East Division Offensive Player of the Week
Courtney Okwara, Buffalo, Middle Blocker
Courney Okwara led the Bulls offensively this weekend as she helped the Bulls to a second place finish out of five team at the Red Storm Invitational hosted by St. John’s. Over the course of three matches, the Bulls went 2-1 on their way to a second place finish out of five teams. After dropping their first match to No. 16 Arkansas, the Bulls went 2-0 on Saturday with a straight set win over Columbia and a 3-1 win over St. John’s. Okwara had a hitting percentage of .484 with 17 kills, an average of 1.70 per set. The well balanced offensive attack by UB led to four players to have at least 22.0 points. Okwara finished with nine total blocks and 22.0 points on her way to earn All-Tournament honors.
East Division Defensive Player of the Week
Jessica Andrews, Bowling Green, Middle Blocker
Jessica Andrews was a force at the net for the Falcons against Michigan over the weekend as the Falcons swept the Wolverines. In the first match, Andrews recorded five block assists before following it up with nine in the second match, tying for the team-lead and matching her career-high. In addition to her dominance at the net, Andrews added two digs and a serve receive to her stat line against the Maize and Blue.
East Division Setters of the Week
Amanda Otten/Jaden Walz, Bowling Green, Setters
Jaden Walz and Amanda Otten set the attack for the Falcons over the weekend as BGSU completed the weekend sweep over Michigan. The duo of Walz and Otten recorded 81 assists with just one ball-handling error over the 10 sets played against the Wolverines while landing 14 kills and three aces in the effort as well.
West Division Offensive Player of the Week
Aniya Kennedy, Ball State, Middle/Outside
Redshirt freshman Aniya Kennedy led all MAC West Division attackers with a 3.71 kills-per-set average last week, smashing double-digit kills in both of Ball State’s matches. She started with 10 kills, and added four total blocks, in Friday’s 3-1 setback at Western Kentucky. She followed by tying her career high with a match-best 16 kills in the sweep of ETSU. She also hit .556 (16-1-27) in the win over the Bucs.
West Division Defensive Player of the Week
Crew Hoffmeier, Northern Illinois, Libero
Crew Hoffmeier had a team-best 47 digs for the Huskies at the UNI Tournament. Hoffmeier recorded double-figure digs in all three matches, including a weekend-high of 22 against Northern Iowa. She also had 14 digs against North Dakota, as the Huskies held the Fighting Hawks to just .153 hitting.
West Division Setter of the Week
Logan Case, Western Michigan, Setter
Logan Case was selected to the All-Tournament Team this past weekend at the Alyssa Cavanaugh Classic in Bowling Green, Ky. The senior racked up 77 assists (11.00/set) and helped the Broncos post a .252 hitting percentage for the tournament. Case handed out 34 assists in Friday's sweep of ETSU, then followed that up with 43 more assists as the Broncos hit .261 on Saturday against Western Kentucky.
