University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2023 (Jr.): Led UAA and ranked 4th in Great Northwest Athletic Conference with 1.12 blocks per set … recorded team’s best attack percentage among primary hitters at .216 and was third on squad with 2.49 points per set … delivered at least three total blocks in 24 of 29 appearances, including final 13 matches in a row … had five matches with double-digit kills, including career-high 13 kills on .364 hitting and 5 blocks in 3-1 home win over Saint Martin’s … other top efforts included 13 kills and 7 total blocks in 3-2 road loss to Northwest Nazarene; 6 kills on .333 hitting and career-high 9 blocks assists in 3-1 home win over Alaska Fairbanks; 7 kills and 8 block assists in road sweep of UAF; and 11 kills on errorless .550 hitting in 3-2 win over Upper Iowa … tied for 11th on UAA single-season list with 115 block assists … forewent senior season, finishing in UAA’s career top 20 in blocks per set (7th, 1.08), block assists (16th, 206) and total blocks (17th, 225).

2022 (So.): Was leading blocker (1.04 bps) and posted third-best attack percentage (.274) for Seawolf team that went 27-3, won GNAC title (17-1) and finished No. 10 in the final NCAA Div. II top-25 poll … registered 1.11 kills per set, playing in all 30 matches and 97 of 105 sets … ranked 8th in GNAC in blocks per set, producing multiple stuffs in all but three appearances … hit .400 or better on eight occasions, including a UAA season-best .714 (10 kills-1 error-14 attacks) in 5-set loss to Florida Southern … other top matches included 6 kills on .600 hitting and 3 block assists in season-opening sweep of Hawaii Pacific; 6 total blocks (4 solo) in sweep of Black Hills State; 5 kills and 6 block assists in 3-2 road win over Seattle Pacific; 7 block assists in home sweep of SPU and road sweep of NCAA Tourney qualifier Central Washington; and 4 kills on .500 hitting and 7 total blocks in 3-2 NCAA Tourney upset loss to Chaminade.

BEFORE UAA: Played two seasons at Williston State (N.D.), posting career totals of 344 kills, 206 blocks and 57 aces in 51 matches … led Mon-Dak Conference in 2021 with 1.26 blocks per set and ranked top-10 in hitting percentage (.236), kills per set (2.10) and aces per set (0.30).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four varsity seasons, helping Corvallis High to Class A state title as senior in 2019 and earning first-team all-conference honors … tallied seven kills and five blocks in CHS’s title-match sweep of Billings Central … helped Blue Devils to third-place state finish and earned second-team all-conference honors as junior in 2018 … also lettered four times in basketball.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 1, 2001 in Kankakee, Ill. … daughter of Dan and Dana Evans … has one sister, Caitlin.

MAJOR: Kinesiology

WHY I CHOSE UAA: The coaches are so dedicated to making the program and the players better. They always show up for us every day and do their best to help us. The team was also so inclusive and felt like a family right away.

Career Highs
Kills – – 13, twice (last: at Northwest Nazarene, 11/9/23)
Attacks – 29, twice (last: at Northwest Nazarene, 11/9/23)
Att.% – .714 (10-0-14) vs Florida Southern, 9/2/22
Aces – 3 vs Florida Tech, 9/2/23
Assists – 1, five times
Block Assts – 9 vs Alaska Fairbanks, 11/16/23
Block Solos – 4 vs Black Hills State, 9/2/22
Total Blks – 9 vs Alaska Fairbanks, 11/16/23
Digs – 8 vs Hawaii Hilo, 8/26/23

Career Statistics
Season     SP-MP   K  K/S   E   TA  Pct   A   A/S  SA SA/S  SE
2022 (So)  97-30 108 1.11  42  241 .274   2  0.02   0 0.00   0
2023 (Jr) 111-29 197 1.77  90  496 .216   7  0.06  13 0.12  47
Totals    208-59 305 1.47 132  737 .235   9  0.04  13 0.06  47

Season    RE  DIG  D/S  BS  BA  TB  B/S  BE  BHE    PTS   PT/S
2022 (So)  1   19 0.20  10  91 101 1.04   9    1  163.5   1.69
2023 (Jr)  0   72 0.65   9 115 124 1.12  10    0  276.5   2.49
Totals     1   91 0.44  19 206 225 1.08  19    1  440.0   2.12