Alexis Batezel

Photo by: Jayden Todd/GCU

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Class:
Senior
Position:
Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Nevada State HS

2024 (Junior): Academic All-Big Sky… CSC Academic All-District… Kangaroo Klassic All-Tournament Team… Montana’s libero… appeared in 24 matches, playing 80 total sets… missed three matches with an injury, but battled through pain in the closing stretch of the season… led Montana with 371 digs, averaging 4.08 per set… finished the season with exactly 1,000 career digs… ranked 3^rd in the Big Sky Conference with 4.08 digs/set… had double-digit digs in 19 matches… recorded a season high 23 digs against Sacramento State (11/14) in a five-set win… had two other matches with at least 20 digs, recording 21 in a win at Kansas City (9/20) and 20 against Northern Colorado (9/26)… named to the All-Tournament Team at the Kangaroo Klassic after averaging 4.73 digs/set in a 2-1 week for Montana… had double-digit digs in 12 straight matches from 9/13 to 10/17… had at least 15 digs in 13 matches… had 380 serve receives, the 3^rd most on the team, and had a .958 receiving percentage… 3^rd on Montana with 83 assists… had five service aces on the year… recorded at least five assists in five different matches.

2023 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Sky… started at libero in every match for Montana in 2023… led Montana with 446 digs on the year, averaging 4.02 digs/set… 446 digs came just six short of cracking the top 10 single season marks in program history… ranked 5^th in the Big Sky in digs on the season… improved to 3^rd in the Big Sky in conference play with 4.20 digs/set… double-digit digs in 27 of Montana’s 29 matches, including 26 straight from late August to late November… season-high 25 digs in a win over Green Bay (Sept. 7)… had 20-plus digs in six matches on the year… 100 assists, 2^nd-most on the team… had at least one assist in 28 matches… 18 service aces on the year, recording multiple aces in four different matches.. had season-high eight assists at Eastern Washington (Sept. 23)… season-high three aces at Montana State (Oct. 27)… 23 digs in a five-set win over Binghamton (Aug. 31)… had 22 digs in a five-set loss at North Dakota (Sept. 9), her second 20-dig match of the UND Classic… 24 digs in two out of three matches in Big Sky play, recording 24 at Northern Arizona (Oct. 7) and 24 vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 14)… 20 digs in a five-set loss vs. Sacramento State (Nov. 18).

2022 (Freshman): Appeared in all 29 matches for Montana, playing in all 106 sets… fifth on the team with 183 total digs… seventh on the team with eight service aces… four matches with double-figure digs, including a season-high 14 against UC Davis (8/27)… fourth on the team with 251 serve receives… fourth on Montana with 18 assists… averaged over a dig per set in nine of the final 10 matches… averaged 10 digs per match over the course of three matches from 11/3-11/11, including 13 digs in a rivalry win over Montana State (11/11)… had five service aces in the first two matches of the season.

Career Highs:
Kills: 1, five times
Attacks: 3, two times
Assists: 8, two times
Aces: 3, vs. North Dakota (Aug. 26, 2022)
Digs: 25, vs. Green Bay (Sept. 7, 2023)
Blocks: 1, two times

High School: Is a 2022 graduate of Nevada State High School in Las Vegas... Also attended Liberty High School from 2018-20... Earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior in 2021, helping the Renegades to a conference and Nevada 4A state championship... Also earned second-team all-state honors as a senior, as well as her team's defensive MVP award... Was named her team's MVP in 2018 and defensive MVP in both 2019 and 2021... Was a three-year team captain... Head volleyball coach was Frederick Williams... Earned academic all-state honors three times, graduating as her class valedictorian.

Personal: Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada... Parents are John Batezel and Kate DeLuca... Is majoring in physical therapy.