SDSU's Martin, NDSU's Fagnan Earn Weekly Honors

SDSU's Martin, NDSU's Fagnan Earn Weekly Honors

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OFFENSIVE

Kristina Martin, South Dakota State

Sr., RS, Hubertus, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran

Martin earns Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season after leading the Jackrabbits to a pair of Summit League wins last week. She averaged 5.14 kills on .341 hitting, 3.00 digs and 1.00 blocks per game. In a four-game win over IUPUI, she had a match-high 26 kills with just three errors in 50 attempts for a .460 hitting percentage. She also posted 13 digs for her 11th double-double of the season. The senior needs 53 digs to become just the fifth player in SDSU history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. She is also 107 kills shy of the Jacks' all-time kills records.

Also nominated: Ashlee Freeman, Centenary; Rebekah Roehm, IPFW; Hillary Houston, IUPUI; Brooke VandenBergh, North Dakota State; Jackie Oliveira, Oral Roberts; Monique Houston, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Oct. 22 - Christy Stuewe, North Dakota State; Oct. 15 - Thais Parada, Oral Roberts; Oct. 8 - Rebekah Roehm, IPFW; Oct. 1 - Brooke VandenBergh, North Dakota State; Sept. 24 - Kristina Martin, South Dakota State; Sept. 17 - Jackie Oliveira, Oral Roberts; Sept. 10 - Adrienne Leone, Oakland; Sept. 4 - Jessica Miller, IPFW; Aug. 27 - Christy Stuewe, North Dakota State.

DEFENSIVE

Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State

Sr., L, Fridley, Minn./Fridley HS

Fagnan receives Defensive Player of the Week honors for the third time this season after leading the Bison to a perfect 2-0 record last week. In a sweep of Oakland, she set NDSU's three-game record with 32 digs (10.67 per game), the fifth-best dig total in school history. She followed it up with 22 digs in a sweep of IUPUI for a 9.00 average on the week. Fagnan now holds all of the dig records at North Dakota State, setting the three-game, four-game, five-game and career marks this season.

Also nominated: Peachy Jankowski, IPFW; Chelsea Bastin, IUPUI; Carol Garbato, Oral Roberts; Lindsay Muehlbauer, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Oct. 22 - Peachy Jankowski, IPFW; Oct. 15 - Peachy Jankowski, IPFW; Oct. 8 - Michelle Donnelly, Western Illinois; Oct. 1 - Amy Anderson, South Dakota State; Sept. 24 - Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State; Sept. 17 - Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State; Lauren Duquette, Oakland; Sept. 10 - Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State; Sept. 4 - Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State; Aug. 27 - Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State.