Khalia Lanier Leads a USC Resurgence to Pac-12 POTW; Pac-12 Weekly Awards

  0 Derek Johnson | August 28th, 2017 | College - Women's Indoor, Pac 12

After leading USC from unranked in the VolleyMob preseason poll to #17 in the latest VolleyMob top 25, Khalia Lanier earned some recognition from the Pac-12 as she was named the conference’s offensive player of the week.

A sophomore outside hitter originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, Lanier averaged 4.36 kills and 2.45 digs per set in the opening week. She also hit at a .400 clip and totaled four aces and blocks in the Trojans first three matches.

In USC’s 3-1 win over a ranked Michigan squad, she posted a double-double of 19 kills and 12 digs. Her performance helped her earn the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week award, the first of her career.

Joining Lanier for the weekly awards are a couple of athletes from rival UCLA in Zana Muno (Defensive Player of the Week) and Macy May (Freshman of the Week).

Muno, a junior libero, averaged 4.83 digs per set in her team’s three matches in Hawaii over the weekend. She capped off the three matches with a career-high 34 digs against then #20 Hawaii as UCLA went 3-0 in week one.

Assisting in that perfect start was the former Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year in Mac May, a 6’3″ freshman outside hitter for the Bruins. Her 3.5 kills, 1.42 digs and 0.5 blocks per set not only were big for UCLA, but also her nomination for a weekly award, as she earned the first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.

Other nominations for the award are listed below:

Offensive: Kendra Dahlke, ARIZ; Oluoma Okaro, ASU; Alexa Smith, COLO; Lindsey Vander Weide, ORE; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Kathryn Plummer, STAN; Mac May, UCLA; Adora Anae, UTAH; Carly DeHoog, WASH; Ella Lajos, WSU.
Defensive: Devyn Cross, ARIZ; Halle Harker, ASU; Naghede Abu, COLO; Brooke Van Sickle, ORE; Kayla Ellis, OSU; Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN; Brittany Abercrombie, USC; Tawnee Luafalemana, UTAH; Jocelyn Urias, WSU.
Freshman: Paige Whipple, ARIZ; Shelbie Dobmeier, ASU; Mima Mirkovic, CAL; Brynna Deluzio, COLO; Haylie Bennett, OSU; Meghan McClure, STAN; Brooke Botkin, USC; Dani Barton, UTAH; Lauren Sanders, WASH.

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