University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics

Season Personal-Bests: 
Kills: 372 (2024)
Assists: 25 (2024)
Aces: 34 (2022)
Digs: 259 (2024)
Blocks: 50 (2024)

Single-Game Career-Highs:
Kills: 23 (Oct. 26, 2024 at Western Oregon)
Assists: 5 (Sept. 15, 2022 vs. Saint Augustine’s)
Aces: 4 (3x, Most Recent: Oct. 21, 2023 vs. Simon Fraser)
Digs: 20 (Sept. 19, 2024 at Western Washington)
Blocks: 5 (2x, Most Recent: Sept. 28, 2024 at Saint Martin's)

2024 | Senior
GNAC Preseason All-Conference selection ... Played in 107 sets through 28 matches ... Led the team and GNAC with 372 kills while averaging 3.48 kills per set ... Swung .257 ... Added a career-high 32 service aces for 0.30 per set and 25 assists for 0.23 per set ... Defensively, added 50 total blocks on 46 assists and four solo for 0.47 per set ... Posted 259 digs for an average of 2.42 per set ... Recorded 10+ kills in 20 of Alaska's 28 matches and 20+ kills in three matches ... Logged eight double-doubles while tallying 10+ digs in nine matches ... Set a career-high in kills at Western Oregon on Oct. 26, finishing the match with 23 ... Collected a career-high 20 digs at Western Washington on Sept. 19 ... Unanimous selection to GNAC All-Conference First Team ... Named to the AVCA All-Region team ... Earned AVCA All-American honors as an Honorable Mention

2023 | Junior
GNAC Preseason All-Conference selection ... Played in all 116 sets through 32 matches ... Started in 32 of the 32 matches ... Led the team with 340 kills and a 2.93 kills per set average ... Swung .183 as a junior ... Added 29 service aces and an average of 0.25 aces per set ... Defensively, Nielson had a career-high 225 digs for 1.94 per set ... She added 46 total blocks on 45 assist and one solo for an average of 0.40 blocks per set ... Nielson recorded 10+ kills in 17 different matches and posted a season-high with 19 kills on Aug. 26, 2023 versus Hawaii Hilo ... She had four aces on Oct. 21, 2023 against Simon Fraser ... Posted a career-high 15 digs on Oct. 28, 2023 at Seattle Pacific … Named to GNAC All-Conference First Team

2022 | Sophomore
GNAC Preseason All-Conference selection ... Played in 112 sets through 29 matches ... Started in 26 of the 29 matches ... Led the team with 306 kills and a 2.73 kills per set average ... Swung .205 as a sophomore ... Was second on the team in service aces with 34 and an average of 0.30 aces per set ... Defensively, Nielson had 87 digs for 0.78 per set ... She added 48 total blocks on 45 assist and three solo for an average of 0.43 blocks per set ... Nielson recorded 10+ kills in 17 different matches and posted a new career-high with 22 kills on Sept. 10, 2022 against Saint Martin's ... In that game she hit a season-high .583 ... She had four aces in two separate games this season, her last coming on Sept. 1, 2022 against Black Hills State ... Posted a career-high seven digs on Aug. 19, 2022 at Chaminade