Anchorage’s Brooke Dexter went from Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year her senior year at West High to the GNAC Player of the Year her senior year for Simon Fraser University.

Yeah, she’s been killing it.

Dexter became the fifth Alaskan to win GNAC POY honors, but the first one not from UAA. The others were Eve Stephens (Colony High) in 2022, Morgan Hooe (South High) in 2016, Katelynn Zanders (South High) in 2015 and Jackie Matthisen (East High).

The top attacker in the GNAC, Dexter led the league with 3.97 kills per set and became the sixth player in league history to earn first-team all-conference four times.

Dexter ranked fifth in the league with an attack percentage of .300 and 13th with 0.35 aces per set. Her average of 4.64 points per set was 0.61 points per set higher than the next closest GNAC player.

Dexter has 1,291 career kills, ranking her 16th on the GNAC all-time list. Her efforts led SFU to its third NCAA Tournament appearance and the Red Leafs of will face 10th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona in the first round on Dec. 5. Her 1,291 kills, btw, are the third most in the conference by an Alaska player.

The All-GNAC First Team also included UAA’s Katie Birtcil (Tucson, Ariz.) and UAF’s Karli Nelson (South Weber, Utah) and Rilee White (Goodyear, Ariz.).

Birtcil led a balanced UAA offense with 2.92 points per set and ranked 13th in the league with 3.04 digs per set. The New Mexico State grad transfer helped the Seawolves finish with six wins in their last eight matches and finished her collegiate career with 1,087 kills.

Nelson became a two-time unanimous selection after she ended the season with career-highs with 372 kills and a .259 hitting percentage while totaling 259 digs and 50 total blocks.

White broke the GNAC record for aces and become the first player in conference history to reach 1,000 kills, 1,000 digs and 200 aces. She ended the season with 265 kills, 258 digs, 41 total blocks and a GNAC-leading 57 aces, which ranked 15th in Division II.

UAF setter Ainsley Smith of North Pole was named honorable mention after she shattered her career-high in assists (869) and added 281 digs, a .289 hitting percentage and 28 aces.

UAA’s Tia Allen (Clayton, Wash.) also earned honorable mention for the second time, along with a 2022 award from her time at Saint Martin’s. After sitting out a year due to GNAC transfer regulations, Allen led UAA and ranked 20th in the GNAC with 2.35 kills per set and recorded a team-best eight double-doubles.