University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2024: Earned All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference honors in lone season with UAA, leading team with ranking 20th in league with 2.92 points per set … finished in virtual tie for team lead with 2.34 kills per set, posting nine matches with double-digit kills … ranked 12th in GNAC with 3.04 digs per set and 16th with 0.34 aces per set … posted seven double-doubles, including season-highs of 15 kills (on .318 hitting), 23 digs and 5 total blocks in 3-2 (16-14) win at Northwest Nazarene … other top efforts included 13 kills on .478 hitting, 13 digs and season-high 4 assists in senior-day sweep of NCAA qualifier Simon Fraser; 10 kills on season-high .588 hitting in road sweep of Saint Martin’s; and 12 kills, 21 digs and 3 block assists in 3-1 road win over Seattle Pacific.

BEFORE UAA: Spent five seasons at Div. I program New Mexico State (bio), including Covid and redshirt campaigns … racked up 855 kills (2.93 kps) on .228 hitting, 383 digs (1.31 dps) and 127 total blocks (0.44 bps) in 89 career matches with Aggies … earned First Team All-Western Athletic Conference honors in 2021, helping NMSU to third straight regular-season WAC title with team highs of 3.66 kills and 4.08 points per set on .277 hitting … tallied career-best 25 kills against UTEP among six 20-plus efforts as Covid sophomore, along with six double-doubles … finished top four in 2021 WAC stats in kps, total points and total kills … named Second Team All-WAC as Covid junior in 2022, producing double-figure kills in 16 of 27 matches.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner … led team to 5A Arizona Southern Region titles in 2017 and 2018 … named Arizona Southern Region Player of the year in 2017 and 2018 ... earned 5A first-team and second-team honors … set school record with 25 kills in a 3-set match.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Andrew and Cheryl Birtcil ... has three siblings – Eric, Allison and Evan … married husband Jase Tipton in June 2023 ... graduated with bachelor of science in animal science from New Mexico State in 2022 ... favorite food is sushi ... enjoys art.

MAJOR: Pursuing second bachelor’s degree in nursing.

UAA Career Highs
Kills – 15, twice (last: at Northwest Nazarene, 11/9/24)
Attacks – 50 at Seattle Pacific, 10/5/24
Att.% – .478 (13-2-23) vs Simon Fraser, 11/23/24
Aces – 6 at Western Washington, 9/21/24
Assists – 4 vs Simon Fraser, 11/23/24
Block Assists – 4 at Northwest Nazarene, 11/9/24
Block Solos – 2 at Chaminade, 8/29/24
Total Blocks – 5 at Northwest Nazarene, 11/9/24
Digs – 23 at Northwest Nazarene, 11/9/24

UAA Career Statistics
Season    SP-MP   K  K/S   E   TA  Pct   A   A/S  SA SA/S  SE
2024 (Sr) 97-27 227 2.34 102  815 .153  29  0.30  33 0.34  32

Season    RE  DIG  D/S  BS  BA  TB  B/S  BE  BHE    PTS  PT/S
2024 (Sr) 42  295 3.04   3  40  43 0.44   7    1  283.0  2.92