2026
Member of UCLA's 2026 NCAA Championship team … Made the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll all three quarters … Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, N.C., on the indoor volleyball team … Was a setter her freshman year, moved to outside hitter for her sophomore and junior seasons, and was the starting libero her senior campaign … Earned one varsity letter in swimming at CGHS … Her team finished 22-0 in 2024 and won the North Carolina 4A State Championship, recording 43 digs in the championship match … Earned the North Carolina Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award at state … Totaled 934 digs, 504 kills, 487 assists and 143 aces in her high school career … Two-time NCVBA 4A All-State pick and three-time All-Conference selection … Conference Player of the Year … Named Prep Volleyball Top 150 Freshmen … Played club for Sinjin Beach Volleyball Club … Placed second in 2025 AVP U18 National Championships … Also placed first in 2024 and 2025 at the p1440 U18 Winter Championships … Was a p1440 Fab 50 Ambassador … Placed first at the 2023 U16 AAU Junior Olympics and first at the 2021 and 2022 U16 p1440 National Championship … Won multiple Futures Tour Championships … Invited to the Fab 50 p1440 Training Program … Won the p1440 Highest GPA Award and named a 2025 AVCA Junior Beach First-Team All-American … Member of the USA Beach Volleyball National Team Development Program (NTDP) and the USAV Indoor High Performance Training Teams … Notable Tournament Finishes include placing second at the 2025 AVP U18 Hermosa National Championships, first at the 2025 p1440 U18 Winter Championships, second at the 2024 USA U18 Beachfest, first at the 2025 p1440 U18 Futures Tour – Florida and first at the 2024 p1440 U18 Winter Championships.
Personal
Full name: Alina Isabel Ryan … Born in Naperville, Ill. … Parents are B. Kelly Ryan and Kathleen Ryan … Family has a huge athletic background … Both parents were student-athletes at Yale; her father played football, and her mother was a swimmer … All three older sisters were student-athletes - Caleigh played volleyball at Northwestern, Teagan went to the National Championships in curling at Bowdoin College, and Celia played beach volleyball at Coastal Carolina … Her brother Declan played lacrosse at Boston College … Many cousins run cross country or swim in college … Her uncle, Mike, played football at Yale … Her aunt, Molly, played basketball at Notre Dame, and another aunt, Sheila, swam for Fairfield … Says she chose UCLA because “it provides an exceptional educational opportunity alongside top tier athletic programs. Also, the coaching staff is amazing!” … Lists her greatest athletic thrill as “winning the North Carolina 4A Indoor Volleyball state championships my senior year. It was so satisfying to see four years of hard work pay off.” … Lists Brock Purdy, Michael Jordan and Kristen Nuss as the athletes she admires most … Enjoys going to the beach, swimming, traveling, baking, playing board games and spending time with friends and family in her free time … Undeclared major.