Utah Valley University Athletics

Nina Mortensen enters her second year on Coach Atoa's staff. She helped lead the Wolverines to a 10-14 mark in their first year of NCAA Division I play in 2003. Mortensen brings a wealth of volleyball experience to the Wolverines. Before coming to UVSC to start her coaching career, Mortensen spent her playing days at Brigham Young University tallying up an All-American resume. Below is Mortensen's accomplishments.

PLAYING CAREER AT BYU
SENIOR - (2001): Mortensen capped off her All-American career by averaging a conference-best 4.24 kills per game. She also ranked second in blocks (1.59), and eighth in attack percentage (.292) to go with 2.33 digs a game. She had her fourth career triple-double with career highs of 32 kills and 20 digs along with a season-high 11 blocks versus Cal Poly SLO on Nov. 23. She finished with 441 kills on the season, and passed Gale Johnson for fifth in all-time kills at BYU (1720). She also passed former BYU All-American and U.S. National Team member Amy Steele Gant for second all-time in total blocks (806) and block assists (701) and is the school's all-time leader in blocks per game (1.87). She also recorded a team-high 13 double-doubles in 2001. 

JUNIOR - (2000): A three-time All-American, Mortensen was named to the AVCA All-America First Team and was the only player selected AVCA National Player of the Week twice last season ... named to the all-west region team ... was the MWC Player of the Week four times last year and was an all-conference selection for the third straight year ... finished second nationally in blocks per game (1.88) ... was named the MVP of the MWC tournament after leading the Cougars to the tournament championship ... recorded double-digit kills in 28 of 33 matches ... had 20 or more kills in four matches, including a season-high 25 kills against LBSU ... had a team-high nine double-doubles and two triple-doubles ( both vs. Utah) ... led BYU in kills (467), block solos (24), block assists (189), total blocks (213) and was second with 38 service aces and 226 digs ... had team-best averages of 4.13 kpg, 1.88 bpg and a .357 hitting percentage ... in MWC conference matches she was first in the MWC in kills (4.30) and service aces (0.43), second in the in blocks (1.68), and third in hitting (.369) ... was selected to the Verizon Academic District VIII Third Team ... among 14 players selected to the A-2 US Women's National Team in mid-April 2001. 

SOPHOMORE - (1999): Named Second Team All-American by both the AVCA and Volleyball magazine ... was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year ... member of the AVCA All-District VII Team ... named to the Mountain West Conference Championship All-Tournament Team ... Two-time conference Player of the Week (Oct. 4-10, Nov. 1-7) ... all-tournament team selection in Georgia Outback Invitational and Loyola Marymount Invitational ... led the Mountain West Conference in hitting percentage (.373), blocks (1.85) and kills (4.29) ... her 1.85/game blocking average placed third in the nation and is the second-highest single season blocking average in BYU history (her 2.17 average as a freshman is the BYU record). 

FRESHMAN - (1998): Led the nation in blocking with an average of 2.17 per game and a season total of 232 blocks ... became the first Division I player in five years to average more than two blocks a game ... had a career-high in kills, digs and blocks in the WAC Championship match against Hawai`i in which she had 25 kills, 19 digs and 14 blocks ... recorded double-digits in blocking six times during the season ... led the Cougars in kills in NCAA Central Regional Final vs. Penn State with 17 kills ... was named WAC Freshman of the Year as well as to the WAC Pacific Division 1st Team ... named to the CoSIDA All-Region VII Team ... named to the Central Regional All-Tournament Team ... ended the season second on the team in kills with 340 and a .341 hitting percentage. 

Before College...
High School: 1995 and 1996 Murray High MVP ... three-year First Team All-Region ... 1996 Utah Senior All-Star Team and All-State selection Club: All-Region selection on the Utah Junior 18 Elite Red team. Honors: Student Sport Magazine prep All-America ... Volleyball magazine "Fab 50" selection ... 1996 Youth National Team selection and 1997 Youth National Team alternate ... Married Ryan Mortensen in August 2004.