DENVER – UTSA junior outside hitter McKenzie Adams has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4. This is her fourth WAC Player of the Week honor of the season.
The Schertz, Texas native averaged a WAC-best 5.33 kills on .310 hitting to go along with 3.83 digs per set to lead the Roadrunners to a pair of road wins last week. She opened the week with her 16th double-double of the season in a sweep of UT Arlington, finishing with 21 kills on .357 hitting to go along with 14 digs. Her 21 kills was a season high for the Roadrunners in a three-set match. Two days later against Louisiana Tech, Adams tallied a match-high 11 kills and was just shy of a double-double, finishing with nine digs. Adams entered the week averaging 4.19 kills on .206 hitting and 3.74 digs per set.
Other nominees included: Faimie Kingsley of Denver averaged 2.92 kills on .341 hitting and 1.69 blocks per set on the week ... Idaho’s Allison (Walker) Baker averaged 4.56 kills and 2.56 digs per set last week ... Kaytlyn Dill of Seattle U averaged 4.75 kills and 1.75 digs per set on the week ... UT Arlington’s Taylor Gross averaged 2.57 kills and 0.71 blocks per set last week ... Ashlee Hilbun of Texas State averaged 3.00 kills, 3.00 digs and 1.86 blocks per set as the Bobcats went 2-0 last week ... Utah State’s Josselyn White averaged 2.67 kills, 1.44 digs and 0.78 blocks per set in as the Aggies clinched at least a share of the WAC regular-season title with a 2-0 mark on the week.