Alexa Gray

Alexa Lea Gray (born August 7, 1994) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. Professionally, she plays for the Turkish club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.

Personal life

Gray attended high school at Centennial High School in Calgary. She began playing volleyball in sixth grade and played for Calgary Dinos women’s volleyball club and helped them to U15 and U17 provincial champ titles and U16 and U17 national champ title.

She also played rugby and basketball in high school.

Gray has attributed her motivation to her late mother, Stacey French. Her mother was also an athlete and played basketball at Southern Utah. When Gray was 13, she and her older sister Jordan Gray survived a car accident that claimed her mother's life. While driving from Montana, an elk struck the car, causing it to roll several times. Gray's father, Evric Gray, played basketball at UNLV and is a high school basketball coach.

Gray is a Mormon, and opted to attend Brigham Young University to play in college.

She participated at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup. She has won international awards with the national team: she was named "Best Scorer" and "Best Spiker" at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup and "Best Spiker" at the 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship. She was named the MVP at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification.

Awards and honors

College AVCA All American – First Team (2015); Second Team (2014); Third Team (2013) West Coast Conference Player of the Year – 2014, 2015 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year – 2012

Clubs 2022–23 Italian League - 16px Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano 2022-23 MVP of 5th and deciding match vs. Vero Volley Milano

International 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship – Best Spiker 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup – Best Spiker 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup – Best Scorer 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification – Most Valuable Player 2022–23 Italian League "Most valuable player"