DENVER – New Mexico State senior setter Jennah DeVries has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 5-11. This is the first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor for DeVries.
The Sedalia, Colo. (Douglas HS) native earned CenturyLink Premier Tournament MVP honors after leading New Mexico State to the tournament title by defeating four teams in two days. She tallied two double-doubles, averaged 12.07 assists and 2.93 digs and set her team to a .246 hitting percentage over the four matches. Her first double-double came in a four-set win over Northwestern State when she posted 47 assists, 12 digs and four kills. She followed that up with her second double-double of the weekend against host Texas State, when she tallied a season-high 51 assists while adding 15 digs and four kills. DeVries currently ranks second in the WAC with 10.77 assists per set and has six double-doubles on the year.
Other nominees included: Fresno State’s Marissa Brand averaged 3.67 kills and 1.67 digs per set as the Bulldogs went 1-1 on the week ... Kanani Danielson of Hawai‘i was named Most Outstanding Player of the Verizon Volleyball Challenge after averaging 4.50 kills and 3.30 digs as the Rainbow Wahine went 3-0 on the week … Idaho’s Alicia Milo was named to the all-tournament team at the Montana Invitational after averaging 4.20 kills and 1.90 digs as the Vandals went 2-1 … Clara Vido of Louisiana Tech averaged 3.85 digs and 2.77 kills as the Lady Techsters went 2-2 on the week ... Nevada’s Tessa Lea‘ea was named to the all-tournament team at the Hilton Garden Inn Classic after averaging 2.45 kills and 1.09 blocks over the three matches ... Utah State’s Liz McArthur was named to the all-tournament team at the Baden Classic after averaging 4.47 kills and 3.27 digs over the four matches.