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Jersey Number 16
AJ Koele
- Position:
- Opposite
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Woodlands HS
- Prev School:
- Mississippi State
- Hometown:
- The Woodlands, Texas
โข 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
โข 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
โข Three-time Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll selection
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2021 (Senior):
Her third season with the Bears as fourth-year senior ... Saw action in two sets on the season, had three attacks against McNeese (9/18) ... Had one kill against Iowa State (11/20) ...ย Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
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2020 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Appeared in nine matches for the Bears, seeing time as a setter and oppositeโฆCollected seven assists, six blocks, five kills and four digs across 30 sets of actionโฆTallied one kill on one swing at Kansas on Sept. 25โฆRecorded season-high three assists vs. Oklahoma on Oct. 9โฆPosted back-to-back two-kill outings at Rice (March 19) and vs. Texas (March 26)โฆCollected season-best three blocks vs. Texas on March 26โฆFinished the season with consecutive two-dig performances, a season-best, vs. Texas (March 26) and vs. Nebraska (April 18) in the NCAA Regional SemifinalsโฆNamed to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2019 (Sophomore):
Did not play in any matchesโฆBig 12 Champion and NCAA National Semifinalist team memberโฆHelped BU achieve its first No. 1 AVCA national ranking for six weeks and the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA TournamentโฆSpring enrollee and participated in practice with the teamโฆNamed to the fall and spring Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll.
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2018 (Freshman โ Mississippi State):
Prior to Baylor, played one season at Mississippi State under first-year head coach Julie DartyโฆTotaled 125 kills in 67 sets played in the middleโฆAveraged 1.87 kills per set as a BulldogโฆAdded 13 blocks and 22 digsโฆHad 335 total attacksโฆEarned Jaguar Invitational All-Tournament Team honors.
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High School:
Played four seasons at The Woodlands High SchoolโฆEarned UnderArmour Honorable Mention All-America and PrepVolleyball.com Top 150 Players during senior seasonโฆAlso named Lonestar Region Player of the Year and All-State in 2017โฆ2017 GHVCA Fab 50 Selection and John Turner Classic All-Tournament TeamโฆNamed All-State and to the Texas Open and Volleypalooza All-Tournament Team in 2016โฆAwarded District Co-Offensive Player of the Year in 2016โฆEarned all-district honors during freshman seasonโฆNamed Academic All-District from 2015-17โฆParticipated in National Charity League and National Honor SocietyโฆPlayed club volleyball at Texas Tornadoes Volleyball ClubโฆWas a bronze medalist at the USAV Junior Nationals in 17s and 18s.
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Personal:
Given name is Alexandra Koele but goes by AJโฆDaughter of Devin and Sandi KoeleโฆHas one brother, ZacharyโฆMother is a Baylor gradโฆMajoring in communications.
โข 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
โข Three-time Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll selection
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2021 (Senior):
Her third season with the Bears as fourth-year senior ... Saw action in two sets on the season, had three attacks against McNeese (9/18) ... Had one kill against Iowa State (11/20) ...ย Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
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2020 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Appeared in nine matches for the Bears, seeing time as a setter and oppositeโฆCollected seven assists, six blocks, five kills and four digs across 30 sets of actionโฆTallied one kill on one swing at Kansas on Sept. 25โฆRecorded season-high three assists vs. Oklahoma on Oct. 9โฆPosted back-to-back two-kill outings at Rice (March 19) and vs. Texas (March 26)โฆCollected season-best three blocks vs. Texas on March 26โฆFinished the season with consecutive two-dig performances, a season-best, vs. Texas (March 26) and vs. Nebraska (April 18) in the NCAA Regional SemifinalsโฆNamed to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2019 (Sophomore):
Did not play in any matchesโฆBig 12 Champion and NCAA National Semifinalist team memberโฆHelped BU achieve its first No. 1 AVCA national ranking for six weeks and the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA TournamentโฆSpring enrollee and participated in practice with the teamโฆNamed to the fall and spring Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll.
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2018 (Freshman โ Mississippi State):
Prior to Baylor, played one season at Mississippi State under first-year head coach Julie DartyโฆTotaled 125 kills in 67 sets played in the middleโฆAveraged 1.87 kills per set as a BulldogโฆAdded 13 blocks and 22 digsโฆHad 335 total attacksโฆEarned Jaguar Invitational All-Tournament Team honors.
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High School:
Played four seasons at The Woodlands High SchoolโฆEarned UnderArmour Honorable Mention All-America and PrepVolleyball.com Top 150 Players during senior seasonโฆAlso named Lonestar Region Player of the Year and All-State in 2017โฆ2017 GHVCA Fab 50 Selection and John Turner Classic All-Tournament TeamโฆNamed All-State and to the Texas Open and Volleypalooza All-Tournament Team in 2016โฆAwarded District Co-Offensive Player of the Year in 2016โฆEarned all-district honors during freshman seasonโฆNamed Academic All-District from 2015-17โฆParticipated in National Charity League and National Honor SocietyโฆPlayed club volleyball at Texas Tornadoes Volleyball ClubโฆWas a bronze medalist at the USAV Junior Nationals in 17s and 18s.
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Personal:
Given name is Alexandra Koele but goes by AJโฆDaughter of Devin and Sandi KoeleโฆHas one brother, ZacharyโฆMother is a Baylor gradโฆMajoring in communications.
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