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#8 Jackie Matthisen
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 5'11"
Year: Junior
Hometown: Anchorage
High School: East HS/Western Oregon
Experience: 1 Letter

2009: Became first Seawolf sophomore in 20 years to earn 1st Team all-conference honors after helping UAA to its first-ever Great Northwest Athletic Conference title … also voted 2nd Team All-West Region by AVCA as Seawolves equaled best record in school history (23-8) and qualified for playoffs for first time since 1990 …     named to  NCAA Div. II West Regional Championships all-tourney team after leading UAA with 31 kills in  two matches … ranked 2nd in GNAC and 15th nationally with 4.04 kills per set … held other GNAC ranks of 2nd in points per set (4.41) and 11th in attack pct. (.250) … improved numbers to 4.63 kps, .286 att pct., and 5.04 pps in GNAC contests as UAA finished 14-2 and won league title by three matches … tallied double-digit kills in final 22 matches, averaging 4.48 kps in that span … ranked second on team with 2.65 digs per set and 11 ‘double-doubles’ … delivered 19 kills and 3 blocks — including consecutive blocks and a kill on match point — in UAA’s 3-2 (15-12) victory over Hawaii-Hilo in the NCAA Tournament … posted team-high 12 kills in UAA’s playoff loss to eventual NCAA semifinalist Cal State San Bernardino … earned GNAC Player of the Week honors for Sept. 22-28 after totaling 50 kills, 33 digs and nine blocks in 5-set road victories over Western Washington and Central Washington … named to All-Tournament Team at UAA’s own Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational, posting 14 kills (.364) and 12 digs in title-match win over Academy of Art … other top matches included 21 kills in 4-set home win over GNAC runner-up Seattle Pacific; 18 kills and career-high 19 digs in 4-set road win over former team Western Oregon; 20 kills (.371) and career-high 3 aces in home win over WOU; and 25 kills and 10 digs in comeback from 0-2 deficit to beat BYU-Hawaii … finished No. 5 on UAA’s single-season lists for kills (457), kills per set (4.04) and attacks (1,214) … earned spot on GNAC All-Academic Team with 3.35 overall GPA.

2008:
Redshirted after transferring from GNAC rival Western Oregon.

BEFORE UAA: Played freshman season at Western Oregon in 2007, helping Wolves to first-ever NCAA Tournament berth ... saw action in 16 of 26 matches, including two starts, playing reserve role behind two veteran middle blockers ... averaged 0.61 kills and 0.44 blocks per game, and hit for .037 (22-19-81) percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Helped East High to Cook Inlet Conference title and runner-up finish at 2006 ASAA Class 4A State Championships as a senior ... named to All-State Tournament squad as a junior and senior ... twice earned All-CIC honors and was named to several all-tournament teams throughout career ... earned three varsity letters ... played for Midnight Sun Volleyball Club, making the traveling team as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL: Born Jackie Elise Matthisen on July 8, 1989 in Davenport, Iowa ... daughter of Barry Matthisen and Peggy McBride ... hobbies include snowboarding, photography and hiking ... geological sciences major.

Career Statistics
Season     SP-MP   K   K/S   E   TA   Pct   A   A/S  SA  SA/S  SE  RE  DIG   D/S  BS  BA  TB   B/S BE BHE
2009 (So) 113-31 457  4.04 153 1214  .250  19  0.17  15  0.13   9  36  300  2.65   5  43  48  0.42  2   0

Career Highs
Kills – 28 at Western Washington, 9/24/09
Attacks – 78 at Central Washington, 9/26/09
Att.% – .444 (14-2-27) vs MSU Billings, 9/18/09
Aces – 3 vs Western Oregon, 10/1/09
Assists – 3 vs Northwest Nazarene, 11/12/09
Block Asst – 4, three times (last at CWU, 9/26/09)
Block Solos – 1, five times
Total Blocks – 5 at Central Washington, 9/26/09
Digs – 19 at Western Oregon, 10/29/09

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