Hawaii junior Victoria Prince has been named the Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 1. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor of the year for the transfer from Washington State.
The Kennewick, Wash, native sparked the Rainbow Wahine to a pair of road WAC wins over Boise State and San Jose State State. Prince averaged 4.38 kpg, 1.88 bpg and 0.5 sapg. She also hit hitting .435 on the week. Prince had 15 kills, seven blocks, seven digs and two aces, while hitting .464 in the three-game win over San Jose State. Against Boise State, Prince added 20 kills, eight blocks, two aces and a .412 hitting percentage.
The wins helped Hawaii retain its one point lead over Rice in the point totals for seeding in the WAC Tournament. The Rainbow Wahine are 20-0 this season and 10-0 in WAC play.
Other nominees included: Heather Malascak, Boise State; Heather Anderson, Louisiana Tech; Salaia Salave`a, Nevada; Lindsey Carter, Rice; Beth Karasek, SMU; Ashley Ripple, UTEP and Joyce Silva, Tulsa.