OU’s Bray, SDSU’s Fiegen Garner Weekly Volleyball Awards

9/4/2012 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Meghan Bray and South Dakota State's Kelli Fiegen were named The Summit League's Offensive and Defensive Volleyball Players of the Week for their performances Aug. 27-Sept. 3.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Meghan Bray, Oakland
Sr. // OH // Naperville, Ill.
Bray collects her first career Offensive Player of the Week honor after helping the Golden Grizzlies win their second-straight Golden Grizzly Invite with an undefeated 3-0 record and earning an all-tournament team selection. Bray helped Oakland sweep its first two opponents Toledo and Eastern Illinois where she tallied 15 kills against the Rockets and a .344 and 18 kills and .517 clip vs. the Panthers. In the final match of the weekend, the Golden Grizzlies defeated Iowa, 3-2 to record its first victory over a Big 10 team in school history. The senior outside hitter tallied a 21-kill, 13-dig double-double. On the weekend, Bray averaged 4.91 kills per set and posted a .325 hitting percentage with 54 kills, 29 digs, three service aces, two assists and 58 points (5.3 per set).

Also nominated: Emily Spencer, Fort Wayne; Kelsey Hoefer, IUPUI; Skyler Muff, Kansas City; Michaela Schimmer, Omaha; Amber Aschoff, South Dakota; Kelli Fiegen, South Dakota State; Samantha Fournier, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Aug. 27 – Kelli Fiegen, SDSU.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kelli Fiegen, South Dakota State
Sr. // MH // Parkston, S.D.
Fiegen earns her first career Defensive Player of the Week award after leading the Jackrabbits to a Gonzaga Tournament crown and undefeated (3-0) week and garnering tournament MVP honors. She opened the weekend with 11 blocks in a five-set win over Gonzaga. The senior middle hitter then tallied five blocks in the win over Eastern Washington and seven in the victory over UC Riverside. For the week, Fiegen tallied 23 total blocks (20 block assists and 3 solo) and averaged 1.77 blocks per set. She leads the league in total blocks (35) and block assists (29) and ranks second in blocks per set (1.35).

Also nominated: Tessa McGill, Fort Wayne; Bethany Fogler, IUPUI; Taryn Miller, Kansas City; Alli Kirk, Oakland; Riley Haug, South Dakota; Bridget Murphy, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Aug. 27 – Tessa McGill, IPFW.

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.

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