DENVER – San Jose State sophomore middle blocker Mary Alice O’Reilly has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 5-11. This is her first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The San Bruno, Calif. native averaged 4.67 kills on .393 hitting to go along with 1.33 blocks and a WAC-best 5.67 points per set to lead the Spartans to a sweep of league-leader Utah State last Saturday. She posted a match-high 14 kills to along with four blocks, including a match-high two solo blocks. O’Reilly entered the week averaging 3.21 kills and 0.95 blocks per set.
Other nominees included: Faimie Kingsley of Denver averaged 2.67 kills and 1.00 blocks per set as the Pioneers went 1-1 on the week ... Idaho’s Alex Sele averaged 3.00 kills on .583 hitting and 1.86 blocks per set as the Vandals went 2-0 last week ... Caitlin Germany of Louisiana Tech averaged 2.00 kills and 1.25 blocks per set ... New Mexico State’s Desiree Scott averaged 4.12 kills on .468 hitting and 1.12 blocks per set ... Kaytlyn Dill of Seattle U averaged 3.80 kills and 1.90 digs per set as the Redhawks went 2-0 on the week ... UT Arlington’s Charmaine Whitmore averaged 2.56 kills and 1.30 blocks per set last week ... McKenzie Adams of UTSA averaged 5.13 kills and 4.00 digs per set as the Roadrunners went 2-0 on the week ... Utah State’s Shay Sorensen averaged 4.00 kills, 2.33 digs and 0.67 blocks per set on the week.