AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Matches: September 11-15
 
EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Lauren Schilling, MB, Jr., UT Dallas
UT Dallas junior middle blocker Lauren Schilling (San Antonio, Texas) averaged 2.88 kills per set while hitting .407 in the Comets’ 2-2 performance last week. She had 10 kills and hit .364 Tuesday in a sweep over East Texas Baptist to open ASC play. Schilling added 15 kills and hit .560 in UTD’s upset of No. 15 Cal Lutheran to open the NCAA D-III East-West Challenge. She then contributed 10 kills and eight blocks in a five-set loss to No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and had 11 kills and seven blocks in a 3-1 loss to No. 6 Emory. This is Schilling’s second Player of the Week of the season and fifth of her career.

EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Makenna Bartlett, L, Jr., UT Tyler
UT Tyler junior libero Makenna Bartlett (Round Rock, Texas) tallied 19 digs in the Patriots’ three-set win over LeTourneau last Tuesday. Bartlett averaged 6.33 digs per set in the victory and served up four aces. This is Bartlett’s second Player of the Week award of the year and third of her career.

WEST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Annika Canaba, MB, Fr., Sul Ross State
Sul Ross State freshman middle blocker Annika Canaba (Alpine, Texas) combined for 44 kills (4.00 per set) while hitting .263 with 3.72 assists per set over three matches last week. She recorded double-doubles of kills and assists in losses to Howard Payne and McMurry, but finished the week with a triple-double of 20 kills, 19 assists and 14 digs in a five-set win over Hardin-Simmons.
 
WEST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Georgia Quiroz, S, So., Concordia Texas
Concordia Texas sophomore setter Georgia Quiroz (Georgetown, Texas) recorded her fifth double-double of the season in the Tornados’ losing effort to Mary Hardin-Baylor with 35 assists and 11 digs. In a sweep at Hardin-Simmons on Tuesday, Quiroz posted 36 assists and eight digs. For the week, she averaged 11.83 assists per set.

WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Kianni Mitchell, MB, Jr., McMurry
McMurry junior middle blocker Kianni Mitchell (Abilene, Texas) led the War Hawks with 10 total blocks (1.67 per set) as they swept Schreiner and Sul Ross State. She came up with five blocks each in both matches and hit .400 while connecting on 12 kills.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Louisiana College sophomore outside hitter Jaslyn Bright (Slidell, La.) turned in her second-highest kill total of the season with 14 in a loss to LeTourneau. For the week, she finished with 19 kills (2.71 per set) with four blocks and 17 digs (2.43).
 
Hardin-Simmons senior right side Morgan Prince (Lubbock, Texas) hit .403 with 3.20 kills per set as the Cowgirls went 1-2 to start conference play.
 
Mary Hardin-Baylor freshman middle blocker Kayla Janikula (Kingwood, Texas) helped the Cru to a 3-0 sweep of Concordia Texas to open ASC play. She hit .389 with eight kills and only one error to go with five blocks.
 
LeTourneau freshman outside hitter Kianna Crow (Spring, Texas) led the YellowJackets to a 2-0 start in the ASC, setting a season high with 20 kills in a five set win at Belhaven. She had a double-double in both wins. For the week, Crow, averaged 3.67 kills and 2.75 digs per set while hitting .239.
 
Howard Payne senior middle blocker Zhartaezia Bradley (Austin, Texas) hit .381 with 2.33 kills per set at the Lady Jackets split to open ASC play.
 
East Texas Baptist junior outside hitter Sydney Lopez (Waller, Texas) hit .288 with 3.86 kills per set as the Tigers went 2-1 to start ASC competition. She recorded 12 kills with a .321 attack percentage at Belhaven. Lopez then hit .583 with eight kills against Louisiana College.

Defensive
Hardin-Simmons senior outside hitter Allison Kuster (Mansfield, Texas) averaged 3.82 digs per set to go with 2.18 kills and an ace per set in three matches for the Cowgirls. She also set the school record with nine aces in a win over Howard Payne.
 
Mary Hardin-Baylor junior outside hitter Jenna Gillean (Belton, Texas) helped the Cru to an ASC-opening sweep over Concordia Texas with nine digs, a block and five kills.
 
Concordia Texas junior outside hitter Tristyn Massey (Amarillo, Texas) had a career-high 17 kills and 11 digs for a double-double in a sweep of Hardin-Simmons on Tuesday. She followed with nine digs and three blocks in a three-set loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor. For the week, Massey averaged 3.33 digs, 0.83 blocks and 3.67 kills per set.
 
Howard Payne sophomore setter McKenna Walker (Lorena, Texas) averaged 2.83 digs and 5.33 assists per set as the Lady Jackets split to open ASC play.

UT Dallas junior outside hitter Alex Nolan (Rockwall, Texas) averaged 1.08 blocks and 2.31 digs per set as the Comets posted a 2-2 record last week. She had eight kills and 15 digs in the ASC-opening win over East Texas Baptist. Nolan also had seven kills, 10 digs and seven blocks in a five-set loss to No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and nine kills and six blocks in four-set loss to No. 6 Emory.
 
East Texas Baptist senior setter Elyse Shaw (Spring, Texas) had a double-double against UT Dallas with 17 assists and 17 digs, then followed with 13 assists against Belhaven and 17 at Louisiana College. For the week she averaged 5.88 assists and 3.75 digs per set.