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DENVER - CSU Bakersfield senior outside hitter Kelsee Sawyer has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 12-18. This is her first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the second of her career.
The Temecula, Calif., native led the Roadrunners to a pair of road wins last week, averaging 4.81 points, 4.75 kills and 0.88 digs per set, to move into a tie for second place in the WAC standings. Sawyer opened the week with 15 kills on 18 attempts with just two errors for a .722 hitting percentage, breaking the program Division I record for hitting percentage in a three-set match. She followed it up with a match-high 23 kills to go along with five digs, a block and an assist in a come-from-behind five-set win at Missouri-Kansas City, handing the ‘Roos just their second home loss of the season. The 23 kills is tied for the third-highest in a match in the WAC this season.
Other nominees included: Chicago State's Elli Woinowsky averaged 4.17 kills, 1.50 digs and 0.67 blocks per set over two matches last week ... Sydney Crimmins of Missouri-Kansas City averaged 3.38 kills on .310 hitting, 3.00 digs and 0.75 blocks per set ... NM State's Andrea Tauai averaged 2.56 kills on .340 hitting and 1.89 digs per set as the Aggies remained unbeaten in WAC play with a pair of wins ... Jelena Vujcin of Seattle U averaged 3.00 kills, 1.78 digs, 1.22 service aces and 1.00 blocks per set as the Redhawks went 1-1 on the week ... UT Rio Grande Valley's Bojana Mitrovic averaged 3.25 kills, 1.75 digs, 0.50 blocks and 0.50 service aces per set over two matches ... Abby Jensen of Utah Valley averaged 3.62 kills, 1.75 digs and 0.38 blocks per set as the Wolverines went 1-1 on the week.