ORU’s Milos, IPFW’s Hahn, IUPUI’s Walling Garner #SummitVB Weekly Awards

10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts outside hitter Laura Milos was named Summit League Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week while IPFW libero Olivia Hahn and IUPUI middle blocker Logan Walling earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week awards for their performances during the week of Oct. 19-25.

LAURA MILOS, ORAL ROBERTS
So. // OH // Porec, Croatia

Earned her second straight Summit League Offensive Player of the Week award, fourth this season and fifth of her career
Set a Summit League single-match record with 12 service aces in five-set win vs. SDSU Sunday, smashing the previous record of nine set in 2003
To go with her 12 service aces, she tallied 25 kills and 11 digs to record the first triple-double in the league this season
Her 12 aces are the highest in NCAA Division I since 2011
She extended her streak of at least 20 kills to five straight matches and 10 of her last 11

Also nominated: Monique Domme, Denver; Madison Jaqua, IPFW; Kori Waelbroeck, IUPUI; Megan Schmale, Omaha; Ashley Beaner, South Dakota State; Brittany Jessen, South Dakota; Brianna Rasmusson, North Dakota State.

Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI; Sept. 8 – Laura Milos, Oral Roberts; Sept. 14 – Logan Walling, IUPUI; Sept. 21 – Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI; Sept. 28 – Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI; Oct. 5 – Laura Milos, Oral Roberts; Oct. 12 – Somer Johnson, IPFW; Oct. 19 – Laura Milos, Oral Roberts/Brittany Jessen, South Dakota.

OLIVIA HAHN, IPFW
Jr. // L // Fort Wayne, Ind.

Named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season
Registered a career-high 30 digs vs. Valparaiso, one shy of the league high in a four-set match this year
Tallied a match-high 25 digs against IUPUI for an average of 6.11 digs per set for the week
Leads The Summit League with 4.68 digs per set this season

LOGAN WALLING, IUPUI
Jr. // MB // Normal, Ill.

Collects her second Summit League Player of the Week award this season
Recorded a season-high nine blocks in five-set win over IPFW after tallying six blocks vs. WIU
Helped the Jags set a school record with 19.0 total blocks at IPFW Saturday
She averaged 1.67 blocks per set for the week
Moved into fifth in the league with 1.10 bps this season

Also nominated: Cassidy Rooke, Denver; Lizzie Palmer, South Dakota State; Laura Milos, Oral Roberts; Mikaela Purnell, North Dakota State; Kelsey Biltoft, South Dakota; Kimberly Bailey, Omaha.

Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Abby Horn, IUPUI; Sept. 8 – Sarah Schmid, Denver; Sept. 14 – Olivia Hahn, IPFW; Sept. 21 – Courtney Halter, IUPUI; Sept. 28 – Sarah Schmid, Denver/Courtney Halter, IUPUI; Oct. 5 – Jovana Poljasevic, Oral Roberts; Oct. 12 – Mikaela Purnell, North Dakota State; Oct. 19 – Kelsey Biltoft, South Dakota.

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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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