A very fundamental, technical player, a true coach's daughter ... Shooting range extends to three-point land, is a smart defender and a very solid player all-around.
UNLV
(2017-18 - RS-Junior): Turned in her best game of the year to help UNLV pull off a 21-point 4th quarter comeback as she scored 18 points against Portland State in an overtime win (Nov. 11) ... Posted double-figures in two games ... Finished sixth on the team in scoring (3.4 ppg) as the first player off the bench and hit 20 three-pointers, third best among the Lady Rebels ... Appeared in all 31 games with eight starts.
(2016-17 - RS-Sophomore): Made four starts during the season, with her first career start also resulting in a career-best performance ... With a depleted roster available against New Mexico, (Jan. 11) she torched the Lobo zone for 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting from three-point range ... Finished the season with 71 points, 54 rebounds, 14 steals, 13 assists and 18 three-pointers while shooting 41.9% from behind the arc.
(2015-16 - Sophomore): Sat out the season after suffering an ACL injury in the preseason.
(2014-15 - Freshman): In her first year as a Lady Rebel, posted 19 points and 20 rebounds ... Reached four points three times, and collected five rebounds in a pair of games.
High School
Led Etiwanda High to four league titles and to a Top 25 national ranking her senior season ... Eagles reached the CIF-Open State regional finals her senior season, during which she was named both First-team All-Baseline League and First Team All-Inland Valley ... Earned Baseline League Outstanding Senior Award ... League Scholar-Athlete recognition as well as CIF Scholar Athlete Award ... Paced team in rebounding as a junior and senior ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude, and was in the top 1% of high school scholars in San Bernardino County ... Played for West Coast Premier under head coach Brian Crichlow from 2010-13.
Personal
Alyssa Alexandra Anderson ... Born in Pomona, Calif. ... Daughter of Anders and Christine Anderson ... Has two brothers, Aidan (21) and Alec (19), and one sister, Ashtyn (25), who played on the Cal State Chico basketball team ... Her father was on the basketball teams at both Chaffey College and Cal Poly Pomona, while her mother played for Cal Poly Pomona, and both are members of that school's Hall of Fame ... One uncle, Mike Sweeney, was a five-time All-Star for the Kansas City Royals (1990-2007), while her grandfather, also named Mike Sweeney, played for the Angels ... Uncle Richard Sweeney played football at Boise State, and a pair of aunts, Colleen Sweeney and Deirdre Sweeney, both played soccer for Cal Poly Pomona ... Once took a 42-day cross country trip with her family that covered 24 states ... Majoring in Biological Sciences.
