WAC Volleyball Player of the Week Announced
DENVER – Utah State senior opposite hitter Shay Sorensen has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 15-21. This is her second WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and her career.
The North Ogden, Utah native averaged 4.18 kills, 3.36 digs and 1.09 blocks per set. Sorensen posted double-doubles in two of the three matches in helping the Aggies to a 2-1 record, including winning two on the road to give Utah State its first six-match road win streak since 1978. She started the week with 15 kills and 11 digs, along with four blocks in a five-set loss to UTSA last Monday. In Thursday’s five-set win at Idaho, Sorensen logged her team-leading 11th double-double of the season with 18 kills and tied a career-high with 17 digs to go along with five blocks. She then added 13 kills without posting any hitting errors for a .382 attack percentage to go with nine digs and three blocks in a sweep at Seattle U. Sorensen now has 801 career kills, becoming just the 11th player in school history to reach the 800-kill plateau.
Other nominees included: Faimie Kingsley of Denver averaged 2.62 kills and 2.00 blocks per set as the Pioneers went 2-0 on the week ... Idaho’s Katelyn Peterson averaged 3.33 kills and 1.11 digs last week ... Caitlin Germany of Louisiana Tech averaged 2.13 kills and 0.75 blocks per set ... New Mexico State’s Desiree Scott averaged 2.43 kills on .355 hitting and 1.14 blocks per set ... Lani Beadle of Seattle U averaged 6.83 digs and 0.67 service aces per set ... UT Arlington’s Shelby Dickson averaged 2.75 kills and 4.38 digs per set ... McKenzie Adams of UTSA averaged 4.5 kills, 2.75 digs and 1.00 blocks per set last week ... Texas State’s Caylin Mahoney averaged 1.88 kills on .389 hitting, 4.63 assists and 1.00 digs per set as the Bobcats went 1-1 on the week.
