AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Matches: October 17-21, 2017

EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Paige Miller, OH, Jr., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist University junior outside hitter Paige Miller (Kerrville, Texas / Tivy HS) hit .486 with 4.44 kills and 3.11 digs per set as the Tigers went 3-0 on the week. She hit .538 with 14 kills and no errors against Belhaven and had 13 kills with a .500 attack rate against Louisiana College. Miller finished the week with 13 kills and hit .423 against Belhaven. She also recorded six aces on the week.

EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Karina Lay, L, So., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist sophomore libero Karina Lay (Frisco, Texas / Liberty HS) recorded 42 digs (4.67 per set) as the Tigers went 3-0. She tallied 19 digs in a sweep over LeTourneau, 10 against Louisiana College and 13 versus Belhaven.

WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Jasmine Jones, OH, Jr., McMurry
McMurry University junior outside hitter Jasmine Jones (Mansfield, Texas / Legacy HS) led the War Hawks to a 3-0 week by hitting .284 with 2.85 kills per set. She connected on 16 kills in a victory at Howard Payne.

WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Haleigh Evans, L, So., Mary Hardin-Baylor
University Mary Hardin-Baylor sophomore libero Haleigh Evans (Edna, Texas / Edna HS) averaged 6.14 digs per set (43 total) in a pair of wins against Concordia Texas. She had 21 digs in Tuesday’s match and 22 on Friday for the fourth Player of the Week award this season and sixth of her career.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Hardin-Simmons University senior middle blocker Grace Schulz (Mansfield, Texas / Mansfield HS) hit .261 with 34 kills (3.4 per set) and eight blocks as the Cowgirls went 2-1 on the week.

University of Texas at Dallas freshman middle blocker Alana Geymer (Cedar Park, Texas / Cedar Park) averaged 3.00 kills per set and hit .252 in the No. 22 Comets’ four matches against national competition. She had double-digit kills in three matches, including 20 in a five-set loss to No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan.

Mary Hardin-Baylor junior middle blocker Maddie Frerich (Brackettville, Texas / Brackett HS) led the Cru by hitting .565 with 2.14 kills per set in a pair of wins over Concordia Texas. She tallied 15 kills with just two errors and had 10 total blocks in the two victories.

University of Texas at Tyler senior outside hitter Brieanne Brown (Belton, Texas / Belton HS) helped lead the Patriots to a four-set win over No. 22 UT Dallas with 12 kills, six digs and three blocks in the four-set win.

Concordia University Texas freshman middle blocker Marjani Myles (Houston, Texas / St. Pius HS) had 20 kills (2.86 per set) and hit .277 in the Tornados’ two losses to Mary Hardin-Baylor.

LeTourneau University freshman middle blocker Hailey Matthews (Splendora, Texas / Splendora HS) recorded 39 kills (3.25 per set) and hit .223 as the YellowJackets went 3-1 on the week. She finished with 15 kills in a sweep over Belhaven and had 12 kills and 18 digs against Louisiana College.

Defensive
Hardin-Simmons sophomore libero Mary Johnson (Dallas, Texas / Plano West HS) recorded 48 digs (4.80 per set) as the Cowgirls went 2-1 on the week.

McMurry junior libero Odalis Rodriguez (El Paso, Texas / Chapin HS) averaged 5.00 digs per set as the War Hawks went 3-0 and extended their win streak to six matches. She tallied 27 digs in a comeback five-set win at Howard Payne.

UT Dallas sophomore middle blocker Lauren Schilling (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan HS) averaged 1.06 blocks per set as the No. 22 Comets played in four matches. She recorded seven blocks in a four-set loss at UT Tyler then had five blocks against No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan.

UT Tyler freshman outside hitter Brianna Bellehumeur (Frisco, Texas / Frisco HS) recorded her ninth double-double of the season with 15 digs and 13 kills in a four-set victory over No. 22 UT Dallas.

Concordia Texas sophomore libero Sydney Dudney (Austin, Texas / Austin HS) averaged 2.86 digs per set with 20 digs in the Tornados’ pair of losses to Mary Hardin-Baylor.

LeTourneau freshman defensive specialist Cam Taylor (Huffman, Texas / Hargrave HS) recorded to double-doubles and average 4.54 assists and 2.31 digs per set as the Yellow Jackets went 3-1 on the week. She also tallied five service aces.