University of Missouri Athletics

OPENDORSE

CAREER HONORS

• 2024 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (Hawai'i)
• 2024 AVCA All-Region (Pacific, Hawai'i)
• 2024 Big West Player of the Year (Hawai'i)
• 2024 All-Big West First Team (Hawai'i)
• Seven-time Big West Player of the Week in 2024 (Sept. 16, Sept. 23, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 11) (Hawai'i)
• 2023 All-Big West Honorable Mention (Hawai'i)
• 2023 Academic All-Big West (Hawai'i)
• 2022 Big West Freshman of the Year (Hawai'i)
• 2022 All-Big West Second Team (Hawai'i)
• 2022 Big West All-Freshman Team (Hawai'i)
• Six-time Big West Freshman of the Week in 2022 (Sept. 5, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 10, Oct. 31, Nov. 28) (Hawai'i)

PRIOR TO MIZZOU (HAWAI'I / 2022-24)

• Appeared in 90 career matches (63 starts) with the Rainbow Wahine, compiling 1,225 kills with 643 digs, 133 total blocks and 88 aces over three seasons
• Led the NCAA Division I with 611 total kills and ranked fifth in the nation with 5.09 kills per set for AVCA All-America Honorable Mention laurels in 2024
• Ranked second nationally with 676.5 total points and ranked seventh with 5.64 points per set in 2024
• Totaled 20 or more kills in 15 matches to go with 15 double-doubles (kills-digs) in 2024
• Recorded a career-high 38 kills in a five-set win over Texas State (Sept. 14, 2024)
• Posted 36 kills at UC Riverside (Nov. 7, 2024)
• Tabbed the 2024 Big West Player of the Year
• Named to the AVCA All-Region (Pacific) and All-Big West First Team in 2024 along with a UH and conference record seven Big West Offensive Player of the Week awards
• As a freshman at Hawai'i, earned 2022 Big West Freshman of the Year, All-Big West Second Team and Big West All-Freshman Team honors to go with new UH record and Big West season-high six Big West Freshman of the Week selections
• Tabbed an All-Big West Honorable Mention in 2023

HIGH SCHOOL (CENTENNIAL)

• A 2022 graduate of Centennial High School (Roswell, Ga.)
• Earned four varsity letters in volleyball
• For her career, recorded 1,086 kills, 1,067 digs and 161 service aces as a Knight
• Earning multiple athletic awards — including all-state honors (2020, '22), all-region honors (2018, '19, '20, '21), AVCA Phenom Player Watchlist (2020), Centennial HS MVP (2020, '21) and she earned All-American third team honors
• In the classroom, earned scholar-athlete honors from 2018-21
• Played six years with the A5 Volleyball Club

PERSONAL

• Daughter of Ada Franklin of Alpharetta, Georgia, and Christopher Alexander of Galveston, Texas
• Has two older siblings
• Mother, Ada Franklin, played volleyball collegiately at Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, Texas) and at Howard University (Washington D.C.) 
• Ada Franklin was also Caylen Alexander's head coach for the Centennial HS girls volleyball team