AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: October 17 – October 23, 2022
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Avery Reid, OH, So., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist sophomore outside hitter Avery Reid (Fulshear, Texas) posted a career-high 24 kills versus Sul Ross State in a four-game win hitting .360 (24-6-50). Reid added four digs and three blocks in the outstanding performance. She finished with another double-digit display on kills with 10 and had a .333 hitting percentage against Howard Payne. She averaged 4.86 kills per set. This is Reid’s first time this season being named ASC Volleyball Player of the week and second time in her career.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Morgan Nix, L, Jr., LeTourneau
LeTourneau junior libero Morgan Nix (Cypress, Texas) averaged 8.64 digs per set with 95 total on the week. She set the program's single-match record with 46 digs in a four-set win over Concordia to go along with two aces. She also had 30 digs in a win at Wiley, while tallying 19 digs in a loss to UMHB. Nix has two 40-plus dig matches this year and eight matches with 30 or more digs. This is the third time this season Nix has been named ASC Volleyball Player of the Week.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Sul Ross State senior middle hitter Annika Canaba (Alpine, Texas) tallied a season-high 21 kills against East Texas Baptist on Saturday, Oct. 22. She recorded her fifth triple-double of the year by also having 12 assists and 16 digs.
 
Hardin-Simmons freshman outside hitter Aubree McCann (Kilgore, Texas) had a pair of strong performances to lead the Cowgirls to a pair of huge ASC wins to stay in the middle of the playoff hunt. She had 11 kills and hit .375 in the win at Howard Payne. Against McMurry she had 15 kills and 10 digs.

LeTourneau sophomore right-side hitter/middle blocker Kaci Monk (Euless, Texas) averaged 2.45 kills per set and hit .274 on the week for LeTourneau. She had eight kills with two digs and a block, while hitting .412 in a win at Wiley. In a 3-1 win over Concordia, Monk totaled 10 kills, four digs, and a block. In a loss to UMHB, Monk had nine kills and three blocks.
 
UT Dallas freshman right-side hitter Gabi Engels (Southlake, Texas) helped the Comets win the ASC regular season title by hitting .333 with 2.40 kills per set as they went 2-1 on the week. She hit a season-high .435 with 12 kills in a four-set loss to McMurry. She then had six kills in three-game sweeps against both Mary Hardin-Baylor and Concordia Texas.
 
McMurry junior middle hitter/right-side hitter Addyson Tiffin (Bushland, Texas) compiled eighth and ninth straight matches with .200 or higher attack percentage. This span included 16 kills and a .462 attack percentage to go with four blocks at Hardin-Simmons. The War Hawks did pick up an impressive win over ASC Leaders and NCAA Top 10 Regional opponent UT Dallas to support a 1-1 week.

Defensive
East Texas Baptist junior libero Lillie Hill (Schertz, Texas) once again had back-to-back 20+ dig matches, posted 20+ digs now in five straight matches, and had 13 matches with 20+ digs...She had 29 vs. HPU in a 3-set sweep with two service aces and three assists...in the win over SRSU in four sets, she had 23 digs and seven assists. She averaged 7.43 digs per set.
 
Hardin-Simmons freshman libero Ari Villanueva (New Braunfels, Texas) Had 38 digs over two matches (5.43 per set) as the Cowgirls went 2-0 last week with victories over Howard Payne (3-0) and McMurry (3-1).
 
UT Dallas senior outside hitter Madison Ball (Maypearl, Texas) was a factor at the net and on the backrow as the Comets went 2-1 and secured the regular season title of the ASC. She averaged 4.20 digs and 0.60 blocks per set to go with 2.10 kills on offense. In a four-set loss to McMurry, Ball recorded 22 digs and 11 kills. She followed with 12 digs, a block and three aces in a sweep over Mary Hardin-Baylor and eight digs, five blocks and seven kills in another sweep of Concordia Texas.