Alec Straw is entering his second year at Iowa Select, and will be head coaching 17 Black. He graduated from Rock Island High School, and is currently a senior at Augustana College where he is majoring in finance and minoring in economics and communications.

In his playing career, he started with the Quad City Sting, played the following 4 years with Iowa Select, and then at Augustana College as a pin and DS.

Alec is currently in his first year as the varsity volleyball coach for Durant High School. Previously, he was the assistant varsity coach at Moline High School (2022) and student coach at Rock Island High School (2018-2020). For the 2023 club season, he was the 15R assistant coach and the 14B head coach in their nationals season. He was also an Iowa High Performance coach for the 2023 camp.