IPFW's Miller, SDSU's Pearson Earn Volleyball Honors
OFFENSIVE
Jessica Miller,
IPFW
Jr., MH,
Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia HS
Miller
earns Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading her team to
a 3-1 record and posting four double-doubles last week. For the
week, she averaged 4.43 kills, 3.36 digs, 0.93 blocks and 0.36
service aces per game. At the Clarion Classic, she led the
Mastodons to sweeps of Chicago State and Eastern Kentucky en route
to being named to the all-tournament team.
(Also nominated: Devika
Bellamy, IUPUI; Kelly Gettinger, UMKC; Kristen Hille, North Dakota
State; Amy Golem, Oakland; Jackie Oliveria, Oral Roberts; Melia
Iwamoto, South Dakota State; Ashley Baker, Western
Illinois).
DEFENSIVE
Samantha Pearson, South
Dakota State
Sr., L, Chaska,
Minn./Chaska HS
Pearson
nabs Defensive Player of the Week honors after averaging 5.94 digs
per game last week. In helping the Jackrabbits to a 4-1 record, she
moved from ninth to third on the South Dakota State all-time digs
list. Pearson tallied 28 digs in a sweep of Louisiana-Lafayette for
a 9.3 per-game average. She also had two other matches with 20 or
more digs.
(Also nominated: Peachy
Jankowski, IPFW; Monica Suding, IUPUI; Mandy Tipton, UMKC; Kari
Fagnan, North Dakota State; Brittany Dunn, Oakland; Carol Garbato,
Oral Roberts; Elise Crnjak, Western Illinois).
