AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: September 9 – September 15, 2024
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Graycee Mosley, OH, Jr., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist junior outside hitter Graycee Mosley (Troy, Texas) had another strong weekend of play in a tough West Coast Invite averaging 4.47 kills and 3.3 digs per set. She posted three double-doubles in four matches and had 25 kills and 13 digs in the upset win over No. 9 CMS. Mosley hit .355 with 15 kills and 11 digs against UC Santa Cruz and had 15 kills and 17 digs versus Cal Lutheran. She started the invite with 12 kills in a 3-0 sweep of Pomona-Pitzer. Mosley had two kills in set five versus CMS with the final kill ending the match, 15-11.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Morgan Nix, L, Gr., LeTourneau
LeTourneau graduate student libero Morgan Nix (Cypress, Texas) had another outstanding weekend as she totaled 8.82 digs per set (97 total) to help LeTourneau to a 2-1 record. She had a three-set program-record 32 digs in a victory over McMurry. Nix also had 42 digs in a four-set loss to Austin College and 23 digs, to go along with three aces, in a four-set win over Centenary. Nix now owns every match, season, and career digs record in program history.
  OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Mary Hardin-Baylor sophomore setter Caitlyn Ellenburg (Marshall, Texas) led the Cru this week with 102 assists in 6 games played, giving her 239 assists on the season. The Marshall native tallied 46 digs along with 8 aces and two kills.
 
LeTourneau senior setter Reina Lawson (Jarrell, Texas) helped LeTourneau to a 2-1 weekend as she averaged 7.18 assists per set, 2.09 digs per set, and had 13 service aces. She tallied a double-double of 36 assists and 13 digs with four aces in a four-set loss to Austin College. In a sweep of McMurry, Lawson recorded 25 assists, three aces, and six digs. She then had 18 assists, six aces, and four digs in a four-set win over Centenary.
 
Hardin-Simmons junior outside hitter Liz Underwood (Clyde, Texas) led the Cowgirls in kills in three of their four games last weekend, with 17 kills against No. 24 Southwestern, 13 kills against St. Thomas, and 16 kills against Univ. of Dallas. She had two double-doubles with digs with 16 against Southwestern and 10 against Dallas. In 16 sets played in four games, Underwood averaged 3.44 kills per set and hit .201. She also had 16 kills in just three sets in the sweep of Dallas, averaging 5.33 kills per set in that game and hitting .464.
 
Howard Payne freshman outside hitter Tara Bennett (Killeen, Texas) recorded 38 kills over three matches for Howard Payne. Benett added 29 digs, five service aces, and three block assists to her numbers.

Defensive
East Texas Baptist junior libero Callie Humphrey (Haslet, Texas) recorded 67 digs in four matches averaging 4.47 digs per set. She posted 41 digs in the final two sets with 20 versus No. 9 CMS. She had 21 against UC Santa Cruz, 16 versus CLU, and 10 against PPC.
 
Hardin-Simmons senior setter Ali Meyer (Cedar Park, Texas) led the Cowgirls in assists in every game, with 28 against UMHB, 22 against No. 24 Southwestern, 21 against St. Thomas, and 16 against Univ. of Dallas. She also recorded three double-doubles with digs, with 11 against UMHB, 16 against Southwestern, and 11 against UST. In 16 sets played, she averaged 5.44 assists per set and 2.69 digs per set. Meyer also eclipsed 1,500 career assists at HSU, becoming the sixth Cowgirl to have 1,500 or more assists.