JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly award winners for Women’s Soccer, Volleyball and Cross Country for Monday, October 12.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Player of the Week: Addison Briscoe, Abilene Christian
Briscoe scored a goal in each ACU game last week, helping the Wildcats to a pair of victories. Briscoe scored the game-winning penalty kick in the 20th minute at North Alabama and kicked the game-tying goal in the 58th minute at Austin Peay. Briscoe has scored a goal in five of her last six matches.
Defensive Player of the Week: Emily Nahon, Little Rock
Nahon helped Little Rock record back-to-back shutouts against West Georgia and Eastern Kentucky, as the Trojans allowed zero goals across 180 minutes. She played 85 minutes against EKU, helping Little Rock become the first UAC team to shut out Eastern Kentucky and earn a result against the Colonels this season.
Goalkeeper of the Week: Jordan LeVasseur, EKU
LeVasseur posted two shutouts last week, making 13 saves without allowing a goal. Her performances helped EKU earn four points and remain unbeaten in conference play. LeVasseur matched her season-high with eight saves in a 1-0 victory over Central Arkansas before adding five saves in a scoreless draw against Little Rock.
VOLLEYBALL
Player of the Week: Reese Ricketts, North Alabama
Ricketts recorded 41 kills over two matches to average 5.13 kills per set while hitting .313 last week. Ricketts reached a personal and conference season-high 24 kills against Austin Peay on Thursday and tagged on 15 digs for a double-double. She followed with 17 kills against the conference undefeated Colonels on Saturday, one kill shy of the UAC's season-high in kills in a three-set match. Ricketts leads the conference in points (4.59) and kills (4.39) per set.
Setter Pair of the Week: Emilee Hill & Cooper Abney, EKU
Hill and Abney averaged 11.5 assists per set in a pair of EKU sweeps last week where the duo quarterbacked the Colonels to a .323 attack percentage across two matches.
Defensive Player of the Week: Leddy Rae Guinn, Tarleton State
Guinn tallied 39 digs last week to average 4.88 digs per set. Guinn collected 21 digs against ACU on Saturday as she helped the Texans hold ACU to a .137 hitting percentage. Guinn has accumulated double-digit digs in 18 of 19 Texan matches this season.
Freshman of the Week: Annie Hopkins, Central Arkansas
Hopkins posted a .433 hitting percentage over a pair of victories for UCA where she collected nine kills versus Tarleton State and six kills with three blocks and two digs against West Georgia.
Cross Country
Men's Runner of the Week: Taha Er Raouy, EKU
Er Raouy finished 10th out of 232 runners in a loaded field at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, covering the 8K course in a personal-best time of 22:47.0. His performance led the EKU men to an 11th place finish out of 35 teams at the meet, defeating 10 nationally-ranked teams on the day.
Men's Freshman of the Week: Abel Kirui, EKU
In his first collegiate race, Kirui finished 87th out of 232 runners at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, covering the 8K course in a time of 23:50.3 while helping the Colonels finish 11th out of 35 teams at the elite meet.
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About the United Athletic Conference
The newly rebranded United Athletic Conference (UAC) is a competitive NCAA Division I conference sponsoring sixteen (16) sports and championships with nine (9) full member institutions including Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock, Ark.), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) with the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.) as an affiliate member in football.