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DENVER - Utah Valley junior middle blocker Madison Dennison has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 3-9. This is her first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the second of her career.
The Pleasant Grove, Utah, native put up a career-high 17 kills on .387 hitting in a 3-1 victory over WAC foe Seattle U on Saturday in the Wolverines' only match last week. Dennison also added six blocks and a career-best six digs. The victory, which marked the third consecutive for Utah Valley, helped propel the Wolverines into a four-way tie for second place in the league standings with a 3-2 league record. Dennison, who leads the WAC and ranks fifth in the nation in total blocks (108), has 17 more blocks than any other player in the WAC.
Other nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Carol Grasso averaged 5.25 kills and 2.25 digs as the Roadrunners went 1-1 on the week ... Megan Klavitter of Chicago State averaged 3.89 digs, 0.67 service aces and 0.33 assists per set as the Cougars won their first-ever WAC match ... Grand Canyon's Jordyn Sanchez averaged 3.50 kills and 1.70 digs per set last week ... Emma Hagedorn of UMKC averaged 3.78 kills on .433 hitting and 1.11 blocks per set as the ‘Roos went 2-0 last week ... NM State's Sasha-Lee Thomas averaged 3.83 kills on .320 hitting and 1.00 blocks per set in a pair of wins last week.