25 Mary Ashley Tippins Class: Senior Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. High School: Marist Height: 5-10 Position: Setter

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Honors and Awards
2009 AVCA honorable mention All-American
2009 AVCA All-Region
2009 All-ACC

2010: Dished out 52 assists while nabbing seven kills and 15 digs in her final game as a Yellow Jacket against Clemson (Nov. 26) ... handed out 87 assists, made 21 digs and added six kills in a weekend series at UNC and NC State (Nov. 19-21) ... Rattled off 69 assists, 15 digs and three service aces against Virginia Tech and Virginia (Nov. 12-14) ... Dished out over 50 assists (52) for the sixth time during the season against Miami (Nov. 6) ... Posted 30 assists to go along with five digs and three blocks against Florida State (Nov. 5) ... Notched 38 assists to go with six digs and three blocks against Duke (Oct. 30) ... Posted 39 assists with three digs and two kills against Wake Forest (Oct. 29) ... Recorded 37 assists to go along with seven digs, three blocks and an ace against Middle Tennessee State (Oct. 26) ... Tallied 32 assists along with six digs and three kills against Maryland (Oct. 23) ... Registered 43 assists to go along with seven digs and three kills against Boston College (Oct. 22) ... Notched an outstanding 59 assists against NC State (Oct. 17) to go along with four kills, four digs and three blocks ... Recorded a double-double with team-high 16 digs on "Dig for the Cure" night against North Carolina (Oct. 15) and 45 assists ... Led the team with 12 digs and 29 assists at #20 Florida State (Oct. 10)...Registered a career-high 60 assists against Miami (Oct. 8), while also earning a .750 hitting percentage off of six kills with three blocks and 11 digs... Dished out 51 assists while notching three kills, 11 digs and two blocks in a five set victory at Virginia Tech (Oct. 2) ... Notched a double-double at Virginia (Oct. 1) making 46 assists and 15 digs while also tallying three kills and three blocks ... Registered 27 assists, seven digs and two blocks against Wake Forest (Sept. 26) ... Notched 54 assists, eight digs, two blocks and three kills in a five set match against Duke (Sept. 24) ... Saw time in all 11 games at the Clemson Classic finishing the weekend with a team leading 121 assists (11/game), nine kills, 25 digs and six blocks ... Played in all 11 sets at the Bulldog Invitational notching 124 assists (11.27/game), seven kills, 28 digs and six blocks on the weekend ... Named to the KSU Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Led the team in assists (101, 9.18/game) and service aces (5) while also recording a .429 hitting percentage after registering 12 kills in 21 chances and 34 digs on the weekend ... Named to the Georgia Tech Courtyard Marriott Classic All-Tournament Team turning out 106 assists on the weekend (9.64/game), seven kills in 17 tries (.353 hitting percentage), two service aces, six digs and two blocks.

2009: Started all 31 matches and played in every set on the season ... Led team and ACC and was 20th in the nation averaging 11.27 assists per set ... Her 36 service aces (0.31/set) were also first on the team and seventh in the ACC ... Added 71 kills (0.61/set), a .268 hitting percentage, 221 digs (1.91/set) and 49 total blocks as well ... Second on the team with five double-doubles ... Posted her first career double-double with 60 assists and 10 digs at Miami (10/4) ... Also recorded double-doubles against Virginia (49 assists, 12 digs, 10/17), Duke (53 assists, 14 digs, 10/24), Miami (56 assists, 16 digs, 11/13) and Clemson (56 assists, 14 digs, 11/27) ... Had a season-high five kills in matches against Southeast Missouri State (9/12), Maryland (11/8), Mississippi (9/12), Ohio (9/5), Mercer (8/29) ... Season-high for assists came at Miami (10/4) with 60, while her 16 digs against the Hurricanes (11/13) also represented a season-best ... Had a career-high four service aces vs. Minnesota (9/19) and tied a career-high with her five total blocks against Wake Forest (10/23).

2008: Competed in 17 matches on the season, making nine starts as the Jackets' setter ... Posted double figures in assists in each of her first 13 match appearances, and eclipsed double figures 14 times during the season ... Also had three double-doubles ... Top match of the year came at Clemson (9/18), when she led Tech to a 3-2 match victory with a season-high 65 assists and 17 digs for her first double-double of the year ... Had 60 assists, 14 digs, three block assists and a season-high two service aces in the Jackets' 3-1 victory at Virginia (11/1) ... Posted a season-high five blocks at Duke (11/8) while recording her third double-double, with 47 assists and 12 digs against the Blue Devils.

2007: Played in 67 games during the season, and was the Yellow Jackets' starting setter in 11 matches ... Started all four matches of the Georgia Tech/Regency Suites Classic ... Recorded 42 assists, seven digs, a service ace and four kills while hitting .500 in her first career start against Western Carolina (9/7) ... Tallied 60 assists in her next match to help Tech to a 3-1 win over Georgia (9/7) ... Posted at least 60 assists in three matches and over 40 assists eight times during the season ... Had two double-doubles on the year ... Recorded a season-high 18 digs in addition to 52 assists, four kills and three block assists at Michigan (9/15) ... Also hit .571 against the Wolverines ... Hit a season-high .625 with five kills to go along with a season-high 65 assists at North Carolina (9/21) ... Posted 12 digs and 25 assists for her second double-double of the year against Virginia (9/28).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Marist School as a setter ... Earned AAAA Player of the Year honors in both 2004 and 2006 ... Tabbed the Atlanta Journal Constitution Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006 ... First-team all-region and all-state in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Three-time region MVP ... Guided Marist to the 2006 AAAA State Championship ... Broke the Georgia high school record for career assists ... 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Georgia ... Starred as a member of the A5 Club team in Atlanta ... Led the A5 team to a fifth-place finish in the 2005 Junior Olympics and a third-place showing at the 2006 AAU Nationals ... Named to the 16 National All-Tournament team ... An AAU All-American that was part of a recruiting class tabbed Highest Honorable Mention by Prepvolleyball.com ... Named a 2006 High School All-American by the AVCA, Volleyball Magazine and Prepvolleyball.com ... Finalist for the Andi Collins Award as the best high school setter in the nation in 2006 ... Ranked No. 74 on the Prepvolleyball.com Senior Aces List after appearing on both the Top 79 Juniors and Top 79 Sophomores Lists in previous seasons.

Personal: Mary Ashley Olga Tippins is the daughter of Bayne and Mary Tippins ... Born May 25, 1989 ... Has two older sisters, Leigh and Jill, and an older brother, Scott ... Sister Leigh played tennis at Auburn.

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