Fairfield University Athletics

2021 (Fall): MAAC All-Academic Team…Co-captain...Played in seven matches totaling 12 sets…Recorded eight assists, four digs and a service ace…Made the Senior Day start and dished out seven assists in the Nov. 7 sweep of Marist.
 
2021 (Spring): MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 13 sets over seven matches as a setter and DS…Handed out 83 assists…Also averaged 1.23 digs per stanza…Started at setter and recorded a double-double with 56 assists and 10 digs in the season finale at Quinnipiac on March 28.

2019: MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 11 sets over seven matches as a setter and DS…Totaled 39 assists, two kills, eight digs and one blocks. Had 12 assists in one set of work in the Oct. 5 home sweep of Manhattan.

2018: MAAC All-Rookie Team…Four-time MAAC Rookie of the Week…MAAC Academic Honor Roll...One of two Stags to appear in all 107 sets…Ranked second in the MAAC and 47th in the nation with 10.68 assists per set…Her 1,143 total assists are fifth-most by a Fairfield freshman…Set a Fairfield rally-scoring era record with 68 assists – seventh in the overall Fairfield record book and the most by a Stag since 2000…Averaged 2.32 digs per set to rank third on the team and post a team-best 11 double-doubles…Landed 14 service aces and dumped over 41 kills…Was also a part of 35 blocks.

A setter from Nicholasville, Kentucky, Alexis Rich was a four-year contributor for Head Coach Billy Bird at West Jessamine High School. She was the Region 12 Player of the Year and a First Team All-State selection in 2016, highlighting a scholastic career that also included four All-Region Tournament Team nods and three All-District Tournament Team distinctions. Rich was also an Academic All-State honoree and a Kentucky Bluegrass Orthopedic Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Daughter of Suzannah and Barry Rich...Barry played college football at the University of Kentucky...Has a younger brother William.