DENVER – Hawai‘i senior outside hitter Kanani Danielson has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 22-28. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the ninth of her career for Danielson.
The Ewa Beach, Hawai‘i native tallied 40 kills, 28 digs, seven assists and six blocks over three matches en route to earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational last week. Danielson averaged 4.00 kills on .303 hitting, 2.80 digs, 0.70 assists and 0.60 blocks as she led Hawai‘i to the tournament title with wins over San Francisco, Wichita State and Arizona. She opened the week with 13 kills, eight digs and three blocks in a sweep of San Francisco. Against Wichita State, Danielson had 16 kills and 14 digs for the 30th double-double of her career. She closed out the tournament with 11 kills on .500 hitting, six digs and three assists against Arizona. She posted the match-high in kills in all three matches.
Other nominees included: Fresno State’s Korrin Wild was named to the Fresno State Classic all-tournament team after averaging 5.91 digs … Allison Walker of Idaho was named to the all-tournament team at the Shamrock Invitational after averaging 4.42 kills, 3.42 digs and 0.75 blocks over three matches … Louisiana Tech’s Stephany Salas was named to the all-tournament team at the Bearkat Invitational after averaging 5.91 digs over the three matches … Janelle Batista of Nevada was named to the Aztec Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 2.58 kills on .387 hitting in three matches … New Mexico State’s Meredith Hays averaged 4.18 kills and 1.55 digs as the Aggies went 2-1 on the week … Taylor Japhet of San Jose State averaged 3.67 kills and 2.00 digs per set en route to all-tournament team honors at the ASU Sheraton Classic ... Utah State’s Laurel Bodily was named to the Crystal Inn Thunderbird Invitational after averaging 4.45 digs per set.