nine kills and three blocks at Cal Lutheran (Oct. 12)...registered 8 kills and 3 blocks vs. Chapman (Oct. 16)...notched 13 kills and two blocks vs. UC Santa Cruz (Oct. 20)...recorded nine kills on 12 attempts in a sweep of Mills College (Oct. 20)...registered two kills and two blocks vs. West Coast Baptist (Oct. 23)...
2011: Finished the season with 167 kills and 66 digs in 28 matches...Had a total of 39 blocks and 201.5 points...
High School: Alyssa played volleyball at Rincon/University High School in Tucson, Arizona for 4 years, 3 as a varsity starter. Her sophomore year Alyssa made Second Team in the 5A Southern Region and her junior and senior year she made First Team in the 5A Southern Region. Other honors her senior year include All-Southern Arizona first team and All-State Honorable Mention. Alyssa played middle blocker all 4 years and was also captain of her team.
Personal: Alyssa was born on January 15th, 1992 in Tucson, Arizona to Brad and Bonnie Mort. She has lived in Tucson her whole life along with her younger siblings, her sister and best friend, Alexis(17) and brothers Addison(10) and Anderson(9). Along with volleyball Alyssa participated in many other sports. She was a 4 year varsity starter in basketball and a 2 year varsity letter winner in track and field placing second in state in the 800m with a time of 2:21. She also competes on Oxy's women's basketball team.
Q & A with Alyssa Mort
Q: Why did you choose Occidental?
A: The challenging academics and competitive athletics
Q: Favorite Movies:
A: The Notebook, Glory Road, Remember the Titans and The Lion King
Q: Favorite Foods:
A: Ice cream, cornbread and english muffins
Q: Favorite Sport:
A: Basketball
Q: Favorite TV Shows:
A: 24 and Gilmore Girls
Q: Favorite Quotes:
A: "Whoever said 'it's not whether you win or lose that counts' probably lost."
Q: If you could visit anywehere, where would it be? Why?
A: Disneyland- it's the happiest place on earth
