NDSU's Stuewe, Fagnan Earn Volleyball Weekly Awards
North
Dakota State's Christy Stuewe and Kari
Fagnan have been named Summit League Volleyball Offensive and
Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for their performances
last weekend at the Sun Bowl Invitational.
OFFENSIVE
Christy Stuewe, North Dakota
State
Sr., MH, Hamburg, Minn./Mayer
Lutheran HS
Stuewe earns Offensive Player
of the Week honors after averaging 4.36 kills on .408 hitting, 1.79
digs, 0.86 blocks and 0.36 service aces en route to being named Sun
Bowl Invitational MVP. In a five-game win over host UTEP, she
posted career highs of 26 kills and 57 attacks. In a sweep of Texas
Pan-American, she tallied a career-high 11 digs as she took on an
expanded defensive role in the back row.
(Also nominated: Ashlee
Freeman, Centenary; Rebekah Roehm, IPFW; Devika Bellamy, IUPUI;
Caitlin Koenig, UMKC; Adrienne Leone, Oakland; Jackie Oliveria,
Oral Roberts; Amy Anderson, South Dakota State; Ashley Baker,
Western Illinois).
DEFENSIVE
Kari
Fagnan, North Dakota State
Sr.,
L, Fridley, Minn./Fridley HS
Fagnan
earns Defensive Player of the Week honors after averaging 6.14 digs
per game en route to earning Most Valuable Libero honors at the Sun
Bowl Invitational last weekend. In helping the Bison to a perfect
4-0 record, she set a school and Sun Bowl tournament record with 42
digs in a five-game win over host UTEP. With her 86 digs on the
week, Fagnan jumped from fourth to second place on NDSU's career
digs list and needs 12 more to break the school record.
(Also nominated: Yvonne
Ramirez, Centenary; Peachy Jankowski, IPFW; Ashley Johnson, IUPUI;
Kelly Gettinger, UMKC; Lauren Duquette, Oakland; Carol Garbato,
Oral Roberts; Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State; Monique
Houston, Western Illinois).
