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Bree Burtwistle

Setter
Class
Senior
Height
5-10
Major
Biology
Hometown
Stanton, Neb.
Previous School
Stanton HS / Midland University
Honors and Awards

-2023 NAIA First Team All-American
-2023 CSC Second Team All-American
-2023 CSC Academic All-District
-2023 GPAC Setter of the Year
-2023 First Team All-GPAC
-2023 Omaha World-Herald All-Midlands Honorary Captain
-2023 AVCA NAIA West Central Region First Team
-2023 NAIA National Setter of the Week (Sept. 5)
-2023 GPAC Setter of the Week (Sept. 5, Sept. 12, Sept. 19, Oct. 3, Oct. 10, Nov. 7)
-2023 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2022 Second Team All-GPAC
-2022 NAIA National Setter of the Week (Sept. 20, Oct. 25)
-2022 GPAC Setter of the Week (Sept. 20, Sept. 27, Oct. 25)
-2022 CSC Academic All-District
-2022 Omaha World-Herald All-Midlands Honorable Mention
-2022 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2021 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2020 NAIA Scholar-Athlete

#3

Bree Burtwistle

Setter
Senior, 5-10

2023: Fifth
In fifth season fo college volleyball, starred as the top setter in the GPAC ... appeared in all 29 matches and 98 sets ... accumulated 1,149 assists (11.72/set), 271 digs, 66 kills, 37 blocks and 34 aces ... season high 55 assists came in the four-set win at Midland on Oct. 31 ... landed multiple aces in eight separate matches ... piled up 20 digs in the four-set win at College of Saint Mary on Sept. 16 ... finished career with 3,216 assists, 878 digs, 137 kills, 111 aces and 80 blocks (including one season at Midland) ... became the first player in program history to be named the GPAC Setter of the Year.

2022: Senior
Played in 108 sets and had 59 kills on 165 attempts ... led the team with 1,211 assists, which is the sixth most assists in a season in school history ... season high in assists came against Hastings on Nov. 30 with 58 ... led the team with 31 service aces, also had 284 digs, averaging 2.63 digs per set ... and totaled 41 blocks on the season.

2021: Junior
Appeared in 21 matches with a total of 75 sets... recorded six kills and two errors on 24 attempts hitting .167, 250 assists 3.33 Assists per set, 162 digs and 14 service aces.

2020: Sophmore
Appeared in 3 games and 5 sets and recording 8 assists. 

Previous School
Played at Midland for one year … accumulated 602 assists and 32 aces over 111 sets played.

High School
Prepped at Stanton High School for head coach Tracy Burtwistle … lettered and started all four years … served as a team captain for three years … named first team all-state (Class C2) three times by the Omaha World-Herald … tabbed first team all-state by the Lincoln Journal Star three years … selected first team all-conference (East Husker) three times and Norfolk Daily News All-Area three times...All-area Team Captain as a senior … set school career records for ace serves (217), most points scored off a serve (963),  most assists (2,181), and is a member of the 1k Kill Club Career with (1,240) … helped lead the Mustangs to a 2016 Class C2 state championship and to state place finishes of runner-up in 2015 and third in 2017 and 2018 … led Stanton to two East Husker conference titles and to four-straight seasons with more than 30 wins … played basketball, lettering and started all four years, serving as a team captain for three years...played in two state basketball tournaments and earned conference (Esat Husker), Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star honors...Lettered in track all four years and currentlys holds the discuss record at Stanton … member of the FFA and qualified for state three years and national qualifier freshman and junior years ... lettered in varsity choir and was a member of Tri M ... awarded Lift of the Year as a sophomore … class valedictorian … named academic all-state three times each in volleyball, basketball and track and field … member of National Honor Society.

Personal
Born in Columbus, Neb., on May 16, 2001 … Daughter of Bret and Tracy Burtwistle.

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