New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2014-15: Co-captain. .. Albanese brought down the curtain on her career and added her name to the reocrd book--NJIT Division I career-best assists mark to 361, set the school record with assists in a season (127), tied the single-game assists record with 13 assists vs. St. Joseph's Brooklyn (2.27.15; record also held by Jackie McCaffrey vs. Nyack on February 25, 2005), and set a new Division I standard for career steals (137). ... Albanese averaged 9.7ppg while scoring in double-digits 13 times with a career-high 24 points vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (11/25).

2013-14: Led the Highlanders with 115 assists (NJIT D1 season record; 4.0apg) , aising her career mark to 234 with one season left to play. ... set the NJIT D1 record for assists in a game twice (10 vs. FDU on December 19; 10 vs. UMass Lowell on March 4). ... Superb game with a points-assists double-double, netting a career-high 23 points (6-11 field goals, 3-5 on threes, and 8-10 at the foul line) and matching her career-best 10 assists against UMass Lowell (3/4/14). ... notched 10 double-figure scoring games.

2012-13: Led the team with 77 assists (2.5apg). .... Dished out a season-high 7 assists vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 26). ....appeared in 31 contests (10 starts). ... Scored a season-high 18 vs. Texas-Pan American on (Jan . 12). ... scored 108 points in her second season at NJIT.

Team Note: 2012-13 Great West Conference Tournament Champions. ...The 16 wins are the most in the Division I era and tied for the third-most in program history (16 wins in 1995-96 in Division III; 16 wins in 2002-03 in Division II).  The team won its last 5 straight and 8 of the last 9.


2011-12: Played in every game but one (29) at the point guard position. ... averaged 15.6mpg as a freshman. ... scored a season-high 10 points at Lehigh (Dec. 7) and dished out a season-high 6 assists vs. Chicago State (March 3).

Prior to NJIT: First-team all-county player for Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, MD, about 10 miles outside of Washington, DC … Received an 85 “scouts grade” (described on the ESPN Rise web site as a “player is a multiyear starter at the mid-major level) and three stars (out of five possible) after ranking 79th at her position in the 2011 class from the ESPN unit that covers high school sports and tracks college recruiting. ...As a senior, she averaged 10.3 points and shot an impressive .824 (56-68) at the foul line. She had 11 double-figure scoring games, including a high of 26 vs. St. Mary’s Ryken. Despite her small stature, she routinely battled her way to at least five rebounds and grabbed 11 in a game against Bishop O’Connell. Adding to her value as a point guard, the position that controls the ball late in games, she never missed more than two free throws in a game and one of those times was a 10-for-12 effort in the season opener against St. Vincent Pallotti, as part of a 22-point game.

Personal: Alyssa Albanese. ... daughter of Maria Albanese. ... information technology major. ... born on 2/11/93 in Hampton, Virginia.