UTEP Miners

CUSA All-Academic Team (2023)
CUSA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) 
CUSA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2021) 
CUSA Fall Spirit of Service Award (2023)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)

2024 | 5TH YEAR

• Starting libero for the Miners in aLl 33 matches (116 sets) 
• On October 9, in front of a raucous crowd of over 2,300 fans at Club Memorial, Alyssa Sianez cemented her place in UTEP Volleyball history by becoming the program’s all-time career leader in digs. Fittingly, she broke the eight-year-old record—previously held by Sarah Villa—in a 3-1 victory over NM State, the same opponent and venue where Villa originally set the mark in 2016.  
• Led the team with 322 digs and 2.78 digs per set, while adding 87 assists and 12 service aces. 
• Borderland Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/7) 
• Recorded a .968 reception percentage with 28 errors on 869 attempts. 
• Hit perfect reception percentage on 10 occasions 
• Season highs: 8 assists vs. WKU (10/25); 4 service aces at FIU (9/28); 23 digs vs. WKU (10/26) 
• Posted 15 double-digit dig performances 
• Helped the Miners achieve a 27-6 record and earn the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance. 
• Aided the Miners in securing a No. 15 national ranking in match win-loss percentage (.818), the highest in Conference USA. 
• Contributed to the Miners setting a program record with 263 total service aces, leading both the nation and Conference USA in that category, while also helping the team rank No. 2 nationally—and first in CUSA—in aces per set (2.27). 
• Contributed to the Miners finishing No. 25 nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.168), the best in Conference USA. 

2023 | SENIOR

• Starting libero for the Miners and played in 131 sets across 35 matches 
• Led the squad with 392 total digs 
• Ranked second on the team in aces and fourth in assists 
• Helped the Miners to a team program record for total aces (255) 
• Contributed to UTEP’s No. 2 national ranking in service aces (255) 
• Posted 23 double-digit digs 
• Recorded career-high eight assists versus Washington (8/25) 
• Achieved season-high 30 digs versus Washington (8/25) – just one shy of matching career best of 31 digs 
• Became the 14th player in program history to join the 1,000-dig club (10/8) 
• Currently 5th with 1,169 career digs and will return for the 2024 season  
• Finished 8th in CUSA in digs (min. 1.00/game) with 2.99 digs/set 
• CUSA All-Academic Team (11/10) 
• National Invitational Volleyball Championship Runner-Up (12/12) 
• College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team (12/13) 
• CUSA Fall Spirit of Service Award (1/5) 
• Conference USA $12,500 Grand Prize Winner: Go Teach Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway Program (2/17) 
  • The Go Teach Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway is part of a collective six-year effort between the CFP Foundation and Dr Pepper, awarding more than $1.5 million in tuition to student-athletes looking to become teachers. Each year, up to 150 student-athletes will be awarded $2,500 in tuition, and nine grand-prize recipients will receive an additional $10,000 tuition grant – one student per conference. 

2022 | JUNIOR

• Played in 119 sets across 30 matches 
• Recorded 162 total digs 
• Posted three double-digit digs 
• Achieved season-high 15 digs vs Northeastern (8/26) 
• Hit perfect reception percentage on 14 occasions 

• Starting libero for the Miners and played in 127 sets across 32 matches
• Led the squad with 512 total digs
• Posted 26 double-digit digs
• Recorded career-high three service aces three times this season: versus Northwestern (9/3), at A&M-Corpus Christi (9/17), and at Southern Miss (10/16)
• Achieved career-high 31 digs at UTSA (10/30)
• C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (11/15)
• College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation and Dr. Pepper $2,500 Tuition Award recipient
• Ranked within the top 100 in the nation coming in at 56^th in total digs (512), and finished first in C-USA.
• Semifinalist in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship

• Stepped in as UTEP's starting libero on March 1 versus North Texas and recorded a career-high 21 digs
• Played in 56 sets across 15 matches
• Led Conference USA in three-pass percentage (2.44); three-pass percentage quantifies the efficiency of a serve-receiver to put the ball at middle and front of the net for the Miners' setters

• Four-year varsity letterman at nearby El Paso High School
• Two-time 1-5A District Champion as a Tiger
• Three-time All-District Defensive Player of the Year from 2017-2020
• Selected Academic All-District twice in 2017 and 2019
• First-Team All City honoree in 2018
• Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection (2019-20)
• Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State Academic (2019-20)

• Coached by Chuck Heist, Alonso Ibarra, and Nico Nunez