USC’s Khalia Lanier Picks Up Final Pac-12 Offensive Player Of The Week

  0 volleymob | November 27th, 2017 | College - Women's Indoor, News, Pac 12

Press Release courtesy of the Pac-12

Offensive: Khalia Lanier, SO, USC (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
5.71 kps, .281 pct., 3.29 dps, 4 blocks, 6.5 pps
• Led USC in the last week of regular season contests to a win against #24 Oregon, 3-1, and dropped to #19 UCLA, 3-0. Both teams earned NCAA Tournament bids.
• Posted her seventh and eighth double-doubles of the season.
• Averaged 9.0 kills per set against the Bruins in the regular-season finale (27 in three sets), matching her previous career high.
• Recorded 13 kills, 11 digs and four blocks at Oregon to open the week.
• Earns third Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honor this season and USC’s 74th all-time weekly nod.

Defensive: Zana Muno, JR, UCLA (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
32 digs, 5.33 dps
• Helped UCLA gain momentum heading into the postseason with sweeps over NCAA Tournament teams Oregon State and #14 USC.
• Averaged 7.0 digs per set at Oregon State, totaling 21, and became the 24th Bruin to surpass the 1,000-digs club in that contest.
• 11 digs in a sweep at rival USC, her 17th match in a row with double figures digs.
• Earns fourth-career weekly honor and second Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week nod this season for UCLA’s 83rd all-time weekly award.

Freshman: Jenny Mosser, FR, UCLA (Lakeville, Minn.)
3.50 kps, .190 pct. 2.17 dps, 4.2 pps
• Led UCLA to sweeps over Oregon State and #14 USC both of which made the NCAA Tournament.
• One-of-three players in the well-balanced Bruins attack to record double figures in kills in both victories.
• To go with her 10 kills in a win at OSU, also added eight digs and five blocks.
• Posted 11 kills, five digs and two blocks in a road victory against the Trojans.
• Earns first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week nod and UCLA’s ninth honor.

ALSO NOMINATED
Offensive: Paige Whipple, ARIZ; Oluoma Okaro, ASU; Taylor Agost, ORE; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Kathryn Plummer, STAN; Madeleine Gates, UCLA; Bailey Tanner, WASH; Ella Lajos, WSU.
Defensive: Makenna Martin, ARIZ; Halle Harker, ASU; Alex Hojnar, ORE; Grace Massey, OSU; Tami Alade, STAN; Victoria Garrick, USC; Tia Scambray, WASH.
Freshman: Paige Whipple, ARIZ; Griere Hughes, ASU; Brynna Deluzio, COLO; Maddie Goings, OSU; Meghan McClure, STAN; Brooke Botkin, USC.

2017 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

  Offensive Defensive Freshman
Aug. 28 Khalia Lanier, USC Zana Muno, UCLA Mac May, UCLA
Sept. 4 Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU Tawnee Luafalemana, UTAH Dani Barton, UTAH
Sept. 11 Taylor Agost, ORE Berkeley Oblad, UTAH Mima Mirkovic, CAL
Sept. 18 Alexa Smith, COLO Halle Harker, ASU Brynna DeLuzio, COLO
Sept. 25 Brittany Abercrombie, USC Victoria Garrick, USC Mac May, UCLA
Oct. 2 Brittany Abercrombie, USC Naghede Abu, COLO Brynna DeLuzio, COLO
Oct. 9 Adora Anae, UTAH Berkeley Oblad, UTAH Lauren Sanders, WASH
Oct. 16 Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU  Grace Massey, OSU Maddie Goings, OSU
Oct. 23 Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU  Morgan Hentz, STAN Kylee McLaughlin, OSU
Oct. 30 Kathryn Plummer, STAN Tia Scambray, WASH Brynna Deluzio, COLO
Nov. 6 Merete Lutz, STAN  Madeleine Gates, UCLA Brynna Deluzio, COLO
Nov. 13 Khalia Lanier, USC  Grace Massey, OSU Kylee McLaughlin, OSU
Nov. 20 Kathryn Plummer, STAN Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN Kylee McLaughlin, OSU
Nov. 27 Khalia Lanier, USC Zana Muno, UCLA Jenny Mosser, UCLA

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