DENVER Fresno State outside hitter Kristen Fenton has been named the Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 17. This is the juniors fourth player of the week honor. She was named player of the week two other times this season and once during the 2002 season.
The junior from Marysville, Mich., led the Bulldogs to a perfect 2-0 mark in the last week of regular-season play, as Fresno State posted a five-game regional victory over CS Northridge and a sweep over Boise State in WAC play.
The outside hitter recorded a team-high 53 kills for a 6.62 kill per game average. Fenton made history when she recorded her first career 40-plus kill match. With 41 kills against the Matadors, she tied the national mark for most kills collected this fall, while being just the fifth player in the country to post a 40-kill match this season. In addition, Fenton became just the ninth player overall in Division I history to total at least 40 kills since rally scoring was introduced in 2001. She joins Hawaiis Kim Willoughby, as the only other WAC player to have accomplished a 40-kill feat since 2001.
Hitting .325 last weekend, she posted her 27th straight double-figure kill match of the year and 14th double-double. Against CS Northridge, Fenton collected a match-high 41 kills and hit .323 (41-10-96) with two assists, 14 digs and three blocks.
Other nominees included: Kim Willoughby, Hawaii; Salaia Salave`a, Nevada; Linsdsey Carter, Rice and Ashley Zener, SMU.