AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: September 1-4, 2022

TRI-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Katie Warden, OH, Fr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor freshman outside hitter Katie Warden (Crawford, Texas) led the Cru with 49 kills in opening weekend, coming through in big moments. Warden hit .293 in her first weekend as a Crusader, adding 10 digs and six blocks. Warden led the Cru with 49 digs and a 3.71 points-per-set average. 

TRI-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Gabby Jones, MB, Fr., Hardin-Simmons
Hardin-Simmons freshman middle blocker Gabby Jones (Waco, Texas) earned all-tournament honors at the Pikes Peak Classic in Colorado Springs. She had 39 kills over four matches and added 15 service aces, 15 digs and 10 blocks in her first weekend of college action. Jones added 12 kills and hit .545 (12-0-22) and added five blocks, seven digs and three aces against No. 14 Colorado College.
 
TRI-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Catherine Croft, OH, Sr., UT Dallas
UT Dallas senior outside hitter Catherine Croft (Buda, Texas) was named to the All-Tournament Team at the SU Invitational, helping the Comets to a 2-1 record. She led UTD with 2.62 kills and 0.46 aces per set, while hitting .194. Croft hit .276 on 12 kills with a pair of aces in a five-set, come-from-behind victory over George Fox. Croft followed with 15 kills in a four-set loss to Augsburg and seven kills the Comet's four-set win at #18 Southwestern (Texas).

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Maddie Gillispie, L, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor junior libero Maddie Gillispie (Austin, Texas) ended the weekend with 99 digs over four matches. She averaged 7.62 digs per set with just one reception error in 13 sets played, as the Cru went unbeaten in a home tournament to start the campaign.

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Lillie Hill, DS/L, Jr., East Texas Baptist
East Texas junior defensive specialist/libero Lillie Hill (Schertz, Texas) had double digit digs in all four matches at the UST tournament. She opened with 28 digs versus St. Thomas and then had 13 against Widener, 14 against Willamette, and 18 against Neumann. Hill recorded nine service aces and led the Tigers to a 4-0 start in the tournament.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
East Texas Baptist freshman outside hitter Graycee Mosley (Troy, Texas) in her first collegiate matches at ETBU, led the team in kills in three of the four matches. She posted a career-high 19 kills in her first match versus St. Thomas with a double-double recording 10 digs. Then, she had a double-double in a three-set sweep of Neumann with 11 kills and 10 digs. Finally, capped the weekend with a career-high 17 digs against Willamette. Mosley averaged 3.62 kills and 3.46 digs per set. 

Concordia Texas senior outside hitter Sarah Ghormley (Bastrop, Texas) posted 17 kills, 16 digs and three blocks against George Fox on Friday. She had 11 digs and seven kills against Augsburg in the season opener.
 
LeTourneau sophomore outside hitter/defensive specialist Hannah Payan (El Paso, Texas) had a match-high eight kills and hit .429 in LeTourneau’s sweep of Belhaven to open the season. She added four digs and one service ace in the victory.

Defensive
UT Dallas junior libero Rachel Baxter (Katy, Texas) averaged 3.56 digs per set as the Comets went 2-1 at the SU Invitational in Georgetown, Texas. She started the season with 26 digs and a career-high eight assists in the Comets’ five-set, come-from-behind victory over George Fox on Friday. Baxter followed with six digs in a four-set setback to Augsburg. Baxter wrapped up the weekend with 16 digs, five assists, and an ace as UTD upset No. 18 Southwestern (Texas).

Hardin-Simmons senior libero Alicia Becerra (Round Rock, Texas) earned all-tournament honors at CC with a solid all-around performance. In 15 sets, Becerra totaled 11 kills, seven assists, 10 service aces, 37 digs, and two block assists.

LeTourneau junior middle blocker Allison Smith (New Braunfels, Texas) posted a match-high three blocks to go along with four kills and a .500 hitting percentage in LETU’s season-opening win over Belhaven. Smith also had a dig in the sweep.

Concordia Texas sophomore outside hitter Dani Wysocki (Magnolia, Texas) had a career-high 18 digs against George Fox on Friday.