Alexis "Lexi" Rodriguez (born March 11, 2003) is an American professional

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libero for LOVB Omaha of

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. She played college volleyball for the

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, where she holds the program record for career digs. She was named

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All-American four times and

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Defensive Player or Libero of the Year three times.

Early life

Rodriguez was raised in

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, the younger of two daughters born to Chris and Crystal Rodriguez. Her sister, Kaylee Martin, played college volleyball at Illinois State and Clemson. She attended Sterling High School, where she led the volleyball team to two Illinois state titles and set the school record for career digs. She was named the Illinois

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in her junior season. She played club volleyball for Sports Performance Volleyball and Club Fusion Volleyball, winning three national titles. She was ranked by ''PrepVolleyball.com'' as the tenth-best recruit and top libero of the 2021 class.

College career

Rodriguez made a career-high 4.33 digs per set as a freshman with the

. She helped Nebraska go 26–8 as they made the 2021 national championship game, where they lost 3–2 to

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. Rodriguez became the first libero to be named

National Freshman of the Year. In her sophomore season, made 4.26 digs per set and helped Nebraska keep opponents to a nation-low 0.128 hitting percentage. Nebraska went 26–6 in the 2022 season, reaching the NCAA tournament regional semifinals. Rodriguez made 3.60 digs and a career-high 1.24 assists per set in her junior season. She led Nebraska to go 33–2, secure their first Big Ten title in six years, and make the 2023 national title game, where they lost 3–0 to defending champions

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. She made 3.88 digs per set in her senior season as Nebraska went 33–3. In her final game, she passed Justine Wong-Orantes's program career digs record (finishing with 1,897) as Nebraska was reverse swept by

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in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Highly decorated throughout her college career, Rodriguez was named three-time first-team All-American (and once second-team All-American), four-time first-team All-Big Ten, two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and one-time Big Ten Libero of the Year.

Professional career

Two days after her last game for Nebraska, Rodriguez signed with LOVB Omaha ahead of

's inaugural 2025 season.

International career

Rodriguez played for the United States youth national team since the under-18 level. She helped win the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship and placed fifth at the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.

Awards

* 2024: 95th AAU James E. Sullivan Award

References

External links

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