Goodwin, Kuper, Lockey Honored by ASUN for Week 5 Efforts

  0 volleymob | September 24th, 2018 | College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News

Courtesy: Atlantic Sun Conference

ATLANTA – Liberty’s Casey Goodwin, Megan Kuper of Lipscomb & FGCU’s Chelsey Lockey took home this week’s ASUN Conference Volleyball Weekly awards, announced by the conference office on Monday.

Casey Goodwin earned Liberty’s first-ever ASUN Player of the Week award after leading the Flames to a 2-0 start in ASUN play. Goodwin started her weekend with a strong performance against North Florida with 16 kills, seven digs and a .379 hitting percentage. She followed that up with a just as impressive performance against Jacksonville with a 13 kills, six digs and a .684 hitting percentage, the second-highest in the ASUN this year.

Kuper earns the 10th Defensive Player of the Week award in Lipscomb history after helping the Bisons to a 2-0 week. Last week she recorded a season-high 15 digs against NJIT, en route to totaling 23 for the weekend. She also chipped in at the net with five blocks, including a season-high four against NJIT. Kuper also brought it offensively with 26 kills and a .357 hitting percentage.

Lockey earns her first-ever Freshman of the Week honor and the 15th in FGCU history. The Colorado native totaled 29 assists last week, good enough for 4.83 assists/set. This season Lockey has registered double-digit assists in 11 of 14 matches.

Player of the Week – Sept. 24th

Casey Goodwin, Liberty
Junior | Outside Hitter | Rougemont, N.C. | Digital Media Performance
– First Career ASUN Player of the Week Award; first in Liberty history
– Recorded 29 kills and 4.83 kills/set and hit .500 in a 2-0 weekend for the Flames
– Goodwin brought it defensively with 13 total digs and seven total blocks (1.17 blocks/set)
– Leads the ASUN in services aces and service aces/set with 19 and 0.40 respectively

Other Nominees: Cortney VanLiew, FGCU; Mallory Mattingly, Jacksonville; Lauren Chastang; Kennesaw State; Carlyle Nusbaum, Lipscomb; Gabby O’Connell, North Florida; Brianna Schmid, Stetson.

Defensive Player of the Week – Sept. 24th

Megan Kuper, Lipscomb
Sophomore | Outside Hitter | Olathe, Kan. | Kinesiology
– First Career ASUN Defensive Player of the Week Award
– Recorded a season-high 15 digs in Lipscomb’s win against NJIT; had 23 total digs
– Registered five total blocks, including a season-high four against NJIT
– Totaled 26 kills and a .357 hitting percentage in a 2-0 weekend for the Bisons

Other Nominees: Dana Axner, FGCU; Natalie Wehner, Jacksonville; Anna Gragg, Liberty Ashley Maher, Lipscomb; Callie Workman, North Florida; Naina Ivanova, Stetson.

Freshman of the Week – Sept. 24th

Chelsey Lockey, FGCU
Freshman | Outside Hitter | Eaton, Colo.
– First Career ASUN Freshman of the Week Award; third for FGCU this season
– Tallied 29 total assists last weekend for the Eagles, good enough for 4.83 assists/set
– Has registered double-digit assists in 11 of 14 matches this season
– Helped the the Eagles get off to a 2-0 record in ASUN player last week

Other Nominees: Natalie Martin, Jacksonville; Dani Ballou, Kennesaw State; Aspen Thompson, Liberty

2018 Season Award Winners
Aug. 27th: Player: Cortney VanLiew, FGCU/Carlyle Nusbaum, Lipscomb; Defensive: Chelcie Spence, Stetson; Freshman: Dana Axner, FGCU
Sept. 4th: Player: Lauren Chastang, Kennesaw State; Defensive: Dani Serrano, FGCU; Freshman: Dana Axner, FGCU
Sept. 10th: Player: Hao Jin, Stetson; Defensive: Dana Axner, FGCU; Freshman: Solimar Cestero, North Florida
Sept. 17th: Player: Lauren Chastang, Kennesaw State; Defensive: Eva Deisa, Stetson; Freshman; Dani Ballou, Kennesaw State
Sept. 24th: Player: Casey Goodwin, Liberty; Defensive: Megan Kuper, Lipscomb; Freshman; Chelsey Lockey, FGCU

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