Long Beach State freshman Alexis Crimes enters her first NCAA Tournament with plenty of award-winning momentum.
Long Beach State freshman Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS) capped off the regular season with her first Big West Player of the Week award. The 6-3 middle blocker jammed home a career-high 27 kills and a career-high nine blocks for the 49ers in a five-game losing battle with Notre Dame at the Baden Thanksgiving Classic.
At the three-match tourney, Crimes whipped through the competition by hitting at a .460 clip or better, averaging .489 through the weekend. Against Kentucky, Crimes hit .545 and finished with 14 kills, helping lift her to 4.73 kills per game last week. On the defensive side of the net, the Big West Freshman of the Year put up 1.36 blocks per game.