This week’s VolleyMob Player of the Week truly impacted all sides of the ball for her team – hitting, setting, digging and blocking – in two victories which helped cement her team’s at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Duke setter/outside hitter Andie Shelton averaged 5.7 assists, 2.9 kills, 1.8 digs and 1.10 blocks per set on a .377 hitting clip, while guiding the Blue Devils to a .287 effort in a pair of five-set wins.
The graduate student posted 31 assists, 12 kills, seven digs, five blocks and an ace on a .370 hitting effort against Notre Dame as the team hit .250. The Stockton, California, native notched a 26-assist, 17 kill, 11 dig triple double to go with six blocks and two aces and a .382 hitting effort against Miami as the team hit .322. The triple double was her sixth of the season, leading all of NCAA Division I in the category. Shelton earned ACC Player of the Week honors for her efforts, making her the first Blue Devil to earn multiple conference nods in the same season since 2013 (following a Sept. 3 award).
Honorable Mention
Hollann Hans, Texas A&M – Jr., OH
Averaged 5.62 kills and 3.38 digs per set, while hitting .298; notched 19 kills, 12 digs and three blocks, while hitting .429 in a sweep of Alabama; posted 26 kills, 15 digs and six aces, while hitting .220 in a five-set win over LSU; set A&M season record for aces with 64, surpassing the 1983 record of 59 by Chris Zogata; SEC Offensive Player of the Week
Jaali Winters, Creighton – Sr., OH
Averaged 4.57 kills and 4.71 digs per set while hitting .244; posted 13 kill, 16 dig double-double and two blocks while hitting .220 against Villanova; added 19 kills, 17 digs, two blocks and two assists while hitting .265 against No. 19 Marquette in the Big East Championship match; made good on 36 of 39 serve reception chances (29.3 percent); Big East Tournament MVP
Erica Treiber, Tennessee – Sr., MB
Averaged 3.71 kills and 2.29 blocks per set, while hitting .408; posted 10 kills and five blocks, while hitting .318 in a sweep of No. 13 Florida; added 16 kills and 11 blocks while hitting .481 in a four-set win over Ole Miss; SEC Player and Defensive Player of the Week
Giorgia Civita, Wichita State – So., L
Averaged 6.44 digs per set; posted 40 digs in a five-set win over Tulsa; added 18 digs at North Texas; made good on 96.2 percent of her serve reception tries; American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week
Kendall White, Penn State – Jr., L
Averaged 5.3 digs per set, while making good on all 58 serve reception chances; notched 27 digs, three assists and an ace in a five-set win over No. 3 Minnesota; added 26 digs and two assists in a five-set loss to No. 5 Wisconsin; Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
2018 Players of the Week
Nov. 20 – élan McCall – TCU
Nov. 13 – Shelly Fanning, Baylor
Nov. 6 – Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati
Oct. 30 – McKenna Melville, UCF
Oct. 23 – Lyndie Haddock-Eppich, BYU
Oct. 16 – Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati
Oct. 9 – Katie Forsythe, Loyola Maryland
Oct. 2 – Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Minnesota
Sept. 25 – Mariena Hayden, UNLV
Sept. 18 – Torrey Van Winden, Cal Poly
Sept. 11 – Kathryn Plummer, Stanford
Sept. 4 – Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati
Aug. 28 – Kaiulana Ahuna, UC Riverside
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