#6 Courtney Alexander Season 2025
2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI Second Team
2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2007 OVC Offensive Player of the Year
2007 First-Team All-OVC
2007 Soccer Buzz Second-Team All-Central Region
2006 OVC All-Newcomer Team
CAREER CAPSULE
Proved to be a leader both on and off the field in three years at LSU … Started all 45 matches for the Tigers during her two seasons on the pitch in 2009 and 2010 … Helped lead the Tigers to a 23-12-10 overall record with a 12-6-4 mark in SEC play in two seasons … Did not compete with the Tigers in 2008 after transferring to LSU from Southeast Missouri State prior to her junior campaign … Served as the team captain during her senior season in 2010 … Finished her career with four goals and seven assists for 15 points with the Tigers on the offensive end of the field … Saw action at each level during her collegiate career while starting as a forward, midfielder and defender over the course of two seasons … A two-time selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Ended her career with a selection to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI Second Team in 2010 … Graduated from LSU in December 2010 with a degree in kinesiology.
SENIOR SEASON (2010)
A jack-of-all-trades for the Tigers during her senior season in 2010 … Served as team captain during her senior season … Was the team’s lone senior during the 2010 campaign … Cracked the starting lineup in all 21 matches during the 2010 season while playing as a forward, midfielder and defender … Scored two goals and recorded one assist for five points on the year … Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 win over McNeese State on Sept. 19 … Also scored the team’s first goal in a 6-2 defeat of Mississippi State on Oct. 17 … Assisted on Carlie Banks’ game-winner in a 1-0 shutout of Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 12 … Also played on LSU’s back line that finished the season with a 0.72 goals against average … A part-time starter at left back … LSU’s 0.72 GAA ranked No. 3 in the SEC for the 2010 season … Honored for her performance in the classroom as a selection to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI Second Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America … Also selected a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second time in her career … Earned her second varsity letter … Graduated from LSU with a degree in kinesiology during commencement ceremonies in December 2010.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2009)
Started all 24 matches for the Tigers in 2009 … Played primarily as part of LSU’s defensive back line as a starting left back, but also saw action in the attack on the left side as both a forward and midfielder … Attempted LSU’s corner kicks from the left side of the field … A leader of one of the top defensive units in the SEC that allowed just 18 goals on the season and finished the campaign with a 0.71 goals against average … The Tigers ranked No. 3 in GAA and No. 4 in goals allowed in the SEC in 2009 … Scored two goals and six assists for 10 points on the offensive end … Her six assists ranked No. 3 on the team … Scored her first goal in an LSU uniform in the Tigers’ 4-0 win over Mississippi State on Oct. 18 … Also scored a goal and recorded two assists in LSU’s 7-0 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Assisted on Malorie Rutledge’s game-winning goal in the third minute of play against Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Assisted on both of LSU’s goals in a 2-1 SEC win over Vanderbilt on Oct. 11, including the game-winner on a corner kick with just 28 seconds remaining in the first overtime period … Also recorded assists against UL-Lafayette on Sept. 13 and Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC Tournament on Nov. 4 … Finished the season with 32 total shots and 14 shots on goal … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season in January 2010 … Earned her first varsity letter.
JUNIOR SEASON (2008)
Received a redshirt during the 2008 season after transferring to LSU from Southeast Missouri State.
PRIOR TO LSU
Enjoyed a stellar two-year career at Southeast Missouri State as the premier player in the Ohio Valley Conference … Earned OVC Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-OVC honors in 2007 after leading the Redhawks with nine goals, six assists and 24 points on the campaign … Was also a Second-Team All-Central Region selection by Soccer Buzz Magazine during her sophomore season … Led the Redhawks to an NCAA Tournament berth in 2007 after sweeping OVC regular season and tournament titles … One of the top newcomers to the OVC in 2006 as she was named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team … Was SEMO’s leading scorer as a freshman with nine goals, three assists and 21 points … Wrapped up her two-year career with the Redhawks with 18 goals, nine assists and 45 points … Came to LSU with an outstanding reputation in the classroom … Was named a CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-District selection for District VII in 2007 … Was an OVC Medal of Honor recipient in 2007 for having the highest grade-point average of all soccer players in the conference … Was also a Southeast Missouri State Scholar-Athlete and a member of the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Was a standout at Liberty High School prior to the start of her collegiate career … Was her team’s leading scorer as a senior with 27 goals and 13 assists … Wrapped up her high school career with first-team all-district and all-conference selections … Also earned second-team all-region and all-state honors as a high school senior … Was the Northland Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 … Played club soccer for the KC Dynamos.
PERSONAL
Full name is Courtney Alexander … Born on April 28, 1988 … Parents are Ted and Dana Alexander … Has an older brother named Cody … Father, Ted, played college football at William Jewell College and her brother played college football at Southern Nazarene College of the NAIA … Graduated from LSU with a degree in kinesiology in December 2010.