Ali Butler

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2 Ali Butler

Height:

5-7
Hometown:

Omaha, Neb.
Position:

L/DS
Year:

Jr.
High School:

Millard South HS

m

34
k/s

0.06
h %

.000
a/s

0.13
b/s

0.00
sa/s

0.24
d/s

2.20

Bio

Honors and Awards

2025 Season (Junior): Named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete and earned academic all-Frontier Conference honors ... Played in 109 sets and totaled 240 digs (2.20 per set), ranking third on the team, while adding 26 service aces and 14 assists ... Finished fourth on the squad in service aces ... Reached double figures in digs nine times, including a season-high 16 digs in BU’s four-set win over Dickinson State on Oct. 10 ... Also recorded 13 digs at Montana State-Northern on Sept. 27, at Dakota State on Oct. 8 and against Providence on Nov. 1, and matched her season high of three service aces in three matches: Aug. 22 vs. College of Idaho, Nov. 13 vs. Valley City State and Nov. 22 vs. Columbia (Mo.).

2024 Season (Sophomore): Saw action in 25 matches and 64 sets in 2024 ... Totalled 105 digs, four service aces, and eight assists on the season ... Collected a career-high 16 digs and a kill in the Bruins' four-set win over Mount Mercy on Aug. 31 ... Registered 11 digs and an assist in BU's sweep over Kansas Wesleyan on Sept. 21 ... Tallied a career-high four kills in the National Championship match against Indiana Wesleyan on Dec. 10 ... Earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete and NSAA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2023 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 30 matches and 81 sets during her freshmen campaign ... Registered 86 digs and nine service aces on the season ... Collected a season-high 13 digs in the Bruins' 3-0 loss to top-ranked Northwestern at the NAIA National Tournament on Dec. 1 ... Collected eight digs in BU's four-set win over No. 23-ranked Texas Wesleyan on Aug. 18 ... Produced a season-high two service aces along with two digs in BU's sweep over Doane on Aug. 31 ... Earned NSAA Scholar-Athlete honors.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Millard South High School under head coach Jaisa Poppleton ... Earned third-team Nebraska Class A all-state honors in 2022 ... Honorable mention all-state in 2020 and 2021 ... Holds school records for career service aces (128) and single-season service aces (64) ... Team captain ... Three-time Academic all-state selection ... Three-year member of the Gold Honor Roll ... Played club volleyball at Premier Volleyball Club under coach Korrine Bowers

Personal: Daughter of Rachel and Ryan Butler ... Born on Sept. 19, 2005 ... Majoring in Health Sciences.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Matches	34	22
Sets	109	73
Kills	7	6
Kills per set	0.06	0.08
Errors	7	5
Total Attacks	50	40
Total Attacks per set	0.46	0.55
Hitting Percentage	.000	.025
Assists	14	7
Assists per set	0.13	0.10
Service Total Attempts	342	244
Service Aces	26	13
Service Errors	19	13
Service Aces per set	0.24	0.18
Receptions	391	255
Reception Errors	28	16
Digs	240	176
Digs per set	2.20	2.41
Block Solo	0	0
Block Assist	0	0
Block Total	0	0
Blocks per set	0.00	0.00
Block Errors	0	0
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	33.0	19.0
Points per set	0.3	0.3
Matches started	30	21

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Nov 14	vs. Montana State-Northern	W, 3-2
Nov 15	vs. Providence	L, 3-1
Nov 22	vs. Columbia (Mo.)	W, 3-0
Dec 3	vs. Bushnell (Ore.)	W, 3-0
Dec 5	vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan	W, 3-2
Dec 6	vs. Northwestern (Iowa)	L, 3-0

Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	pts
Aug 22	vs. College of Idaho	L, 3-2	-	4	0	0	0	-	0	3.0
Aug 22	vs. Southern Oregon	W, 3-1	1	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0.0
Aug 23	vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene	W, 3-0	-	1	0	0	0	-	0	1.0
Aug 29	vs. Dakota Wesleyan	W, 3-0	-	1	0	0	1	.000	2	0.0
Aug 29	vs. Indiana Wesleyan	W, 3-0	1	3	1	1	2	.000	0	1.0
Sep 5	at Bismarck State	W, 3-0	1	3	1	2	4	-.250	1	1.0
Sep 6	at Dickinson State	L, 3-2	1	3	0	0	0	-	0	0.0
Sep 10	Dakota State	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	-	0	0.0
Sep 12	Rocky Mountain	W, 3-0	1	2	0	0	0	-	1	0.0
Sep 13	Carroll	W, 3-0	1	3	1	0	2	.500	2	3.0
Sep 19	Montana Tech	W, 3-0	1	3	2	0	5	.400	0	4.0
Sep 20	Montana Western	W, 3-0	1	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1.0
Sep 26	at Providence	L, 3-0	1	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0.0
Sep 27	at Montana State-Northern	W, 3-1	-	4	0	0	1	.000	1	1.0
Oct 2	Valley City State	W, 3-0	1	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0.0
Oct 3	Mayville State	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	2	.000	0	1.0
Oct 8	at Dakota State	W, 3-2	1	5	1	0	4	.250	2	2.0
Oct 10	Dickinson State	W, 3-1	1	4	0	0	0	-	0	0.0
Oct 11	Bismarck State	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	2	.000	0	1.0
Oct 17	at Rocky Mountain	W, 3-1	1	4	0	1	3	-.333	0	0.0
Oct 18	at Carroll	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	-	0	0.0
Oct 22	at Montana Western	W, 3-1	1	4	0	0	1	.000	0	1.0
Oct 23	at Montana Tech	W, 3-1	1	4	0	0	0	-	0	2.0
Oct 31	Montana State-Northern	W, 3-0	1	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0.0
Nov 1	Providence	W, 3-2	1	4	1	0	4	.250	0	1.0
Nov 7	at Valley City State	W, 3-1	1	4	0	0	4	.000	0	1.0
Nov 8	at Mayville State	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0.0
Nov 13	vs. Valley City State	W, 3-0	1	3	0	1	1	-1.000	1	3.0
Nov 14	vs. Montana State-Northern	W, 3-2	1	5	0	0	1	.000	0	2.0
Nov 15	vs. Providence	L, 3-1	1	4	0	0	1	.000	1	0.0
Nov 22	vs. Columbia (Mo.)	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	-	1	3.0
Dec 3	vs. Bushnell (Ore.)	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1.0
Dec 5	vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan	W, 3-2	1	5	0	0	0	-	0	0.0
Dec 6	vs. Northwestern (Iowa)	L, 3-0	1	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0.0

Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	digs
Aug 22	vs. College of Idaho	L, 3-2	-	4	9
Aug 22	vs. Southern Oregon	W, 3-1	1	1	0
Aug 23	vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene	W, 3-0	-	1	4
Aug 29	vs. Dakota Wesleyan	W, 3-0	-	1	3
Aug 29	vs. Indiana Wesleyan	W, 3-0	1	3	4
Sep 5	at Bismarck State	W, 3-0	1	3	8
Sep 6	at Dickinson State	L, 3-2	1	3	5
Sep 10	Dakota State	W, 3-0	1	3	4
Sep 12	Rocky Mountain	W, 3-0	1	2	3
Sep 13	Carroll	W, 3-0	1	3	10
Sep 19	Montana Tech	W, 3-0	1	3	11
Sep 20	Montana Western	W, 3-0	1	3	0
Sep 26	at Providence	L, 3-0	1	3	4
Sep 27	at Montana State-Northern	W, 3-1	-	4	13
Oct 2	Valley City State	W, 3-0	1	3	5
Oct 3	Mayville State	W, 3-0	1	3	3
Oct 8	at Dakota State	W, 3-2	1	5	13
Oct 10	Dickinson State	W, 3-1	1	4	16
Oct 11	Bismarck State	W, 3-0	1	3	7
Oct 17	at Rocky Mountain	W, 3-1	1	4	12
Oct 18	at Carroll	W, 3-0	1	3	6
Oct 22	at Montana Western	W, 3-1	1	4	5
Oct 23	at Montana Tech	W, 3-1	1	4	11
Oct 31	Montana State-Northern	W, 3-0	1	2	7
Nov 1	Providence	W, 3-2	1	4	13
Nov 7	at Valley City State	W, 3-1	1	4	12
Nov 8	at Mayville State	W, 3-0	1	3	8
Nov 13	vs. Valley City State	W, 3-0	1	3	5
Nov 14	vs. Montana State-Northern	W, 3-2	1	5	7
Nov 15	vs. Providence	L, 3-1	1	4	9
Nov 22	vs. Columbia (Mo.)	W, 3-0	1	3	5
Dec 3	vs. Bushnell (Ore.)	W, 3-0	1	3	4
Dec 5	vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan	W, 3-2	1	5	9
Dec 6	vs. Northwestern (Iowa)	L, 3-0	1	3	5

Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	ta	sa	se	r	re
Aug 22	vs. College of Idaho	L, 3-2	-	4	0	3	0	17	2
Aug 22	vs. Southern Oregon	W, 3-1	1	1	2	0	0	8	1
Aug 23	vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene	W, 3-0	-	1	4	1	0	5	0
Aug 29	vs. Dakota Wesleyan	W, 3-0	-	1	6	0	0	6	1
Aug 29	vs. Indiana Wesleyan	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	8	1
Sep 5	at Bismarck State	W, 3-0	1	3	8	0	0	14	0
Sep 6	at Dickinson State	L, 3-2	1	3	1	0	0	13	2
Sep 10	Dakota State	W, 3-0	1	3	2	0	2	11	0
Sep 12	Rocky Mountain	W, 3-0	1	2	5	0	0	7	0
Sep 13	Carroll	W, 3-0	1	3	15	2	0	15	3
Sep 19	Montana Tech	W, 3-0	1	3	14	2	1	9	2
Sep 20	Montana Western	W, 3-0	1	3	6	1	1	2	0
Sep 26	at Providence	L, 3-0	1	3	9	0	0	14	0
Sep 27	at Montana State-Northern	W, 3-1	-	4	19	1	2	12	1
Oct 2	Valley City State	W, 3-0	1	3	10	0	0	12	0
Oct 3	Mayville State	W, 3-0	1	3	13	1	0	7	0
Oct 8	at Dakota State	W, 3-2	1	5	13	1	0	13	0
Oct 10	Dickinson State	W, 3-1	1	4	17	0	0	19	2
Oct 11	Bismarck State	W, 3-0	1	3	10	1	0	11	3
Oct 17	at Rocky Mountain	W, 3-1	1	4	7	0	1	22	1
Oct 18	at Carroll	W, 3-0	1	3	10	0	1	7	1
Oct 22	at Montana Western	W, 3-1	1	4	17	1	1	11	0
Oct 23	at Montana Tech	W, 3-1	1	4	18	2	0	14	0
Oct 31	Montana State-Northern	W, 3-0	1	2	8	0	0	6	1
Nov 1	Providence	W, 3-2	1	4	7	0	2	20	0
Nov 7	at Valley City State	W, 3-1	1	4	25	1	1	6	0
Nov 8	at Mayville State	W, 3-0	1	3	10	0	1	10	0
Nov 13	vs. Valley City State	W, 3-0	1	3	16	3	0	11	1
Nov 14	vs. Montana State-Northern	W, 3-2	1	5	15	2	2	17	2
Nov 15	vs. Providence	L, 3-1	1	4	8	0	1	13	1
Nov 22	vs. Columbia (Mo.)	W, 3-0	1	3	11	3	1	7	0
Dec 3	vs. Bushnell (Ore.)	W, 3-0	1	3	9	1	0	10	0
Dec 5	vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan	W, 3-2	1	5	18	0	2	22	0
Dec 6	vs. Northwestern (Iowa)	L, 3-0	1	3	9	0	0	12	3

Career Stats - Offense
Statistic	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	ta/s	pct	a	a/s	pts	pts/s
2023-24	30	81	1	0.01	1	8	0.10	.000	8	0.10	10.0	0.1
2024-25	25	64	9	0.14	5	34	0.53	.118	8	0.13	13.5	0.2
2025-26	34	109	7	0.06	7	50	0.46	.000	14	0.13	33.0	0.3
Total	89	254	17	0.07	13	92	0.36	.043	30	0.12	56.5	0.2

Career Stats - Defense
Statistic	m	s	digs	d/s	ba	tot	b/s
2023-24	30	81	86	1.06	0	0	0.00
2024-25	25	64	105	1.64	1	1	0.02
2025-26	34	109	240	2.20	0	0	0.00
Total	89	254	431	1.70	1	1	0.00

Career Stats - Serve/Receive
Statistic	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re
2023-24	30	81	258	9	0.11	5	74	7
2024-25	25	64	116	4	0.06	7	171	9
2025-26	34	109	342	26	0.24	19	391	28
Total	89	254	716	39	0.15	31	636	44

Split Stats - Offense
Statistic	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	ta/s	pct	a	a/s	pts	pts/s
Event
Total	34	109	7	0.06	7	50	0.46	.000	14	0.13	33.0	0.3
Conference	22	73	6	0.08	5	40	0.55	.025	7	0.10	19.0	0.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	11	33	4	0.12	2	19	0.58	.105	3	0.09	11.0	0.3
Away	11	40	2	0.05	3	21	0.53	-.048	4	0.10	8.0	0.2
Neutral	12	36	1	0.03	2	10	0.28	-.100	7	0.19	14.0	0.4
Result
Wins	29	92	7	0.08	7	46	0.50	.000	12	0.13	30.0	0.3
Losses	5	17	0	0.00	0	4	0.24	.000	2	0.12	3.0	0.2
Month
August	5	10	1	0.10	1	4	0.40	.000	2	0.20	5.0	0.5
September	9	27	4	0.15	3	14	0.52	.071	5	0.19	10.0	0.4
October	10	35	1	0.03	2	15	0.43	-.067	2	0.06	7.0	0.2
November	7	26	1	0.04	1	14	0.54	.000	3	0.12	10.0	0.4
December	3	11	0	0.00	0	3	0.27	.000	2	0.18	1.0	0.1

Split Stats - Defense
Statistic	m	s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s
Event
Total	34	109	240	2.20	0	0	0	0.00
Conference	22	73	176	2.41	0	0	0	0.00
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	11	33	79	2.39	0	0	0	0.00
Away	11	40	97	2.42	0	0	0	0.00
Neutral	12	36	64	1.78	0	0	0	0.00
Result
Wins	29	92	208	2.26	0	0	0	0.00
Losses	5	17	32	1.88	0	0	0	0.00
Month
August	5	10	20	2.00	0	0	0	0.00
September	9	27	58	2.15	0	0	0	0.00
October	10	35	85	2.43	0	0	0	0.00
November	7	26	59	2.27	0	0	0	0.00
December	3	11	18	1.64	0	0	0	0.00

Split Stats - Serve/Receive
Statistic	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re
Event
Total	34	109	342	26	0.24	19	391	28
Conference	22	73	244	13	0.18	13	255	16
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	11	33	107	7	0.21	6	119	11
Away	11	40	137	6	0.15	7	136	5
Neutral	12	36	98	13	0.36	6	136	12
Result
Wins	29	92	315	23	0.25	18	322	20
Losses	5	17	27	3	0.18	1	69	8
Month
August	5	10	12	4	0.40	0	44	5
September	9	27	79	6	0.22	6	97	8
October	10	35	123	6	0.17	3	122	8
November	7	26	92	9	0.35	8	84	4
December	3	11	36	1	0.09	2	44	3