DENVER ? Utah State outside hitter Melissa Osterloh has been named the Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 26-30. This is the first career WAC Player of the Week for the junior.
The Sandy, Utah (Portland State) native, led Utah State to a 2-0 WAC road record last weekend with a pair of wins at San Jose State (3-0) and Fresno State (3-1). Against San Jose State, Osterloh recorded her team-leading fifth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 10 digs to go along with four blocks and two service aces, while hitting a season-high .429 (10-1-21). She followed that performance up with another double-double against Fresno State, as she had 18 kills and a season-high 16 digs to go along with two blocks and two service aces, while hitting .300 (18-3-50). For the weekend, Osterloh hit .338 (28-4-71) and averaged 5.00 points, 4.00 kills, 3.71 digs, 0.86 blocks, 0.57 service aces and 0.29 assists per game.
The Aggies only lost one game last week, improving to 5-1 in conference play. Utah State’s only loss came against No. 24 New Mexico State.
Other nominees included: Alisha McKee of Fresno State led the Bulldogs with 43 kills and nine digs as the Bulldogs went 0-2 ... Jamie Houston of Hawai?i had 24 kills in the Rainbow Wahine’s only match last week ... Kristen Fairbanks led the Lady Techsters to their first conference win since 2005 with 22 kills against Boise State ... Teal Ericson of Nevada had 35 kills and eight digs as the Wolf Pack went 2-0 last week ... Kim Oguh of New Mexico State had 33 kills, as the Aggies went 2-0 last week.