UCSB’s Lindsey Ruddins Earns 6th Big West Player of the Week Honor
UCSB’s Lindsey Ruddins became just the 14th player in Big West history with six or more Player of the Week honors. The Gauchos’ Emilia Petrachi was honored as Defensive Player of the Week, while UC Irvine outside hitter Abby Marjama was named Rookie of the Week.
Minnesota, Nebraska, Maryland Players Earn Big Ten Week 5 Honors
Maryland’s Allegra Rivas, Minnesota’s Adanna Rollins, Stephanie Samedy and Samantha Seliger-Swenson, and Nebraska’s Mikaela Foecke and Nicklin Hames earned the weekly honors from the Big Ten for Week 5 action.
Cincinnati’s Thompson Earns 4th AAC Honor; Civita Tabbed for Defense
The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly volleyball honors for the week ending on September 23, giving Cincinnati’s Jordan Thompson her fourth straight Offensive Player of the Week nod and tabbing Wichita State’s Giorgia Civita for defense.
Pepperdine’s Frohling Tabbed as WCC Player of the Week
Junior outside hitter Hannah Frohling was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week after leading the Pepperdine women’s volleyball team to a pair of road wins last week.
Goodwin, Kuper, Lockey Honored by ASUN for Week 5 Efforts
Liberty’s Casey Goodwin, Megan Kuper of Lipscomb & FGCU’s Chelsey Lockey took home this week’s ASUN Conference Volleyball Weekly awards.
Rachel, White, Boyd Garner Week 5 CAA Honors
Charleston senior Devon Rachel was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Player of the Week following the first weekend of conference play.
UMKC’s Brecka, Chicago State’s Klavitter Tabbed as WAC’s Best
Kansas City freshman right side hitter Melanie Brecka and Chicago State junior defensive specialist Megan Klavitter have been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Volleyball Players of the Week.
Three Eastern Michigan, Two Miami Players Earn MAC Honors
Eastern Michigan’s Alyssa LaFace, Mallory Rajewski and Riley Taylor and Miami (Ohio)’s Corinne Jemison and Margaret Payne headline the group of seven MAC player of the week honorees.
Navy’s Sgattoni, Loyola Maryland’s Forsythe Earn Patriot League Honors
Navy sophomore Maddi Sgattoni was named the Patriot League Volleyball Player of the Week while Loyola Maryland freshman Katie Forsythe was selected as the rookie of the week by the League office.
Matos, Bernier, Bebout, Matthews Grab C-USA Week 5 Awards
Conference USA wrapped up its first week of volleyball conference play on Monday, handing out weekly awards to a pair of Indiana-based Lady Toppers and two juniors hailing from outside the United States.
