Western Kentucky senior Jessica Lucas is the Conference USA top setter for the fifth week in a row.
Both awards in the Patriot League went to players from the Navy.
UT Martin senior middle Jemima Idemudia had 16 blocks in a match and was honored by the Ohio Valley Conference for her defense a week after being the top offensive player.
And the same for Missouri State’s Lily Johnson, one of the most prolific hitters in the country, who was honored by the Missouri Valley for her defense.
They are just some of this week’s POWs. You can look forward every Tuesday to the VolleyballMag.com roundup of the POWs around the country.
POWs, of course, are players of the week, and we will do our best to list the honorees from all 32 Division I conferences here.
ACC
Player of the week: Louisville sophomore outside Melanie McHenry
Freshman: Syracuse outside Ella Saada
Worth noting: McHenry had 33 kills, hit .333, and had 20 digs and three blocks in two wins. Saada had 28 kills, 16 digs, four blocks and four aces in two victories.
The complete ACC release
Big 12
Offensive: Kansas senior setter Ainise Havili
Defensive: Iowa State sophomore libero Hali Hillegas
Freshman: Texas setter Ashley Shook
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The Big 12 announces its POWs via Twitter @big12conference
Big Ten
Player of the week: Penn State senior middle Haleigh Washington
Defensive: Michigan senior middle Claire Kieffer-Wright
Setter: Purdue senior Ashley Evans
Freshman: Wisconsin middle Dana Rettke
Worth noting: Washington averaged 3.5 kills, 1.5 blocks and hit .556 in two wins. Kieffer-Wright averaged 2.0 blocks and 3.5 kills in two victories. Evans averaged 12.0 assists and hit .444 after getting five kills and three blocks. Rettke not only went back-to-back, she won this for the fourth time, this week after averaging 2.9 kills and 1.3 blocks.
The complete Big Ten release
Pac-12
Offensive: USC senior right side Brittany Abercrombie
Defensive: Colorado junior middle Naghede Abu
Freshman: Colorado setter Brynna DeLuzio
Worth noting: Abercrombie averaged 3.71 kills, hit .270 and averaged 1.57 digs in two wins, Abu averaged 1.44 blocks while also getting 2.56 kills and hitting .435, and DeLuzio not only averaged 11.22 assists but 2.56 digs.
The complete Pac-12 release
Southeastern Conference
Offensive: Texas A&M sophomore outside Hollann Hans
Co-Defensive: Ole Miss sophomore middle Nayo Warnell
Co-Defensive: Missouri junior middle Alyssa Munlyn
Co-Setter: Kentucky freshman Madison Lilley
Co-Setter: Texas A&M freshman Camille Conner
Freshman: Florida outside Paige Hammons
Worth noting: Hans had 12 kills and hit .435 in a win over Georgia, Warnell averaged 2.12 blocks and hit .400 in two wins, and Munlyn averaged 2.12 blocks, including 12 against Auburn. Lilley not only had 35 assists in a win at Mississippi State, she had four kills, hit .800 and had three blocks, while Conner had 35 assists against Georgia with three kills. Hammons averaged 2.33 kills and 2.5 digs.
The complete SEC release
America East
Player of the week: Binghamton junior outside Gaby Alicea
Defensive specialist: Stony Brook freshman libero Kiani Kerstetter
Setter: Stony Brook sophomore LeAnne Sakowicz
Rookie: Albany freshman outside Tatiana Tiangco
Worth noting: Alicea averaged 4.4 kills. Kerstetter averaged 5.3 digs while teammate Sakowicz averaged 11.1 assists and also 2.4 digs and .71 blocks. Tiangco averaged 2.9 kills.
The complete America East release
American Athletic
Offensive: Wichita State senior setter Emily Hiebert
Defensive: SMU freshman middle Meryn Kennedy
Worth noting: Hiebert averaged 11.14 assists, 2.71 kills and hit .607. Kennedy had 12 blocks against Cincinnati and then had 12 kills and three blocks against ECU.
The complete American Athletic release
Atlantic Sun
Player of the week: Jacksonville sophomore outside Mallory Mattingly
Defensive: USC Upstate junior setter Madison Haake
Freshman: USC Upstate right side Lily Dempsey
Worth noting: Mattingly had 16 kills and 14 digs against USC Upstate and then six aces at NJIT. Haake averaged 4.25 digs, while Dempsey had 30 kills in two matches.
The complete ASUN release
Atlantic 10
Player of the week: Fordham sophomore outside Kaitlin Morley
Co-Defensive: Dayton junior libero Margo Wolf
Co-Defensive: VCU senior libero Rebekah Strange
Rookie: Fordham freshman outside McKenna Lahr
Worth noting: Morley averaged 4.43 kills and hit .322 in two victories. Wolf averaged 5.14 digs and also .86 assists and .43 aces. Strange had 18 digs in her team’s only match, a sweep. And Lahr averaged 4.29 kills and 3.29 digs.
The complete A-10 release
Big East
Offensive: Marquette senior outside Allie Barber
Defensive: Creighton senior middle Marysa Wilkinson
Freshman: Marquette outside Hope Werch
Worth noting: Barber averaged 6.14 kills and hit .459. Wilkinson averaged 1.67 blocks to go with 3.17 kills while hitting .444. And Werch averaged 2.71 kills and 3.14 digs.
The complete Big East release
Big South
Player of the week: High Point senior outside hitter Haley Barnes
Defensive: Winthrop junior libero Carlie Skelton
Freshman: Charleston Southern freshman middle blocker Kalysia Bates
Worth noting: Barnes led the league with 4.83 kills per set and hit .418 while getting 14 digs. Skelton had 43 digs in two victories, while Bates averaged 2.38 kills and 1.62 blocks.
The complete Big South release
Big Sky
Offensive: North Dakota senior middle Faith Doley
Defensive: Sacramento State senior setter Kennedy Kurtz
Worth noting: Dolley had 14 blocks and leads the league in hitting at .406 for the season. Kurtz averaged 1.33 kills, 12.17 assists, 0.67 aces, 2.33 digs and a block while hitting .412.
The complete Big Sky release
Big West
Player of the week: Cal Poly senior setter Taylor Nelson
Defensive: Long Beach State sophomore libero Hailey Harward
Worth noting: Nelson had 85 assists in two matches, had 12 digs in one and three kills, four digs, an ace and two blocks in the other.
The complete Big West release
Colonial Athletic Association
Offensive: Northeastern sophomore outside Amy Underdown
Defensive: College of Charleston junior libero McKala Rhodes
Rookie: Elon freshman setter Kodi Garcia
Worth noting: Underdown won last week, too. This week she averaged 5.29 kills per set and had eight aces in two wins. Rhodes had 27 digs each in two wins, while Garcia had 60 assists in a victory over William & Mary.
The complete Colonial release
