Penn State’s Washington Earns 10th Career Big Ten Player Of The Week

  0 volleymob | November 27th, 2017 | Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, News

Press Release courtesy of the Big Ten

Player of the Week

Haleigh Washington, Penn State

MB – Sr. – Colorado Springs, Colo. – Doherty

• Averaged 3.9 kills and 1.5 blocks per set with a .491 hitting percentage to help top-ranked Penn State defeat No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 8 Minnesota to capture a share of the Big Ten Championship

• Registered 10 kills, five blocks, two digs and a service ace in the Nittany Lions’ win at Wisconsin

• Put down a career-high 21 kills on a .514 hitting percentage in Penn State’s victory at Minnesota

• Earns her 10th career Player of the Week award and fifth of the season

• Last Penn State Player of the Week: Haleigh Washington (Oct. 30, 2017)

Defensive Player of the Week

Tori Gorrell, Penn State

MB – So. – Oakville, Ontario – Abbey Park
• Recorded 15 kills and 15 blocks on the weekend to help No. 1 Penn State go 2-0 on the weekend and clinch a share of the Big Ten Championship
• Recorded six kills and six digs in the Nittany Lions’ victory over No. 11 Wisconsin

• Posted a career-high nine blocks, while adding nine kills for a .643 hitting percentage against No. 8 Minnesota
• The Academic All-Big Ten honoree collects her first career Defensive Player of the Week accolade
• Last Penn State Defensive Player of the Week: Simone Lee (Nov. 13, 2017)

Setter of the Week

Ashley Evans, Purdue

S – Sr. – Liberty Township, Ohio – Lakota East

• Averaged 12.0 assists per set with a .417 hitting percentage to help No. 16 Purdue go 1-1 on the weekend

• Earned her 10th double-double of the season with 44 set assists and 11 digs in Purdue’s victory over No. 10 Michigan State

• Surpassed 4,000 career assists to become the first Boilermaker in program history to register 4,000 assists and 1,000 digs

• The Academic All-Big Ten honoree receives her third career Setter of the Week citation

• Last Purdue Setter of the Week: Ashley Evans (Nov. 13, 2017)

Freshman of the Week

Erika Pritchard, Maryland

OH – Middletown, Md. – Middletown

• Averaged 3.6 kills and 1.0 digs per set with a .340 hitting percentage as Maryland went 1-1 in Big Ten action on the weekend

• Registered 10 kills, five digs, three blocks and a service ace against Ohio State

• Posted 15 kills, two digs, two blocks and a service ace for a .500 hitting percentage in the Terrapins’ straight-set victory over Northwestern

• Garners her first Freshman of the Week honor

• Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Gia Milana (Nov. 14, 2016)

2017 Big Ten Players of the Week

Aug. 28

P: Stephanie Samedy, Fr., MINN

P: Dana Rettke, Fr., WIS

D: Ali Bastianelli, Jr., ILL

S: Sydney Hilley, Fr., WIS

F: Stephanie Samedy, MINN

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Sept. 5

P: Haleigh Washington, Sr., PSU

D: Briana Holman, Sr., NEB

S: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Jr., MINN

F: Sydney Hilley, WIS

Sept. 11

P: Ali Frantti, Sr., PSU

D: Tionna Williams, Jr., WIS

S: Kelly Hunter, Sr., NEB

F: Hannah Gruensfelder, OSU

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Sept. 18

P: Carly Skjodt, Jr., MICH

P: Simone Lee, Sr., PSU

D: Brandi Donnelly, Sr., ILL

S: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Jr., MINN

F: Gabrielle Orr, IOWA

F: Stephanie Samedy, MINN

Sept. 25

P: Annika Albrecht, Sr., NEB

D: Autumn Bailey, Sr., MSU

D: Molly Lohman, Sr., MINN

S: Kelly Hunter, Sr., NEB

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Oct. 2

P: Haleigh Washington, Sr., PSU

D: Claire Kieffer-Wright, Sr., MICH

S: Ashley Evans, Sr., PUR

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Oct. 9

P: Haleigh Washington, Sr., PSU

D: Molly Lohman, Sr., MINN

S: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Jr., MINN

F: Jasmyn Martin, MINN

Oct. 16

P: Alexis Hart, So., MINN

D: Kendall White, So., PSU

S: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Jr., MINN

F: Megan Cooney, ILL

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Oct. 23

P: Dana Rettke, Fr., WIS

D: Dalianliz Rosado, Sr., MINN

S: Rachel Minarick, Sr., MSU

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Oct. 30

P: Mikaela Foecke, Sr., NEB

P: Haleigh Washington, Sr., PSU

D: Kendall White, So., PSU

S: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Jr., MINN

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Nov. 6

P: Stephanie Samedy, Fr., MINN

D: Brandi Donnelly, Sr., ILL

D: Kendall White, So., PSU

S: Jordyn Poulter, Jr., ILL

F: Stephanie Samedy, Fr., MINN

Nov. 13

P: Sherridan Atkinson, Jr., PUR

D: Simone Lee, Sr., PSU

S: Ashley Evans, Sr., PUR

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Nov. 20

P: Carly Skjodt, Jr., MICH

D: Brandi Donnelly, Sr., ILL

S: Sydney Hilley, Fr., WIS

F: Dana Rettke, WIS

Nov. 27

P: Haleigh Washington, Sr., PSU

D: Tori Gorrell, So., PSU

S: Ashley Evans, Sr., PUR

F: Erika Pritchard, MD

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