2020 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Alli O'Harra
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boise, Idaho
- High School:
- Centennial HS
RECORDS:
Career (2017-20):
5th – 335 block assists
8th – 368.0 total blocks
Single-Match:
T-4th – 8 blocks in 3 sets at Saint Mary’s (11/1/18)
AWARDS:
WCC All-Academic second team – 2019
WCC All-Academic honorable mention – 2018, 20
WCC All-Freshman Team – 2017
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete – 2017, 18, 19, 20, 21
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘bronze’ honors – 2018, 19, 20, 21
PEPPERDINE CAREER: Played in 109 total matches in four seasons with the Waves, starting in 103 of them and totaling 392 sets played … Has collected 1.40 kills/set with 550 kills and 207 errors on 1,387 swings for a .247 clip … Has averaged 0.94 blocks/set with 368.0 total blocks, including 33 solo rejections … Posted a career-best 12 kills against Cal Poly (9/13/19) and a .700 (7-0-10) hitting percentage against PCH Cup rival LMU (11/8/19) … Tabbed a career-high 10 blocks at Gonzaga (9/22/18), two aces three times with the last at LMU (3/20/21) and seven digs at Gonzaga (10/31/19) … Posted double-figure kill matches six times in her career and double-figure blocks once.
PEPPERDINE 2020: One of six Waves to have played in all 21 matches for the Waves in her senior season, including 19 starts and 77 total sets of action … Led the team with 0.90 blocks/set after posting 69 total blocks with five solo rejections … Added 1.05 kills/set on a .288 clip … Added 11 aces and 21 digs … Led the Waves in blocks in 10 matches, aces in two and hitting percentage in one, while posting her sole double-figure kill match in the final contest of her career … Marked a season-high seven kills twice, with the last at PCH Cup rival LMU (3/20) and eight blocks against San Francisco (1/26). *The 2020 season was played in the Spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PEPPERDINE 2019: One of six Waves to play in all 29 matches, with 27 starts … In 112 sets of action, amassed 161 kills with 66 errors on 383 swings for a .248 hitting percentage … Averaged 1.44 kills/set, 0.30 digs/set, 0.80 blocks/set and 1.87 points/set for the Waves … Marked 90.0 total blocks with six solo rejections … Posted double-figure kills once with a season-high 12 kills against Cal Poly (9/13) … Led the Waves in hitting percentage in seven matches and blocks 10 times … Tabbed a season-best .700 (7-0-10) hitting output against PCH Cup rival LMU (11/8), six blocks twice with the last against Pitt (9/14) and seven digs against Gonzaga (10/31).
PEPPERDINE 2018: Played in 29 matches with 28 starts, tallying 104 sets of action as a sophomore … Amassed a .228 hitting percentage after posting 154 total kills with 62 errors on 404 swings for 1.48 kills/set … Marked a team-high 1.09 blocks/set with 113 total blocks with nine solo rejections … Tabbed 0.29 digs/set with 30 total digs and amassed 2.12 points/set and 221 points throughout the season … Marked two double-figure kill matches and one double-figure block match … Led the Waves in blocks in 20 matches, service aces twice and hitting percentage once … Posted a season-high 11 kills and .528 hitting percentage against CSUN (9/2/18) and 10 blocks at Gonzaga (9/22/18).
PEPPERDINE 2017: Played in 30 of the Waves’ 31 matches as a true freshman, collecting 28 starts and 99 sets played … Averaged 1.56 kills/set with 154 kills and 53 errors on 409 swings for a .247 hitting percentage … Ranked second on the team with 96 total blocks, including 13 solo rejections … Amassed 2.12 points/set with 209.5 total points and 0.32 digs/set with 32 total digs … Led the team in blocks in 10 matches and hitting percentage in two matches … Posted a season-best 10 kills twice with the last at BYU (Sep. 26) and nine blocks at LMU (Sep. 23).
USA/CLUB: Played for Rise Volleyball Academy from 2011-15 and Idaho Crush Volleyball from 2015-17 … Helped Idaho Crush to a Boise Bid Championship and USAV Junior Olympics 19th place finish in 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho in 2017 … Lettered four seasons as a middle blocker in the Southern Idaho Conference (SIC) under Head Coach Heather Ward for Centennial … Named 5A All-SIC first team in senior and junior campaigns and 5A All-SIC honorable mention in freshman and sophomore seasons … Helped team to a 3rd place 5A State Tournament finish in 2015 and a 5th place finish in 2014 … Helped team finish 2nd in 2014 and 5th in 2016 at the 5A SIC District Tournament … Member of the National Honor Society and lettered in Sports Medicine for earning 75 hours in one semester.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sports medicine … Daughter of Diane and Pat … Has two siblings, Amanda and Riley … Has career goals of playing professional volleyball after her four years at Pepperdine … Chose to attend Pepperdine due to the University’s “family-oriented mentality, amazing location and view, special people and amazing academics” … States her biggest sports hero is Kerri Walsh-Jennings ever since the 2012 London Olympics and in part due to all she has overcome with her shoulder surgeries, different partners and much more.
FAVORITES: Kerri Walsh-Jennings (pro athlete) … Color of our Sky by Amita Trasi (book) … Arrival (movie) … Leverage (TV show) … Mumford and Sons (musical artist) … any kind of fruit (food) … basketball (sport other than volleyball) … Favorite pastimes include reading, hiking, playing with her dogs, baking and making breakfast and watching movies.
