AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: September 1-7, 2025
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Kendall Harrington, S, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor junior setter Kendall Harrington (Midland, Texas) played in all 15 sets for the Cru this week, averaging 9.4 assists per set. She totaled 141 assists with 15 kills and seven service aces. Harrington also recorded 58 digs and 11 blocks on the weekend. She was personally responsible for 27.5 points on the week and assisted 141 more.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Peyton Sedlacek, OH, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor junior outside hitter Peyton Sedlacek (The Woodlands, Texas) totaled 81 digs in 15 sets for a 5.4 digs per set average, guiding the Cru to a 4-0 weekend.
  OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
Offensive 
East Texas Baptist freshman outside hitter/defensive specialist Lara Hornsby (Decatur, Texas) totaled 31 kills over 12 sets as the Tigers went 4-0 on the weekend. She recorded a .404 hitting percentage with an assist and totaled 26 points.
 
Hardin-Simmons senior middle blocker Gabby Jones (Waco, Texas) had a great weekend for the Cowgirls in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Invitational where HSU took on UMass Dartmouth, No. 4 Johns Hopkins, and Colby-Sawyer. Jones hit for .800 with nine kills on ten swings in the Cowgirl 3-0 sweep of UMD, and finished the weekend with 15 total kills and 2.43 kills a set after playing in seven sets. She hit .500 with two kills in the 3-0 loss to Johns Hopkins and hit .375 with four kills against Colby-Sawyer. 

Defensive
East Texas Baptist senior defensive specialist Callie Humphrey (Haslet, Texas) totaled 40 digs as the Tigers went undefeated this weekend. She also added 14 assists.
 
Hardin-Simmons senior libero/defensive specialist Ari Villanueva (New Braunfels, Texas) led the Cowgirl backline with 25 digs across three matches and averaged 4.17 digs a set at the Johns Hopkins Invitational in Baltimore. She totaled 14 digs in the 3-0 sweep of UMass Dartmouth, nine digs against No. 4 Johns Hopkins in the 3-0 loss, and two digs in the 3-0 win against Colby-Sawyer. Villanueva finished with three service aces and five assists on the weekend.