#4 Alex Rasmussen

HONORS
2019 IWLCA Honor Roll
2019 AAC All-Academic Team
2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHS: 
Goals: None
Assists: None
Points: None
Ground Balls: 5 at Butler (3/25/18)
Draw Controls: 3 vs Fresno State (2/19/18)
Caused Turnovers: 3 vs New Hampshire (3/13/19)

Senior (2019): 

• Started all 16 games for the Commodores as a senior defender
• One of Vanderbilt’s captains
• Caused 13 turnovers on defense along with three draw controls
• Pulled in 20 ground balls for the Commodores

Junior (2018):

• Started all 17 games as a junior defender for the Dores
• Led the team with 43 ground balls

Sophomore (2017): 

• Started all 15 games on the back line for the Commodores
• Helped the Dores allow 10 or fewer goals in six games during her sophomore season
• Totaled 13 ground balls, five caused turnovers and two draw controls on the year… Tallied a career-high five ground balls and caused one turnover on the road against No. 3 Florida
• Named to the 2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman (2016): 

• Appeared in 12 games during her freshman campaign
• Named to the 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 

• Four-year starter for coach Kaitlin Doucette at Torrey Pines High School
• Helped Falcons to runner-up finish in 2015 CIF Tournament
• Two-time All-CIF selection, earning first team honors in 2015
• Four-time selection to All-Avocado League, twice named to first team, second team as sophomore and honorable mention as freshman
• Scholar-Athlete in 2014 and 2015
• Team MVP in 2015
• Team captain as senior in 2015.

Personal: 

• Alexandra Rasmussen
• Prefers to be called Alex
• Born Nov. 12, 1996 in Los Angeles
• Daughter of Scott and Kathy Rasmussen
• Has two brothers, Aaron and Christian and one sister, Jena
• Majoring in Human and Organizational Development