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2018 Volleyball Roster

Bri Nellis

5 Abby Phelps

  • Position Pin Hitter
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Exp. 3V
  • Hometown Manson, WA
  • High School Chelan

Biography

WWU: Finished her career as the all-time leader in WWU and Great Northwest Athletic Conference history with 1,628 kills and 1,853 points...also listed 3rd in WWU history with 1,915 career digs, 7th in GNAC history...became second player in conference history to earn four First Team All-GNAC awards and was a two-time GNAC Player of the Year (2017 & 2018)...became the fourth player in WWU and 14th in GNAC history to join the 1,000-kill and 1,000-dig club for a career...two-time AVCA First Team All-American...three-time All-GNAC Academic...graduated from WWU in June 2019 with a degree in elementary education.

2018 (Senior):

  • First Team AVCA All-American for the second consecutive season.
  • GNAC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
  • First Team AVCA and D2CCA All-West Region.
  • GNAC All-Academic and Google Cloud Academic All-District 8.
  • Named to All-Tournament teams at the D2 West Region Showcase, NCAA II West Regional and NCAA II National Tournament.
  • Three-time GNAC Player of the Week (Aug. 27-Sept. 2, Sept. 24-30, Oct. 15-21).
  • Started all 34 matches and played in all 120 sets during 30-4 season resulting in NCAA II national runner-up.
  • Averaged 3.94 kills and 4.47 digs per set.
  • Led the GNAC in kills per set (3.94) and points (4.42/set), and ranked 8th in digs (4.47/set).
  • Recorded double-digits in kills in 29 of 34 matches and 10+ digs in 32 of 34 matches (four matches with 20+ kills).
  • Led the GNAC with 28 double-doubles (kills/digs).
  • Set WWU all-time record for career kills on Sept. 29 vs. Montana State Billings.
  • Set season high with 27 kills in 5-set victory at Simon Fraser on Sept. 25.
  • Averaged 3.75 kills and 5.08 digs per set during the three matches at the NCAA National Tournament in Pittsburgh.
  • Ranked nationally in kills per set (26th), points per set (27th), total kills (19th).
  • Won team award for Most Points.

2017 (Junior):

  • Set WWU single-season record averaging 4.31 kills per set, leading the GNAC and ranking 14th in NCAA II.
  • Named GNAC Player of the Year, becoming the ninth WWU selection in school history.
  • Named 1st team AVCA Divsion II All-Amercia
  • Named 1st team D2CCA All-West Region
  • Won GNAC player of the week awards on three seperate occasions (Oct 23-29, Nov 6-12, Nov 13-19).
  • Career high 28 kills scored against Alaska Anchorage in 4 sets (Nov. 30, 2017
  • Fourth player in WWU history to join the 1000-kill, 1000-dig club for career.
  • Scored 25 double-doubles on the season (Kills/Digs).
  • Tied career high 31 digs vs Simon Fraser on Sept. 19, 2017.
  • GNAC All-Academic (3.51, Elementary Education).
2016 (Sophomore):
  • First Team All-GNAC.
  • AVCA All-West Region and Honorable Mention All-American.
  • GNAC All-Academic.
  • NCAA II West Regional All-Tournament team selection.
  • Led team and ranked 8th in the GNAC averaging 3.21 kills per set.
  • Ranked 7th in the GNAC averaging 4.65 digs per set.
  • Tallied double-digits in kills 20 times and digs in 27 of 29 matches.
  • Season high 19 kills (.318) 9/2/16 vs. Northern State.
  • Recorded season high 31 digs 10/15/16 at Seattle Pacific.
  • Named GNAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/26-10/2) and Defensive Player of the Week (11/14-20) during the season.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Played in all 33 games and every single set (118) of the season.
  • 2nd on team and 9th in GNAC with 355 kills (3.01 k/s).
  • Hitting percentage of .231 (5th on team and 18th in GNAC).
  • Had 19 service aces (5th on team).
  • Registered 375 digs (3rd on team and 16th in GNAC).
  • Total of 410 points for the season (2nd on team and 9th in GNAC).
  • Named to NCAA II West Regional All-Tournament Team.
  • Voted GNAC Freshman of the Year & First Team All-GNAC.
2014: Utilized redshirt season.

Prior to WWU: First-team Class 1A state all-tournament selection as senior at Chelan High School ... ... Participated in Washington State Volleyball Coaches Association All-State game ... Named Most Valuable Player of Caribou Trail League ... Helped Mountain Goats win regional title and place second at state ... Team MVP for third year ... First-team all-league as junior on team that was co-league champion ... Second-team state all-tournament and first-team all-league as sophomore on squad that won league title and placed seventh at state ... Second-team all-league on team that took league and state titles.... Started and lettered four years ... Also lettered four years in basketball ... Averaged 14.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as senior, being named first-team all-league and invited to compete in senior all-state game ... State all-tourney pick as junior, being leading rebounder on team that finished third at state ... Second-team all-league as sophomore on squad that placed seventh at state ... Honorable mention all-league as freshman ... Also earned one letter in track as freshman, being a sprinter and triple jumper,and another in tennis as senior ... Played on Columbia Juniors Volleyball Club U-18 as sophomore and junior ...Made it to 2013 USA Volleyball Girl's Junior National Championships. 
 
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se dig d/s re bs ba tb b/s be bhe pts pts/s
2015.. 118-33 355 3.01 98 1113 .231 18 0.15 19 0.16 23 375 3.18 9 10 52 62 0.53 6 0 410.0 3.47
2016.. 104-29 334 3.21 91 1008 .241 30 0.29 19 0.18 19 484 4.65 33 6 44 50 0.48 6 0 381.0 3.66
2017.. 108-31 466 4.31 90 1390 .271 33 0.31 33 0.31 16 519 4.81 26 1 64 65 0.60 7 1 532.0 4.93
2018.. 120-34 473 3.94 109 1580 .230 33 0.28 20 0.17 10 537 4.47 21 12 50 62 0.52 5 1 530.0 4.42
TOTAL. 450-127 1628 3.62 388 5091 .244 114 0.25 91 0.20 68 1915 4.26 89 29 210 239 0.53 24 2 1853.0 4.12
 
SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Kills: 28, vs Alaska Anchorage, Nov 30, 2017 
Attacks: 83, at Simon Fraser, Sep 25, 2018 
Attack pct: .545, vs Pace, Sep 01, 2017 (13-1-22)
Assists: 4, vs CS San Bernardino, Dec 06, 2015 ; vs Concordia-St. Paul, Sep 1, 2017 
Serve aces: 4, at Alaska Anchorage, Oct 07, 2017 ; vs CSU San Bernardino, Sep 08, 2017 
Digs: 31, at Seattle Pacific, Oct 15, 2016 ; Simon Fraser, Sep 19, 2017 
Blocks: 7, vs Sonoma State, Aug 31, 2018 ; at Northwest Nazarene, Sep 26, 2015 
Block solo: 4, at Alaska Fairbanks, Oct 20, 2018 
Block assist: 7, at Northwest Nazarene, Sep 26, 2015 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    OH
    5'10"
  • 5

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Opp./OH
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2016Sophomore

    OH
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2017Junior

    OH
    5'10"
    5
  • 5
    C

    2018Senior

    Pin Hitter
    5'10"
    5
    C
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