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DENVER - Utah Valley senior middle blocker Madison Dennison has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3. This is her first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the third of her career.
The Pleasant Grove, Utah native helped the Wolverines to a 3-1 record last week, with the lone setback coming in a tightly contested three-set battle to No. 9 Kansas. Dennison led the Wolverines on both sides of the net, averaging 3.46 kills and 1.38 blocks per set. She also hit an impressive .404 for the week. Among Dennison's performances last week was a 12-kill and .579 hitting performance in a sweep of Montana and a 17-kill, .444 attack percentage to go along with eight blocks in a four-set win over Long Beach State. Dennison's 17-kill performance against the 49ers matched a career-high effort. A preseason All-WAC selection, she was named to the Wolverine Invitational All-Tournament Team for her stellar showing. Dennison now leads the WAC in total blocks (37) and blocks per set (1.48), ranks fourth in points per set (4.02), fifth in hitting percentage (.302) and eighth in kills per set (3.08).
Other nominees included: Haylee Roberts of CSU Bakersfield averaged 3.69 kills on .416 hitting to go with 0.62 blocks per set en route to tournament MVP honors at the Jackrabbit Invitational ... Chicago State's Carmen Carvajal averaged 4.08 kills and 3.00 digs per set as the Cougars went 2-1 at the UC Riverside/Cal State Fullerton Invitational last weekend ... Teagan DeFalco of Grand Canyon averaged 3.10 kills, 3.40 digs and 0.60 blocks per set last week ... Kansas City's Mykal Sadler was named to the Cougar Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.55 kills on .368 hitting and 0.91 blocks digs per set last week ... Barbara Silva of UT Rio Grande Valley averaged 3.00 kills and 2.50 digs per set last week and was named to the all-tournament team at the Oregon Classic.