Oregon State & Utah Players Earn Pac-12 Players Of The Week

OFFENSIVE: Mary-Kate Marshall, SR, OSU (Coppell, Texas)
• 5.8 ppg, 4.7 kpg, .300 pct; 2.30 dpg; 0.6 bpg
• Help the Beavers win the North Harbour Marriott Invitational title after another 3-0 weekend.
• Led OSU in kills in all three matches and posted her second double-double of the season.
• Named the tournament MVP for the second time in two weeks.
• Contributed to the Beavers first 6-0 start since 2014.
• This is the first offensive weekly honor for OSU since 2012 and 20th all-time weekly honor.

DEFENSIVE: Tawnee Luafalemana, SR, Utah (Carson, Calif.)
• 4.3 ppg, 3.58 kpg, .297 pct; .50 dpg; 1.8 bpg
• Led No. 22 Utah to a perfect 3-0 mark to win the Rainbow Wahine Championship.
• Registered 18 kills, a .297 hitting percentage and a team-best 18 total blocks on the weekend.
• Helped guide Utes to first-ever win over Hawaii on Sunday with a career-high 12 total blocks.
• Became the first Utah player to register 12 total blocks in a match since 2013.
• Earned her first career weekly award and Utah’s 11th all-time weekly award since joining the conference in 2011.

FRESHMAN: Dani Barton, FR, Utah (Sandy, Utah)
• 2.8 ppg, 2.11 kpg, .415 pct; .22 dpg; 1.3 bpg
• Helped the Utes bring home the Rainbow Wahine Championship, going 3-0 last weekend.
• Recorded 19 kills, a .415 hitting percentage and 12.0 total blocks.? Helped
• Registered her first career double-double, notching 10 kills and 11 total blocks against Hawaii.
• First Ute to net a double-double in kills and blocks since 2013.
• Marks Utah’s fourth all-time Freshmen of the Week honor.

ALSO NOMINATED:
Offensive: Kathryn Plummer, STAN; Brittany Abercrombie, USC; Adora Anae, UTAH; Carly DeHoog, WASH; Antzela Dempi, CAL; Ella Lajos, WSU; Mac May, UCLA; Oluoma Okaro, ASU; Alexa Smith, COLO; Ronika Stone, ORE.
Defensive: Jocelyn Urias, WSU; Naghede Abu, COLO; Devyn Cross, ARIZ; Victoria Garrick, USC; Sumeet Gill, ORE; Halle Harker, ASU; Morgan Hentz, STAN; Kylee McLaughlin, OSU; Zana Muno, UCLA; Caihla Petiprin, CAL; Lauren Sanders, WASH.
Freshman: Mac May, UCLA; Haylie Bennett, OSU; Brynna DeLuzio, COLO; Griere Hughes, ASU; Meghan McClure, STAN; Mima Mirkovic, CAL; Lauren Sanders, WASH; Paige Whipple, ARIZ.

2017 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Press Release courtesy of the Pac-12.