UCF’s Melville, SMU’s Watts Receive #AAC Weekly Nods
The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly volleyball honors, naming UCF”s McKenna Melville as Offensive Player of the Week and SMU’s Montana Watts as Defensive Player of the Week.
ACC: Pitt Wins At Home, as do ‘Cuse, FSU, BC, Miami
Pitt nailed down the top spot in the league at the midway point, edging past Louisville in four sets, while Syracuse, Florida State, Boston College and Miami also held home court.
Sacramento State’s Nocetti, NAU’s Akin Honored by Big Sky
Sacramento State’s Mikaela Nocetti and Northern Arizona’s Abby Akin were recognized as the #BigSkyVB Players of the Week. Nocetti was named the Offensive Player of the Week, while Akin earned Defensive Player of the Week recognition.
Class of 2020 OH Hannah Kinnison Commits to University of San Francisco
San Francisco has landed a class of 2020 commit in outside hitter Hannah Kinnison.
Charleston’s Rachel Notches Third CAA Weekly Honor of 2018
Charleston’s Devon Rachel was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season while Elon’s Maddie Jaudon earned CAA Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in 2018.
Halteman, Hillyer Named Mountain West’s Best of Week 9
Fresno State’s Madelyn Halteman and Colorado State’s Kirstie Hillyer earned the Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Middle Tennessee’s Mason Leads Conference USA’s Week 9 Award Winners
Middle Tennessee rattled off back-to-back sweeps for the first time in three years with the offensive prowess of Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week Bailey Mason.
Patriot League Tabs Colgate’s Stein, Kurowski for Week 9 Honors
The Colgate Raiders swept this week’s volleyball awards as junior outside hitter Alex Stein was named Patriot League Volleyball Player of the Week and teammate freshman setter Julia Kurowski was selected as rookie of the week
UMKC’s Lukes, New Mexico State’s Hart Tabbed with WAC Weekly Awards
Kansas City senior middle hitter Tyrecia Lukes and NM State junior middle blocker Megan Hart have been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Volleyball Players of the Week, respectively, for the week of Oct. 15-21.
Cummings, Pence, Thompson Garner MVC Weekly Accolades
This week’s Missouri Valley Conference Players of the Week are Valpo’s Ally Cummings, Illinois State’s Courtney Pence and Bradley’s Hannah Thompson.
