Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete (2013)
• Omaha Marriott Classic All-Tournament Team (2013)
• Jackrabbit Invitational All-Tournament Team (2012)
• Panther Invitational All-Tournament Team (2012)
• CEFCU Classic All-Tournament Team (2011)
• Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week (09-25-13 & 09-23-11)
• Hotels at Grand Prairie All-Tournament Team (2009)
• MVC Honor Roll (2014)
• Bradley AD Honor Roll all nine semesters

2013 Season (Senior): First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Led the team with 317 kills and was second with 325 digs … Finished career 11th in kills at Bradley with 1,015 … Her 317 kills were the most by a Brave since Amber DeBroux had 361 kills in 2006 … First Bradley player with 300 kills and 300 digs in a season since Kelly Niemeyer in 2006 … Third player in school history to lead the team in kills in three seasons … Turned in 14 double-doubles for the most at Bradley since Lindsay Stalzer had 19 double-doubles in 2005 … Earned all-tournament honors at the Omaha Marriott Classic after helping Bradley to the tournament title … Averaged 2.83 kills and 3.5 digs per set at Omaha Marriott Classic ... Reached double figures in kills 17 times … Selected as Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 25 following an 11-kill, 12-dig effort in a sweep of Drake to open Missouri Valley Conference play … Is the 10th individual in program history with 1,000 career kills and 600 career digs … One of three players to rank in the top 15 in the MVC in both kills and digs per set … Was 10th in the league in kills per set at 2.91 and 14th in digs at 2.98 … Averaged 2.97 kills and 3.17 digs per set in Missouri Valley Conference play. 

2012 Season (Junior): Eighth player in program history to lead the team in kills in back-to-back seasons ... Ranked 11th in the MVC in kills per set (2.83) and had 10 or more kills 16 times ... Was the first BU player with 300 kills in a season since Amy Reichel had 302 kills in 2009 and her 309 kills in 2012 were the most by a Brave since Amber DeBroux (361) in 2006 ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Jackrabbit Invitational, where she had 29 kills in a five-set loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay and followed it with a career-best 20 digs in a five-set win at South Dakota State ... Her 29 kills is tied for the 12th most kills in a match in school history and most by a Brave since Lindsay Stalzer had three outings with 29 or more kills in 2005 ... Also took home all-tournament honors at the Panther Invitational ... Enters her final hear 27th in school history with 698 career kills ... Collected four double-doubles on the year and was the only BU player besides libero Lauren Zerante to tally 20 digs in a match. 

2011 Season (Sophomore): Returned to the form she showed early in the 2009 season, averaging a team-best 2.97 kills per set ... Was Bradley's top offensive threat on the outside ... Had 16 outings with 10 or more kills and led the squad in kills 11 times ... Earned all-tournament honors at the CEFCU Classic, averaging 3.44 kills and 2.33 digs per set in the season-opening event ... Collected a career-high 18 kills in the home victory against Southern Illinois for her second double-double of the year ... Was second on the team with four double-doubles ... Tallied 15 kills and 18 digs in a five-set loss at Indiana State ... Highlighted a sweep of Drake with 10 kills, while hitting .474 ... Was named the Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 21. 

2010 Season (Freshman): Made her return to the court after receiving a medical hardship for the 2009 season, playing in 11 matches, with one start to her credit ... Appeared in four conference matches ... Tallied a season-high six kills against Presbyterian and had a season-best four digs against Valparaiso.

2009 Season (Redshirt): Opened the season with a 17-kill effort against USC-Upstate and averaged 3.33 kills per set in the first four matches en route to earning all-tournament honors at the Hotels at Grand Prairie Invitational ... Played just nine matches before an injury sidelined her for the remainder of the season ... Received a medical hardship for the year ... Reached double figures in kills in six of her nine matches played ... Tallied 17 kills and a season-high 16 digs against Lehigh ... Also had a double-double against IUPUI, finishing with 11 kills and 11 digs ... Averaged 3.13 kills per set and 0.39 aces per set.

Maine West High School:  Earned Second-Team All-State honors from the Chicago Sun-Times ... Special mention all-state pick by the Chicago Tribune as a senior ... Holds the career kills record at Maine West High School ... Selected for the USA Volleyball Youth National A1 Developmental Camp in 2007 and USA Volleyball Junior National A2 Training Team in 2008 ... Unanimous Central Suburban North Conference Player of the Year selection ... Three-time all-conference pick ... Two-time Daily Herald All-Area honoree.

Club: A club teammate of current teamates Jessica McNellis and Allie Gardner for 1st Alliance Volleyball Club.

Personal: The daughter of Arnie Tupuritis and Barb Livingston, Alise was born in Evanston, Ill. ... Has two older siblings: Rob and Justine ... Majoring in health science.

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