University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

• Three-time All-American (2019 & 2021 AVCA 2nd Team, 2022 unanimous 1st Team)
• 2022 AVCA Ron Lenz National Player of the Year – NCAA Div. II
• Two-Time CSC Academic All-American (2021 3rd Team, 2022 1st Team)
• Four-time All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference (2022 Player of the Year)
• 14-time GNAC Player of the Week (league record)
• Nine school records
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District Team
• Four-time All-GNAC Academic Team

OTHER CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Set UAA and GNAC career records for points (2,292.5) and kills (1,926), plus UAA career record with 4.69 points per set (5th on GNAC list) … also finished with UAA career ranks of 2nd in kills per set (3.94, 7th GNAC), 5th in attack pct. (.296, program record for pin hitters), 7th in total blocks (395), 3rd in block assists (361), 3rd in aces (152, 8th GNAC), 13th in aces per set (0.31), 20th in digs (966), 3rd in matches played (132), 4th in sets played (489, 2nd GNAC) and 5th in victories (99).

2022 (Sr.): Became first player in program history to earn AVCA Ron Lenz National Player of the Year and consensus First Team All-America honors, helping UAA to 27-3 record, GNAC title at 17-1, and No. 10 final national ranking … consensus NCAA Div. II West Region Player of the Year and unanimous GNAC Player of the Year … ranked 2nd nationally with 5.78 points per set and 3rd with 4.75 kills per set, along with top-50 ranks in aces per set (0.53) and attack pct. (.351) … set UAA season records for points per set and kills per set, while finishing 2nd in total points (607), 5th in total kills (499), 2nd in attack pct., 4th in aces (56) and 3rd in aces per set … led GNAC in kills per set by 1.26 margin and points per set by 1.74 margin, along with league ranks of 5th in attack pct. (No. 1 among pin hitters), 16th in blocks per set (0.85) and 19th in digs per set (2.59) … earned league-record seven GNAC Player of the Week awards (six offensive, one defensive) and was AVCA National Player of the Week for Oct. 18-24 … named to NCAA West Regional Championships All-Tournament Team and was MVP of Seawolf Invitational and UAF Ice Block Classic events … produced 12 double-doubles, including five matches with at least 20 kills and 10 digs … broke UAA records for total kills (33), total points (35.5) and points per set (8.88) in 3-1 road win over No. 10 Western Washington, hitting .477 and tallying 12 of her kills in the 25-23 fourth-set victory … recorded double-digit kills in 28 of 30 matches, and had nine in the other two (both 3-set wins) … reached 20-kill plateau nine times, including 31 in 5-set loss to Florida Southern … other top matches included 22 kills and career-high 20 digs in 4-set home win over Northwest Nazarene; 21 kills, 13 digs and 6 total blocks in home sweep of NCAA qualifier Central Washington; 13 kills on .565 hitting and 3 aces in home sweep of playoff contender Seattle Pacific; 21 kills in home win over No. 10 WWU; and 19 kills on .383 hitting and career-high 6 aces in 4-set win over Arkansas-Fort Smith … graduated magna cum laude with a 3.91 GPA in accounting, becoming first player in program history to earn CSC First Team Academic All-America honors … named to GNAC All-Academic Team for fourth time.

2021 (Jr.): Captured third straight unanimous All-Great Northwest Athletic Team and second straight AVCA Second Team All-America awards, helping UAA to 19-12 record, GNAC runner-up finish and NCAA Tournament berth ... chosen First Team All-West Region by AVCA and Second Team All-West Region by D2CCA ... voted Third Team Academic All-America, presented by CoSIDA, as one of top athletic/academic achievers in NCAA Div. II volleyball, becoming just third Seawolf in program history to capture that award … posted GNAC ranks of 2nd in points per set (4.67, 14th nationally), 2nd in kills per set (3.84, 28th nationally), 4th in aces per set (0.42) and 13th in hitting pct. (.257), alongside defensive numbers of 2.35 digs and 0.79 blocks per set ... produced 11 double-doubles ... twice named GNAC Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 23-29, Oct. 4-10), and was all-tournament at Seawolf Invitational and Nanook Classic … tallied at least 7 kills in all 31 matches, including 24 double-digit performances … ripped career-high 26 kills on .357 hitting, along with 3 aces, 8 digs and 4 blocks, in 5-set home win over fellow NCAA qualifier Central Washington … other top season efforts included 20 kills on .308 hitting, 11 digs and 5 blocks in 5-set comeback win over Biola; 20 kills on .280 hitting and 16 digs in 4-set road win over Northwest Nazarene; 14 kills on .400 hitting (no errors) in home sweep of Indianapolis; and 15 kills on .452 hitting, 10 digs and 3 blocks in home sweep of NNU … claimed third straight GNAC All-Academic Team honor with UAA-best 3.89 overall GPA.

2020-21: Helped Seawolves to 11-4 record in pandemic-shortened spring season with 4.16 kills per set on .290 hitting, plus 2.54 digs and 0.68 blocks per set … led all GNAC players by a wide margin in both kills and points (4.90) per set, with kills average ranking third-best in UAA single-season history … captured GNAC Offensive Player of the Week three times … had double-digit kills in 13 of 15 matches and 20-plus kills on five occasions … blasted career-high 26 kills on .296 hitting with three aces and 13 digs to lead 5-set win over Seattle Pacific … other top efforts included 21 kills on .340 hitting, 15 digs, two aces, no service errors and 24-of-24 serve-receive in 5-set road win over No. 25 Hawaii Hilo; 22 kills and 16 digs in 5-set rematch loss to Hilo; and 21 kills and career-high 17 digs in 4-set win over Central Washington ... became 10th Seawolf to reach 1,000 career kills during season finale vs. Hawaii Pacific … led Seawolves with 3.95 overall GPA to earn second straight Academic All-GNAC award.

2019 (So.): Earned AVCA Second Team All-America and unanimous All-GNAC honors … voted All-West Region on both AVCA and D2CCA (sports information directors) squads … led GNAC with 3.90 kills (33rd nationally) and 4.70 points per set (21st nationally), along with league ranks of 12th in attack percentage (.260) and 14th in blocks per set (0.90) … played all-around for first time in career, producing 2.27 digs per set … made all-tournament teams at NCAA West Regional Championships, D2 West Region Showcase and Seawolf Invitational … voted to CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team and led GNAC All-Academic Team with 4.00 overall GPA … named GNAC Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 16-22, hitting .333 with 4.29 kps in road wins over Seattle Pacific and Saint Martin’s … produced double-figure kills in 25 of 28 appearances and 12 double-doubles, including six straight from Oct. 17-Nov. 2 … had 10 matches with at least 5 blocks … delivered 14 kills on .250 hitting and 6 block assists in NCAA Tournament win over UC San Diego, and had 14 kills, 11 digs and 4 block assists in NCAA loss to eventual national champ CSU San Bernardino … other top matches included career-high 23 kills in road matches against Saint Martin’s and Central Washington; 22 kills on .408 hitting, 12 digs and 5 total blocks in 4-set road win over Simon Fraser; 15 kills and 13 digs in 4-set home win over No. 2 Western Washington; and 22 kills on .405 hitting in 4-set home win over MSU Billings … finished 7th on UAA single-season list for kills average (3.90 kps) and 8th on total kills list with 425.

2018 (Fr.): Delivered one of top rookie campaigns in Seawolf history, earning unanimous All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference, GNAC Freshman of the Year, and AVCA honorable mention All-America and All-West Region awards ... broke UAA freshman record and had 5th-best attack percentage in program history at .330, helping team finish 21-7 overall and place 3rd in GNAC at 14-6 ... ranked 6th in GNAC overall stats and 8th nationally among freshman in attack pct., along with GNAC ranks of 8th in kills per set (3.18) and 9th in points per set (3.59) ... helped UAA lead league in opponent attack pct. (.153) with 0.76 blocks per set ... blasted double-figure kills in 15 of last 20 matches and hit over .300 in 18 contests ... captured GNAC offensive and Sports Imports/AVCA Division II National player-of-the-week for Sept. 10-16 as UAA went 3-0 vs. UAF and at Rocky Mountain and MSU Billings ... racked up 21 kills with no attack errors in 4-set victory over UAF, producing .656 attack pct. that ranked No. 6 on all-time GNAC list and best ever for a Seawolf in 17 years of GNAC play (minimum 18 kills) ... had at least 6 kills in every match, including UAA season-high 23 in 3-2 win at Rocky Mountain ... other top efforts included 14 kills on .560 hitting and 8 block assists in 4-set road win over NW Nazarene; 19 kills on .410 hitting and 4 blocks in 3-1 win over Notre Dame de Namur; 18 kills on .389 hitting in 3-2 road win over Seattle Pacific; and 15 kills on .440 hitting in home sweep of MSU Billings.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Named Northern Lights Conference Player of the Year as junior and senior after leading Colony to back-to-back league titles ... led Knights to 4th place at 4A State tournament as junior and another State berth as senior, capturing all-state honors both years ... posted regular-season numbers of 421 kills, .464 attack percentage and 122 blocks as senrio in 2017 ... named 2017-18 Mat-Su Frontiersman Student-Athlete of the Year.
 
CLUB TEAM: Midnight Sun

MAJOR: Accounting
 
PERSONAL: Born Feb. 14, 2000 ... daughter of Tim and Kimberly Stephens ... has four brothers and four sisters ... earned UA Scholar award by graduating in top 10 percent of class at Colony High ... last name is pronounced STEE-vens.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills – 33 at Western Washington, 10/22/22
Attacks – 73 at Hawaii Hilo, 4/24/21
Att.% – .656 (21-0-32) vs Alaska Fairbanks, 9/11/18
Aces – 6, twice (last: vs Arkansas-Fort Smith, 9/3/22)
Assists – 3, three times (last: at Western Washington, 10/22/22)
Block Assists – 8 at Northwest Nazarene, 11/10/18
Block Solos – 2, three times (vs Arkansas Fort Smith, 9/3/22)
Total Blocks – 8 at Northwest Nazarene, 11/10/18
Digs – 20 vs Northwest Nazarene, 11/3/22
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Season     SP- MP     K  K/S   E   TA  Pct  A  A/S  SA SA/S  SE
2018 (Fr)  108- 28  343 3.18  85  781 .330  3 0.03   0 0.00   0
2019 (So)  109- 28  425 3.90 122 1166 .260 13 0.12  28 0.26  60
2020-21     57- 15  237 4.16  52  639 .290  8 0.14  22 0.39  36
2021 (Jr)  110- 31  422 3.84 133 1126 .257 23 0.21  46 0.42  47
2022 (Sr)  105- 30  499 4.75 102 1132 .351 28 0.27  56 0.53  38
Totals     489-132 1926 3.94 494 4844 .296 75 0.15 152 0.31 181
 
Season     RE  DIG  D/S  BS  BA  TB  B/S  BE  BHE   PTS  PTS/S
2018 (Fr)   1   43 0.40   8  74  82 0.76   4    1  388.0  3.59
2019 (So)   0  247 2.27   4  94  98 0.90   5    1  504.0  4.62
2020-21    23  145 2.54   2  37  39 0.68   3    0  279.5  4.90
2021 (Jr)  40  259 2.35   5  82  87 0.79   2    0  514.0  4.67
2022 (Sr)  30  272 2.59  15  74  89 0.85   2    1  607.0  5.78
Totals     94  966 1.98  34 361 395 0.81  16    3 2292.5  4.69