University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2008: Became first-ever Seawolf volleyball player to win All-America honors, gaining AVCA Second Team recognition ... ranked No. 4 nationally in kills per set with 4.48 ... broke school records for kills per set in both season and career (4.02) categories, plus season record for total attacks (1,457) ... tied UAA single-match record with 32 kills in 5-set win at Central Washington on Nov. 13 ... earned All-West Region honors in both AVCA (1st Team) and Daktronics (2nd Team) balloting ... became first Seawolf since 2002 to earn First Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference honors ... first Seawolf ever to win AVCA National Player of the Week award (Nov. 10-16), tallying 62 kills and 34 digs in road split with CWU and 18th-ranked Western Washington ... 2-time GNAC Player of the Week (Nov. 16 & Sept. 22) ... member of GNAC All-Academic Team with league’s 5th-best GPA (3.88) ... claimed All-Tournament Team spots at Cactus Classic and UAA’s own Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational ... finished in UAA career top 20 on five statistical lists ? kills per set (1st, 4.02), kills (12th, 728), attacks (12th, 2,194), att. pct. (15th, .209), and digs per set (9th, 3.28) ... season total of 506 kills was third-best ever at UAA, trailing only Seawolf Hall of Famer Jen Szczerbinski (535 in ’92, 513 in ’90) ... set five total school records, including most attacks in a match with 83 against Western Oregon on Nov. 1 ... posted double-digit kills in 24 of 29 matches, including 11 matches with 20 or more ... had 19 matches with double-digit digs, including 12 of last 13 outings ... helped Seawolves to title of own ESD Invite, tallying 24 kills and 12 digs in a 3-2 win over Harding, and 15 kills (.342), 8 digs a 2 aces in title-match sweep of Texas Woman’s ... delivered 25 kills and 12 digs against No. 8 Augustana, helping UAA to first victory over a nationally ranked squad in 10 years ... posted career-high .419 hitting percentage (14 kills-1 error-31 attempts) and 14 digs in road sweep of Saint Martin’s ... hit .403 (32-5-67) and tallied 12 digs in record-setting performance at CWU ... in final match, totaled 30 kills (.273) and 22 digs as UAA nearly upset 18th-ranked WWU on the road, losing 13-15 in the fifth ... other top outings included 23 kills (.340) and 13 digs in home win over CWU; 29 kills (.354) and 13 digs in 5-set home loss to UAF; 28 kills (.241), 19 digs and 3 assists in 5-set home loss to 24th-ranked and eventual GNAC champ Western Oregon; 24 kills (.267), 17 digs and 2 blocks in 5-game home win over MSU Billings ... MVP of UAA squad that posted the program’s first winning season (15-14) since 2003.

2007: Led Seawolves with 4.16 digs per game and ranked second on team in kills per game (3.26) ... finished with Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranks of 7th in dpg, 12th in kpg and 15th in points per game (3.68) ... tallied in 10 double-doubles in just 18 matches ... missed six matches midseason with lower-leg injury ... earned GNAC honorable mention Player of the Week honors after totaling 40 kills and 46 digs in a pair of 5-game home wins over Armstrong Atlantic State ... recorded season-highs of 22 kills, .316 attack pct., and 4 total blocks in Sept. 1 win over AASU ... notched 13 kills, including five in the 5th game, in upset of defending GNAC champ Seattle Pacific (Sept. 27) ... other top matches included 19 kills and 19 digs vs. Montana State Billings (Sept. 22); 18 kills and 20 digs in win over Lake Superior State (Aug. 25); and 15 kills and 13 digs in win over Minnesota Crookston (Aug. 25).

BEFORE UAA: Earned honorable mention All-America and First Team All-NWAACC Southern Region honors as sophomore at Clackamas CC in 2006 ... powered Cougars to 41-9 record and NWAACC Tournament title match ... led 16-team NWAAC Tourney with 6.16 kpg and was 8th in digs with 4.74 dpg ... posted team-best regular-season stats of 5.49 kpg, .309 attack percentage, and 4.72 dpg ... earned MVP honors at Chemeketa tournament and twice won Southern Region Offensive Player of the Week award ... All-NWAACC Academic ... played freshman season at NCAA Div. II Eastern New Mexico, seeing action in all 105 games ... averaged 2.25 kpg and team-highs of 3.00 dpg and 40 aces for the Zias.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Two-time Intermountain Conference Player of the Year and two-time first team all-state selection at Crook County High ... led CCHS to back-to-back Class 4A state tournament appearances, earning second-team all-tourney honors as junior and first-team as a senior ... played three seasons for Rimrock Volleyball Club 18s.

PERSONAL: Born Rhea Arlene Wortman on Dec. 30, 1986 in Bend, Ore. ... daughter of Vickie and Philip Wortman ... previously played under maiden name; married Ben Cardwell in summer of 2007 ... won 2005 Miss Crook County pageant ... served as DARE mentor as senior in high school ... interests include music, church, reading and inner-tubing ... double-majoring in English and political science.

Season  GP-MP   K   K/G   E   TA   Pct   A   A/G  SA  SA/G  SE  RE   DIG   D/G  BS  BA  TB   B/G  BE  BHE
2007    68-18 222  3.26 111  737  .151  22  0.32  13  0.19  30  38   283  4.16   4  22  26  0.38   9    1
2008   113-29 506  4.48 158 1457  .239  22  0.19  19  0.17  30  28   311  2.75   2  30  32  0.28   0    5
TOTALS 181-47 728  4.02 269 2194  .209  44  0.24  32  0.18  60  66   594  3.28   6  52  58  0.32   9    6

Career Highs
Kills: 32 at Central Washington, 11/13/08
Attacks: 83 vs Western Oregon, 11/1/08
Att. Pct.: .419 (14-1-31) at St. Martin’s, 10/2/08
Aces: 4 vs Ohio Valley, 8/29/08
Assists: 4 vs Minnesota Crookston, 8/25/07
Block Asst: 3, six times (last at Central Washington, 11/13/08)
Block Solos: 2 vs Armstrong Atlantic St., 9/1/07
Total Blocks: 4, twice (last vs AASU, 9/1/07)
Digs: 27 vs Seattle University, 9/20/07