DENVER – New Mexico State senior outside hitter Kayleigh Giddens has been named Verizon Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 18-24. This is the third WAC Player of the Week honor of the season for Giddens and the fifth of her career.
Giddens, from Lubbock, Texas (Frank Phillips JC), led New Mexico State to road wins over Nevada (3-1) and Utah State (3-0) last week. Giddens posted a match-high 23 kills with nine digs and three blocks in the win at Nevada. She then registered a match-high 17 kills with six digs and two blocks against Utah State. On the week, Giddens tallied 40 kills with a .303 attack percentage. She averaged 5.71 kills, 2.14 digs and 0.71 blocks per set over her two matches. There are now six matches where Giddens has marked at least 20 kills. She has posted double-digit kill figures in 19 of the Aggies’ 24 matches this season. She also has seven double-doubles this season.
Other nominees included: Breann Nesselhuf of Boise State averaged 9.29 assists for the Broncos last week … Fresno State’s Korrin Wild posted 22 kills and 19 digs as the Bulldogs went 2-0 … Brittany Hewitt averaged 2.83 kills while hitting .481 as Hawai‘i went 2-0 … Nevada’s Lindsay Baldwin averaged 3.43 kills and 1.57 blocks as the Wolf Pack went 1-1 … Shantell Durrant helped Utah State to a 1-1 record as she hit .588 and averaged 1.83 kills.