2008-09:Appeared in 16 games and started 10...averaged 4.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game...had a career high 12 points vs. Saint Martin[apos]s and a career high 13 rebounds vs. Kuyper College...GNAC All-Academic Team.
2007-08:Played in each of Alaska[apos]s 26 games, including one start...averaged 1.7 ppg for the Nanooks, scoring 44 points for the season...scored season-high nine points and pulled in five rebounds in Glacier Classic game against Chaminade on Dec. 1...had three or more rebounds on five different occasions for the Blue and Gold...named to GNAC All-Academic Team.
2006-07:Played for the Nanook volleyball team and led the team in kills, averaging 3.05 per game...second on the team in digs, averaging 3.67 per game...earned a career-high 27 digs on October 7 against Western Oregon ... set season-high of 20 kills on October 31 against Northwest Nazarene University...earned All-Tournament honors at the Auto-Service Company Nanook Classic Tournament...Co-Freshman of the Year and member of GNAC f
irst team...named team MVP.
Prior to Alaska...Alaska volleyball[apos]s first High School All-American recruit...a member of three Class 4A State Championship volleyball teams at Mead High School and rostered on three District and Regional Championship teams...captain for two years at MHS...was named to Northwest Invitational Tournament all-tournament team ...named Most Valuable Player in the Greater Spokane Leauge in 2005...also participated in basketball, track and field, and softball.
Personal:Daughter of Stan and Laurie Thigpen...siblings Dan, Emily, and Ben...rides horses and enjoys all sports... also a member of the Nanook volleyball team.
