Creighton’s Winters, St. John’s Sanabia Earn Big East Awards
For the third time this season, Creighton senior Jaali Winters and St. John’s junior Amanda Sanabia earn BIG EAST Volleyball Player of the Week accolades as Winters takes home the Offensive award and Sanabia secures the Defensive nod.
New Hampshire Earns Three of Four America East Weekly Honors
New Hampshire sewed up three of the four America East Conference weekly honors with Kennedi Smith, Emma Patlovich and Emily Tanski garnering player, setter and defensive specialist of the week respectively. UMBC’s Paige Krenik was tabbed as Rookie of the Week.
Connolly, Runyon, Sher, Donovan Named as MAAC Weekly Honorees
Iona’s Tess Connolly, Rider’s Rachelle Runyon and Anilee Sher and Manhattan’s Vivian Donovan garner Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Week 10 honors.
Texas State’s Emily DeWalt Breaks Sun Belt Record with 11th Weekly Honor of 2018
Texas State’s Emily DeWalt’s 11 weekly honors are most in a single season by one player in Sun Belt history, breaking a tie with Arkansas State’s Mallory Warrington that she equaled last week.
This Week in the Missouri Valley Conference
A big match-up is coming up this weekend between Illinois State and UNI at Redbird Arena. Both teams will face Drake and Bradley, respectively, on Friday night before a 7 p.m. showdown on Saturday.
WAC Volleyball Action Includes 9 Matches Beginning Monday
Western Athletic Conference Week 11 action features nine matches, beginning with a non-conference outing for Chicago State at Drake. First place Cal Baptist faces Utah Valley and Grand Canyon on Friday and Saturday.
Baylor’s Fanning, Oklahoma’s Kadiku, Texas Tech’s Kanas Earn Big 12 Weekly Honors
Familiar faces were named to the Big 12 weekly honors as Brooke Kanas (Texas Tech) and Shelly Fanning (Baylor) were selected as honorees for second and third time this season, respectively, while Brianna Kadiku (Oklahoma) earned her first.
Tennessee, Auburn, Missouri Players Garner SEC Weekly Honors
Missouri’s Andrea Fuentes earned her second straight Freshman of the Week nod alongside Auburn’s Tatum Shipes. Tennessee’s Tessa Grubbs was named Player of the Week, while the Vols’ Addisyn Rowe and Auburn’s Mica Allison also garnered weekly honors from the SEC.
Pac-12 Honors Tusa, Alade, Nuneviller as Players of the Week
Washington State’s Penny Tusa, Stanford’s Tami Alade and Oregon’s Brooke Nuneviller garnered Pac-12 Week 10 nods.
Duke, Clemson Split ACC Weekly Honors
Duke’s Leah Meyer has been named the ACC Volleyball Player of the Week, and Clemson’s Gabby Easton has been selected as the Freshman of the Week.
