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./Moraine Lutheran

Martin earns Offensive Player of the Week honors for the third time this season after leading the Jackrabbits to a 3-0 record, The Summit League regular season title and the top seed in the league tournament later this week. She averaged 5.56 kills on .359 hitting, 3.78 digs, 1.22 blocks, 0.56 assists and 0.33 service aces per game last week. She posted match highs in kills in each of the three matches and also posted double-doubles vs. Centenary and Oral Roberts, her 13th and 14th of the season. Against the Ladies, she committed just one error and finished with a .447 hitting percentage. Against the Golden Eagles, she became the fifth player in SDSU history to surpass the 1,000-kill and 1,000-dig plateau and now needs just 33 kills to become the Jacks' all-time kills leader.

Also nominated: Mayara Schlindwein, IPFW; Devika Bellamy, IUPUI; Sarah Johnson, UMKC; Brooke VandenBergh, North Dakota State; Amy Golem, Oakland; Jackie Oliveira, Oral Roberts; Monique Houston, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Nov. 5 - Christy Stuewe, North Dakota State; Oct. 29 - Kristina Martin, South Dakota State; 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 fourth time this season after leading the Bison to a 2-0 record and the No. 2 seed in The Summit League Championship. In a three-game sweep of Oral Roberts, she posted 26 digs, a match-high. She followed it up with a match-high 14 digs in a sweep of Centenary. For the week, she averaged 6.67 digs per game. Fagnan now has a NDSU record 595 digs this season, which broke her previous record of 559, which she set last year.

Also nominated: Peachy Jankowski, IPFW; Chelsea Bastin, IUPUI; Mandy Tipton, UMKC; Lauren Duquette, Oakland; Jackie Oliveira, Oral Roberts; Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State; Michelle Donnelly, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Nov. 5 - Carol Garbato, Oral Roberts; Oct. 29 - Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State; 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.