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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

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7 Ali Hinze

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Maple Grove, Minn.
  • High School Osseo HS

Biography

All-Summit League First Team (2022, 2023)
All-Summit League Team (2020-21, 2024)
2020-21 Summit League Freshman of the Year

2021 All-Summit League Honorable Mention
Summit League All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)


CAREER: Finished her career ranked inside the top 10 in Bison history in kills (1,767, 5th), kills per set (3.48, 3rd), attack attempts (5,078, 1st), digs (1,457, 7th), points (2,028.5, 7th) and points per set (3.99, 5th)…Reached the 1,000 career kills mark during the 2022 season and surpassed the 1,000 career digs mark in the 2023 season…Her 1,767 kills are the most in the NDSU Division I era…Her 1,457 digs rank second in the NDSU Division I era…One of only two players in the NDSU Division I era to record at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs, joining Brynn Joki (2009-12)…Produced 71 double-doubles in 134 career matches…Closed her career appearing in 84 straight matches...Earned All-Summit League honors in each of her five seasons.

2024 SEASON (SENIOR): One of two players on the team to start all 26 matches…Recorded a team-high 322 kills…It marked her fourth straight season with at least 300 kills…Averaged a team-high 3.13 kills per set, which ranked seventh in the Summit League…Posted double digits in kills in 17 matches…Totaled 19 service aces…Ranked second on the team with 276 digs and averaged 2.68 digs per set…Recorded double figures in digs in 16 matches…Slotted third on the team with 51 total blocks and averaged 0.50 per set…Tied a career-high 10 solo blocks…Logged a team-best 11 double-doubles…Earned a spot on the Arizona Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team…Named to the All-Summit League Team…Earned a spot on the Summit League All-Tournament Team…Selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.

2023 SEASON (SENIOR): Appeared in all 29 matches…Totaled a team-high 393 kills and averaged a team-best 3.54 kills per set…Her 393 kills and 3.54 kills per set both ranked second in the Summit League…Recorded double digits in kills in 26-of-29 matches…Assembled a streak of 15 straight matches with double figure kill performances from Sept. 15 at Old Dominion to Oct. 9 vs. Kansas City….Positioned second on the team in digs with 345 and digs per set with 3.11…Tallied double figures in digs in 20-of-29 matches…Surpassed the 1,000 career digs mark with 1,181…Totaled a team-high 19 double-doubles, including a stretch of nine double-doubles in 10 matches from Sept. 28 vs. St. Thomas to Nov. 2 against South Dakota State…Ranked second on the team with 24 service aces…Surpassed 60 total blocks for the second straight season with 60.0…Tabbed the Summit League Peak Performer of the Month for the first time in her career for the month of October after totaling a team-high 114 kills and 104 digs over the eight match span…It marked the first time NDSU won a Summit League Athlete of the Month award since 2011…Averaged a conference-best 3.68 kills per set and recorded 221 total kills in Summit League play…Posted a double-double in 12-of-16 matches in Summit League play…Named the Summit League Offensive Player of the Week twice (Aug. 29, Oct. 31)…Earned a spot on the Vandal Volleyball Invitational All-Tournament Team and Mountaineer Invitational All-Tournament Team…Garnered All-Summit League First Team honors for the second straight season...Named to the Summit League All-Tournament Team.

2022 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 32 matches and 123 sets…Finished the season positioned fourth in the Summit League in kills with 446…Averaged a team-best 3.63 kills per set, which ranked fifth in the Summit League…Reached double figures in kills in 28 of 32 matches, including a streak of 21 straight to close to the season… Helped power the NDSU offense that led the Summit League and ranked seventh in the nation with 1,759 kills…Ranked third on the team with 350 digs…Averaged 2.85 digs per set…Hit double digits in digs in 17 matches, including three with 20 or more…Recorded 17 double-doubles…Ranked second the team in total blocks with 67.0…Posted three or more in blocks in nine matches…Earned a spot on the Summit League All-Tournament Team after registering a team-high 24 kills with 15 digs over two matches…Reached the 1,000 career kills mark…Connected on a season-high 21 kills against Central Michigan on Sept. 9…Notched a season-best 24 digs vs. South Dakota State on Nov. 1…Named Summit League Offensive Peak Performer of the Week on Oct. 25.

2021 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 30 matches and appeared in 109 sets…Slotted fifth in the Summit League in kills with 370 and kills per set with 3.43… Reached double digits in kills 22 times…Totaled 291 digs…Averaged 2.67 digs per set…Tallied double figures in digs 16 times…Posted a team-high 14 double-doubles, including a streak of four straight from Oct. 9 against Omaha to Oct. 21 at Oral Roberts…Connected on a season-high 20 kills in the win over Butler on Sept. 10…Registered a season-best 20 digs in the win over Western Illinois on Sept. 30.

2020-21 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Named the Summit League Freshman of the Year … Also earned a spot on the 12-woman All-Summit League team … Top freshman in the league with 3.82 kills per set … Led the Bison with 237 kills and ranked second on the team in digs (195), blocks (27) and service aces (17) … Against Omaha on Mar. 13, she recorded 22 kills and 23 digs for the first 20-20 performance by a Bison in over a decade … Season-high 24 kills vs. Oral Roberts on Feb. 14 … Season-high 4 aces vs. Oral Roberts on Feb. 15 … Double-digit kills in 14 of 17 matches … Finished fourth in The Summit League with an average of 4.36 points per set in conference play ... Named NDSU's Female Rookie of the Year across all sports at the Green & Gold Gala. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Started at outside hitter and libero during prep career at Osseo and Maple Grove High School … Sidelined by injury her junior year, but came back strong senior season … Hit .332 with 401 kills, 270 digs, 34 aces and 29 blocks in 84 sets … Two-time all-conference, second team All-Metro … 2019 Under Armour All-American Watch List … Finished with 430 digs and 63 assists in 88 sets as a libero as sophomore … Entered that season on AVCA Phenom and Prep Volleyball Class of 2020 Watch Lists … Teammates with Taylor Quan for eight years … Also played basketball … Played club volleyball for Minnesota Select.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Julie and Allen Hinze … Has one sister, Paige, who plays volleyball at Minnesota-Morris … Father, Allen, played football at Bemidji State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2020Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2021Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2022Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2023Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2024Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    7