DENVER – Hawai‘i sophomore outside hitter Kanani Danielson has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 6-13. It is the second WAC Player of the Week honor of the season for Danielson and the third of her career.
The ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu (Kamehameha Schools) native tallied 34 kills, 19 digs and seven blocks over three matches en route to earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the Honolulu Advertiser Volleyball Challenge last week. Danielson averaged 3.78 kills with a .466 hitting percentage as she led Hawai‘i to the tournament title with wins over Weber State (3-0), UT-San Antonio (3-0) and No. 10 Stanford (3-0). Danielson had 13 kills and hit .455 against No. 10 Stanford in the championship match. She also hit a career-high .625 against UT-San Antonio with 10 kills on 16 attempts without an error.
Other nominees included: Alisha Young of Boise State tallied 25 kills and eight digs in three matches … Fresno State’s Lauren Berger was named to the Hornet Invitational all-tournament team after tallying 31 kills and 12 digs … Louisiana Tech’s Natasha Kolunija collected 47 kills and seven digs in four matches last week … Kylie Harrington of Nevada was named to the Circus Circus Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 3.85 kills, 4.15 points and 2.00 digs with a .178 attack percentage as the Pack went 1-2 … Whitney Woods of New Mexico State averaged 3.17 kills while hitting .417 in two losses at the Notre Dame Tournament … San Jose State’s Caitlin Andrade became the eighth Spartan player in hitstory to record a triple-double against St. Mary’s with 10 kills, 32 assists and 12 digs … Utah State’s Liz McArthur was named the MVP of the Fiesta Bowl Tournament after averaging 4.00 kills and 1.44 digs in helping the Aggies to the tournament championship.