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Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Players of the Week

Oct 9, 2017

Offensive:  Adora Anae, SR, Utah (Punaluu, Hawai’i)
5.0 kps, .250 pct., 3.0 dps, 5.6 pts/s
• Helped lead Utah to a perfect 2-0 record last week with back-to-back double-doubles and totaling 45 kills, 27 digs and three blocks.
• In the upset victory over #9 Washington, 3-2, posted a 25 kill/11 dig effort and then had 20 kills and 16 digs in the win over Washington State (3-1).
• Became Utah's all-time leader in kills in the win over WSU and now has a school-record 1,635 career kills.
• Earns fourth-career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor and 13th all-time weekly award for Utah.

Defensive: Berkeley Oblad, JR, Utah (Henderson, Nev.)
2.67kps, .320 pct., 1.89 bps, 3.8 pts/s
• Contributed to Utah’s 2-0 sweep last week totaling 10 digs and 17 blocks.
• Tallied new career highs with seven digs and 11 total blocks in Utah's biggest upset this season over #9 Washington (3-2), and managed to tie a career-high 15 kills to register her first-career double-double in the match.
• Picks up second-career Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honor after earning her first nod earlier this season (Sept. 11, 2017) for the Utes’ 14th all-time weekly honor.

Freshman: Lauren Sanders, FR, Washington (Snohomish, Wash.)
3.13 kps, .667 pct, 2.13 bps, 4.3 pts/s
• The middle blocker had a record-breaking weekend as she had 25 kills over two matches on a .667 attack percentage, helping the Huskies go 1-1 last week.
• Career-high 17 kills and only one error for a .762 attack percentage in the five-set loss to Utah, 3-2.
• It is the highest attack percentage by a Husky with 17 or more kills this season.
• Earns first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week nod and the first weekly honor by any Husky this year for the school’s 9th freshman weekly award.

ALSO NOMINATED
Offensive:
Kendra Dahlke, ARIZ; Oluoma Okaro, ASU; Taylor Agost, ORE; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Kathryn Plummer, STAN; Reily Buechler, UCLA; Brittany Abercrombie, USC; Lauren Sanders, WASH; Jocelyn Urias, WSU.
Defensive: Makenna Martin, ARIZ; Halle Harker, ASU; Sumeet Gill, ORE; Kayla Ellis, OSUTami Alade, STAN Zana Muno, UCLA; Victoria Garrick, USC; Berkeley Oblad, UTAH; Lauren Sanders, WASH; Alexis Dirige, WSU.
Freshman: Lauren Sanders, WASH; Meghan McClure, STAN; Griere Hughes, ASU; Kenzie Koerber, UTAH; Daley Krage, USC; Mac May, UCLA; Penny Tusa, WSU; Paige Whipple, ARIZ.

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