IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly women’s volleyball honors, for the week ending Sunday, September 12.
Offensive Player of the Week
McKenna Melville * Sr. * OH * UCF
Melville was dominant for UCF in a 2-1 weekend against quality opposition. Melville led The American with 5.93 points per set and posted the 10th-best conference hitting percentage at .322. Melville hit .353 with 16 kills to down FGCU on Sept. 10. In the nightcap against Florida State on Sept. 10, Melville went off with 27 kills and 28 digs in a thrilling five-set win. Melville closed the weekend hitting .366 with 30 kills, 10 digs and three block assists in a heartbreaking loss in five sets to Georgia on Sept. 11.
Defensive Player of the Week
Kate Georgiades * So. * DS/L * Houston
Georgiades ranked second in The American with 4.91 digs per set, aiding Houston to a 2-1 nonconference weekend. In a sweep of UTSA on Sept. 11, Georgiades registered four assists, two service aces and 19 digs in a straight-set sweep. To close the day in a four-set victory over Albany, Georgiades logged 23 digs for the Cougars in the victory.
Weekly Honor Roll
Tia Shum * Fr. * DS/L * East Carolina
Ranked third in the conference with 4.78 digs per set in a 2-1 East Carolina weekend; secured three assists and had 20 digs in a sweep of Radford (Sept. 10) and added 11 digs in a sweep of UNC Wilmington later in the day
CC Clausen * Jr. * DS * South Florida
Fifth in The American with 4.50 digs per set in a 3-0 weekend for South Florida; logged 21 digs in a four-set win against LIU (Sept. 10) and added 12 digs each in sweeps of Furman (Sept. 10) and Jacksonville (Sept. 11)
Marta Cvitkovic * Fr. * OH * South Florida
Finished the weekend ranked sixth in the conference with 4.15 points per set and eighth with a .337 hitting percentage for 3-0 South Florida; hit .302 with 18 kills and eight digs in four sets against LIU (Sept. 10) and smashed .440 with 14 kills in a sweep of Jacksonville (Sept. 11)
Kayla Dinkins * Sr. * MH * Tulane
Averaged 3.15 points per set and a .316 hitting percentage in a 2-1 Tulane weekend; hit .526 with 10 kills and three blocks in a sweep of ULM (Sept. 10) and added 10 kills and five total blocks in four sets later in the day to beat Saint Louis
Lauren McMahon * Fr. * MB * Wichita State
Ranked second in The American with a .455 hitting percentage and tied for fourth with 1.00 blocks per set in a 2-1 Wichita State weekend; hit .474 with 11 kills and six blocks against Kent State (Sept. 10) and logged a .462 hitting percentage with 14 kills and three total blocks in five sets against Dayton (Sept. 11)