Alyssa Ustby

Alyssa Anne Ustby ( ; She was a three-star recruit when she committed to the University of North Carolina. Head coach Courtney Banghart said she was "totally underrated, but I saw a high-motor, competitive and versatile athlete who had incredible footwork".

College career Freshman season (2020–21) Ustby debuted for the North Carolina Tar Heels on November 25, 2020, scoring 13 points in a 90–61 win over Radford. She recorded her first double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds off the bench in a 95–70 win over High Point on November 29. She made her first start on December 17 in a 92–68 win over Syracuse, after which she held a starting position for the rest of her career. She led the team in scoring with a career-high 23 points in an 82–71 loss to Wake Forest in the ACC tournament second round on March 4. She scored 7 points and grabbed 5 rebounds for No. 10–seeded North Carolina in an 80–71 loss to No. 7 Alabama in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Sophomore season (2021–22) Ustby tied her career high with 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a 72–59 win over VCU in the Bahamas on November 26, 2021. She scored 12 points with 12 rebounds for No. 5 seed North Carolina in a 63–45 win over No. 4 Arizona in the second round of the NCAA tournament. In the next round, she scored only 4 points with 7 rebounds in a 61–69 loss to eventual champions No. 1 South Carolina. She averaged 12.9 points and a team-high 8.6 rebounds per game in her sophomore 2021–22 season, earning second-team All-ACC honors. Her season total of 13 double-doubles was the second most in the ACC. On March 18, she scored her 1000th career point for No. 6 seed North Carolina in a 61–59 win over No. 11 St. John's in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In the second round, she scored 16 points with 9 rebounds in a 71–69 loss to No. 3 Ohio State. She averaged 13.2 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game in her junior 2022–23 season, earning first-team All-ACC honors. On January 4, 2024, she became the first player in program history to record a triple-double when she posted 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 75–51 win over Syracuse. On February 18, she set a new career high with 25 points and added 10 rebounds in a 58–50 win over Wake Forest. She scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds for No. 8 seed North Carolina in a 59–56 win over No. 9 Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In the second round, she shot 4-for-16 yet was her team's top scorer with 12 points in an 88–41 blowout loss to eventual champions No. 1 South Carolina. She averaged 12.5 points, a team-high 9.5 rebounds, and a team-high 3.6 assists in her senior 2023–24 season, earning second-team All-ACC honors. After the season, she announced that she would return to North Carolina for a fifth and final year. She was part of the last college class granted an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fifth year (2024–25) Ustby captained the Tar Heels as the only non-transfer graduate student on the team in the 2024–25 season. On March 7, 2025, she scored 12 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in a 60–56 win over Florida State, sending the Tar Heels to the semifinals of the ACC tournament. During the NCAA tournament, where the Tar Heels reached the third round, Ustby surpassed Bernadette McGlade to become North Carolina's all-time leading rebounder. She finished her career with 1,269 career boards, good for third in ACC history.

On July 7, 2025, it was announced that Ustby had signed with Italian club Panthers Roseto. She finished the season leading the league with 19.5 points per game and ranked third with 10.3 rebounds per game. She was named the Eurobasket.com Serie A Player of the Year among many other honors after her rookie season.

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National team career

Before her junior year of college, Ustby played for the United States national under-23 3x3 team in August–September 2022.