2023: AVCA All-Midwest Region ...MVC Setter of the Year ... First Team All-MVC ... MVC Tournament MVP ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... MVC Player of the Week (11/16/23) ...CSC First Team Academic All-District ... VolleyballMag.com All-America Honor Mention ... Appeared in all 114 sets and all 33 matches ... Led UNI with a team-high 1,205 assists (10.5 per set), along with 162 kills (1.4 per set), a .290 attack percentage, 15 service aces, 238 digs (2.0 per set) and 65 blocks (0.5 per set) ...Recorded her sixth career triple-double at Drake (10/16/23) ... Career-high 12 kills at Drake (10/16/23), with a season-best 53 assists against Drake in the MVC Tournament championship match (11/15/23) ... Dished out a season-high three service aces vs. Illinois State (10/27/23) ... Career-high seven blocks vs. UIC (9/30/23) ... Season-best 19 digs at No. 20 Creighton ... Surpassed 4,000 career assists in MVC Tournament championship vs. Drake (11/22/23), becoming the seventh player in school history to reach the milestone ... Became the eighth player in school history to record 3,000 career assists, reaching the milestone against Ball State (9/2/23) ... Finished her career with 121 matches played, having never missed a match.
2022: AVCA All-Midwest Region ... MVC Setter of the Year ... All-MVC First Team ... Academic All-District ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... MVC Player of the Week (11/7/22) ... UNI All-Tournament Team ... appeared in all 130 sets and started all 35 matches with 1,325 assists at 10.19 assists per set, 278 digs at 2.14 digs per set, 192 kills at 1.48 kills per set, .301 attack percentage, 53 blocks at 0.41 blocks per set, 26 aces, and 13 double-doubles ... career-high performances included 56 assists against Missouri State (11/12/22) and three-set personal high of 41 assists in NCAA Championship first round versus Florida State (12/2/22) ... posted fifth collegiate triple-double with 34 assists, season-high 11 kills, and 10 digs against SEMO (9/10/22) as part of UNI Tournament ... defensive efforts included career-high six blocks against Southern Illinois (11/11/22) and season-high 15 digs against UIC (10/14/22) ... season-best three aces at Arizona State (8/26/22), against Western Michigan (9/9/22), and at Indiana State (10/21/22) ... individual milestones included 2,000th career assist at Iowa (9/17/22), 500th career dig at Iowa State (9/13/22), and 500th career kill at Evansville (11/22/22) ... finished in tie for third in career triple-doubles (five) and ninth in career assists (2,869) along with active streak of 88 consecutive matches played without any contests missed to begin career.
2021: MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awardand MVC Honor Roll ... Cougar Challenge All-Tournament Team ...played in all 120 sets across 31 matches with 30 starts ... finished with 697 assists at 5.81 per set, 219 digs at 1.83 per set, 207 kills at 1.73 per set, and a team-high 35 service aces ... 1,000th career assist versus Wright State (9/17/21) ... topped Missouri Valley Conference with three total triple-doubles between matches at Missouri State (10/8/21), at Valparaiso (11/1/21), and against Southern Illinois (11/5/21) ... career-high 16 kills in both meetings with Southern Illinois (10/9/21, 11/5/21) ... season-best 16 digs at Valparaiso (11/1/21)... career-high-tying five service aces at Evansville (11/13/21) ... finished with 11 double-doubles.
2020 (Spring 2021):MVC All-Freshmen Team … played in all 90 sets ... finished the season with 847 assists, 214 digs, 120 kills, 33 total blocks, and 28 service aces ... averaged 9.41 assists, 2.38 digs, and 1.33 kills per set ... recorded a season-high 10 kills against Missouri State (2/14/21), a career-high 21 digs against Indiana State (2/28/21), and a career-high 53 assists against Valparaiso (3/14/21) ... recorded a triple-double against Missouri State (2/14/21) with 46 assists, 12 digs, and 10 kills ... finished with 11 double-doubles.
High School: Tayler Alden is a 6’0” setter from Oconomowoc High School ... Alden led the volleyball team to four state tournament appearances earning All-State honors all four years and First Team All-State as a junior and senior while landing on the All-Tournament Team three times ... the Raccoons finished third in the Wisconsin State Tournament in 2017 and then finished second in 2018 and 2019 ... Alden averaged 9.7 assists per set in her senior season while hitting .424 and recording 79 total blocks ... Alden ended her prep career with 4,459 assists ... Alden is a two-time MaxPreps High School All-American ... Alden has been active on USA Volleyball teams participating in USA Sand Volleyball A1 training and competing for the USA team in the World Challenge.
Personal: Tayler is the daughter of Lisa and Donald Roberts and has one sibling, Lexi ... Majoring in Accounting.
