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AOY finalist: Melissa Alger
Jun. 17, 2012 12:00 am, Updated: Apr. 3, 2014 4:37 am
MELISSA ALGER
LisbonMade a remarkable jump with an impressive senior year. Earned third place at state and seventh at the Drake Relays in the discus. First-team all-Big East Conference in volleyball and basketball, earning third-team all-state in the latter. Broke school records in blocked shots and rebounds; she averaged 13.4 points and 12.9 boards per game. Lisbon reached the regional semifinals in volleyball and basketball. Averaged 2.89 kills per set and posted a .302 kill efficiency in volleyball. Will play volleyball at Coe College.
Lisbon High School's Melissa Alger photographed in the high school's old gymnasium. Alger played youth sports in the same gym when she was a young child. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)
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