Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner; six years with the program. ... All0GNAC 2nd team in 2025. ... CSC Academic All-District in 2024 and 2025. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. ... GNAC Faculty Athletic Representative award winner in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the first Falcon woman in any sport to earn it six times. ... Team MVP in 2025. ... Falcon Award for Excellence in 2025.
5th year (2024-25): Played in and started all 31 games, one of just two Falcons to do so. ... Set single-season highs in most major statistical categories, including points (445), assists (117), minutes (1,024), field goals made, attempted and shooting percentage (169 of 390 / .433), 3-pointers made, attempted, and percentage (39 of 124 / .315), free throws made, attempted and percentage (68 of 87 / .782), blocked shots (8) and steals (30). ... Became the first Falcon with triple digit assists since Suzanna Ohlsen in 2014-25. ... Scored a career-high 30 points at Central Washington on Jan. 16, hitting 14 of 23 from the floor. That was the middle game of a three-game stretch in which she scored 28, 30, and 26 points. ... Handed out a career-high 10 assists at Saint Martin's on Feb. 8, part of her first career double-double that also included 11 points. ... Capped her career on March 1 at home against Simon Fraser when she had a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with 25 points. The 9th of those 11 rebounds was the 400th of her career. ... Had nine games of 20-plus points and finished career with 921 points plus 287 assists. ... By averaging 14.4 points (No. 8) and 3.8 assists (No. 7), was one of three players to rank among the GNAC top 10 in both categories.
Senior (2023-24):  Played in 26 of the 29 games with 25 starts. … Averaged 9.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.5 assists. … In the regular-season finale on March 2 at Alaska Fairbanks, with the Falcons needing a win to clinch a spot in the GNAC Tournament, poured in a career-high 28 points on 10-of-18 shooting while playing all 40 minutes in a 72-64 victory. Also grabbed 5 rebounds and dished 4 assists. … Just two nights earlier at Alaska Anchorage, tied her career high with 9 rebounds. … Came up with a career-high 4 steals at Azusa Pacific on Nov. 17. … Had her first career 20-point game, scoring exactly that many in a 70-43 GNAC -opening victory at home against Alaska Fairbanks on Nov. 30. That was the second of four straight games in double-digit scoring. … That was one of her 10 double-digit games. … Scored her 400th career point on Feb. 10 at Western Oregon.
Junior (2022-23): Played in and started all 28 games, one of just two Falcons to do so. ... Averaged 6.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, and led the team with 95 assists, an average of 3.4 per game that tied for No. 4 in the GNAC. ... Grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds and had a career-high 2 blocked shots at Central Washington on Jan. 23. ... Matched her rebounding high with 9 in the GNAC Tournament semifinals against Western Washington on March 3. ... Dealt a career-best 8 assists at Alaska Anchorage on Dec. 3. ... Also set career high for steals with 3 on Dec. 14 at Holy Names (matched twice more). ... Recorded assists in 27 of the 28 games, and had multiple assists in 26 of those games. ... Her 32 steals was the second-highest total for the Falcons.
Sophomore (2021-22):Â Played in 11 games with one start. ... Averaged 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds. ... Handed out a career-high 3 assists and recorded her first collegiate blocked shot in a 67-45 victory at Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 1. Also had a season-high 4 rebounds in that game.
Redshirt freshman (2021): Played in the first two games of the year before going down with a season-ending injury on Jan. 15 against Saint Martin's. ... Made her SPU debut on Jan. 11 against Pacific Lutheran, coming off the bench for 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field, plus five rebounds in 24 minutes of action.
Freshman (2019-20): Did not play.
Kamiak High School:Â Averaged 15 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.2 steals as a junior. Was voted team MVP and named to the All-Wesco second team. ... Also played soccer, and was the Wesco's leading scorer as a junior, earning first-team All-League and All-State honors. ... Missed senior year in both sports due to injury.
Personal: Hunter Elaine Beirne. ... Global Development Studies / Political Science-Philosophy-Economics major. Master of Arts in Teaching..
Fun facts: Has been playing basketball since age 3. Also started playing soccer at that same age. ... If not for basketball, would focus on soccer "because soccer has a level of physicality that basketball doesn't have, and it uses a different set of skills." ... Favorite sport to watch is college football. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "The Interview." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. ... Favorite junk food is pizza. ... Favorite healthy food is salad. ... Favorite TV program is "Psych.|" ... Favorite sports team is the 2016 UConn women's basketball team. ... Favorite athlete is Peyton Manning. ... Her dream car is a Jeep Wrangler. ... Loves to shop for home decor. ... Easiest subject in school is history. ... Toughest subject is science. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be her Grandma Karen, who died before Hunter was born, but "from all of the stories I have heard about her, I would love to sit down and have a meal with her and talk about life. Even when she was fighting cancer, she never lost sight of who she was in Christ." ... If she could be any action hero, would be Supergirl "so I could fly." ... Her friends call her Hunter because "unfortunately, there aren't many cute nicknames that come from Hunter." ... In 10 years, plans to be doing full-time mission work around the world and living out Matthew 22:27-39 and 28:19-20.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year  GP-GS Min   FG  Pct  3-pt  Pct  FT   Pct.  Reb  Avg  PF  Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
20-21Â 2-0Â Â 41Â Â 10-15Â .667Â Â 1-2Â Â .500Â Â 2-7Â Â .286Â Â 6Â Â 3.0Â Â Â 6Â Â 2Â Â 6Â Â 0Â Â 1Â Â 23Â 11.5
21-22 11-1Â Â 119Â Â 9-26Â .346Â Â 1-8Â Â .125Â Â 6-9Â Â .667Â Â 13Â Â 1.2Â Â 11Â Â 9Â Â 14Â Â 1Â Â 3Â Â 25Â Â 2.3
22-23 28-28Â 910Â Â 74-203 .365Â 16-51Â .314Â Â 18-33Â Â .545Â 144Â Â 5.1Â Â 76Â Â 95Â Â 86Â Â 7Â Â 32Â Â 182Â Â 6.5
23-24 26-25Â 808Â Â 94-245 .384Â 25-86Â .291Â Â 33-46Â Â .717Â 105Â Â 4.0Â Â 48Â Â 64Â Â 80Â Â 6Â Â 24Â Â 246Â Â 9.5
24-25 31-31 1024Â 169-390 .433Â 39-124 .315Â Â 68-87Â Â .782Â 134Â Â 4.3Â Â 48Â 117Â 112Â Â 8Â Â 30Â Â 445Â 14.4
TOTLÂ 98-85Â 2902Â 356-879 .405Â 82-271Â .303Â 127-182Â .698Â 402Â Â 4.1Â 189Â 287Â 298Â 22Â Â 90Â Â 921Â Â 9.4