Georgia State University Athletics

2007
Saw limited action behind a deep corps of middle hitters, but made most of her opportunities ... Posted two kills in five-match win over Fordham (8/25) in her first collegiate action ... Registered career-high four kills and hit .800 with two block assists in win over UMKC (8/31) ... Matched career-best with four kills while hitting .500 in win against Kennesaw State (10/2).

High School
Earned seven Letters for Romulus, with three years in volleyball and two years each in basketball and track at Romulus High ... Had over 1,100 kills and 100 blocks in her high school career ... Named Michigan Mega All-Conference her senior season, as her team finished second in conference play ... Named Athlete of the Week by the Romulus News-Herald in 2006 ... Team had a record of 63-45 in her three years on the squad...She was a forward/center on a team that advanced to Regionals her final year...In ninth and tenth grades, Alysa ran the 400 and 800 meters, setting school records.

Personal
Alysa was born Oct. 5, 1989 and is the youngest child of Emery and Kimberly Long ... She has an older sister (Amber, 26, and a former high school volleyball player who influenced her younger sister) and an older brother (Anson, 22) ... Her uncle John and her cousin Grant both played in the NBA. John played 14 years in the NBA, scoring 12,131 points. He was with the Detroit Pistons for eight years, pairing with Isiah Thomas in the backcourt. He played for Indiana, Atlanta and Toronto. Grant, a 6-9 forward, played more than 1,000 NBA games, finishing in 2003 with 9,518 career points. Grant Long was with the Hawks twice, on the 1995-96 playoff team and on their last playoff team of 1998-99...Alysa is a fan of the NBA’s Pistons and the WNBA’s Detroit Shock...Give her some free time and she will probably use it on music or shopping time...Alysa chose Georgia State in part due to the school’s academic reputation ... She is majoring in accounting with a goal of working for a Fortune 500 company as a C.P.A. (Certified Public Accountant).