DENVER – Bakersfield senior outside hitter Debora Araujo has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 21-27. This is her first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Belo Horizonte, Brazil, native led the Roadrunners to a pair of wins last week to extend their winning streak to six matches, the longest for the program at the Division I level. She averaged WAC-bests of 5.50 points, 4.29 kills and 1.14 service aces per set, and added 2.86 digs per set. Araujo opened the week with nine digs, eight kills and six service aces in Bakersfield’s sweep of Seattle U. In a 3-1 victory over Idaho, she posted her ninth double-double of the year with 22 kills on .349 hitting to go along with 11 digs, two aces and two assists.
Other nominees included: Grand Canyon’s Mackenzie Phelps averaged a WAC-best 5.46 digs to go along with 0.69 assists per set as the Antelopes went 1-3 last week ... Sydney Crimmins of Kansas City averaged 2.67 kills on .455 hitting, 3.17 digs and 1.33 blocks per set as the Kangaroos went 2-0 last week ... New Mexico State’s Gwen Murphy averaged 4.00 points, 3.33 kills on .548 hitting and 0.83 blocks per set as the Aggies reclaimed the top spot in the WAC standings ... Haley Durham of Texas-Pan American averaged 2.86 kills and 0.29 blocks per set last week ... Utah Valley’s Brookelyn Hall averaged 10.62 assists, 2.50 digs, 1.25 blocks and 1.12 kills per set as the Wolverines went 1-1 on the week.