Mary Ashley Tippins Class: Sophomore Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. High School: Marist Height: 5-9 Position: Setter

General: Setter who enters her second year with the Yellow Jacket program ... Very athletic player that plays excellent defense on the back row ... Will push for a more consistent role within the offense after spending much of her freshman season learning the system.

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 after Allie Niekamp was diagnosed with mononucleosis ... 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.

Mary Ashley Tippins' Overall Statistics
Season	GP-MP	K	K/G	Pct	A	A/G	SA	SA/G	DIG	D/G	BS	BA	TB	B/G
2007	67-23	23	0.34	.212	579	8.64	8	0.12	110	1.64	1	14	15	0.22
TOTAL	67-23	23	0.34	.212	579	8.64	8	0.12	110	1.64	1	14	15	0.22