ORU’s Milos, UNO’s Bailey, DU’s Rooke Take Home #SummitVB Weekly Awards

11/2/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts outside hitter Laura Milos was named Summit League Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week while Omaha libero Kimberly Bailey and Denver defensive specialist Cassidy Rooke earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week awards for their performances during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1.

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

Named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week for the third consecutive week
Her five weekly honors match the league record of Offensive Player of the Week awards in one season
Posted an astounding 63 kills in two matches while hitting an efficient .352 clip
Her 35 kills vs. IUPUI are the fourth-most in one match in league history and push her over the 1,000 kill mark for her career
One of just two players in NCAA Division I to surpass 500 kills this season (512) and ranks second in kills per set (5.28)
She extended her streak of at least 20 kills to seven straight matches

Also nominated: Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI; Mikala Hora, South Dakota State; Cassie Baird, Denver; Nicole Rightnowar, IPFW; Brittany Jessen, South Dakota; Amy Taylor, Omaha;

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; Oct. 26 – Laura Milos, Oral Roberts.

KIMBERLY BAILEY, OMAHA
Sr. // L // Lincoln, Neb.

Earned her first career Summit League Defensive Player of the Week
She becomes the first player from Omaha to be named Defensive Player of the Week
Posted the league's top mark with 25 digs in a three-set win vs. Western Illinois
Added a match-high 28 digs in a four-set win over South Dakota for an average of 7.57 per set on the week
Helped the Mavericks go extend their winning streak to five matches, its longest since 2001
Fourth in The Summit League with 4.35 digs per set this season

CASSIDY ROOKE, DENVER
So. // DS // Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Collected her first Defensive Player of the Week award of her career
Tallied 24 digs in three-set win vs. Western Illinois
Made up more than 40% of her team's digs (24-of-58) in the match
Her 8.00 digs per set increased her season average to 4.58, tied for first in the league this season
Season total of 453 digs rank second in The Summit League in 2015

Also nominated: Sadie Schaffner, Oral Roberts; Logan Walling, IUPUI; Lizzie Palmer, South Dakota State; Olivia Hahn, IPFW; Haley Jorgensen, South Dakota.

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; Oct. 26 – Olivia Hahn, IPFW/Logan Walling, IUPUI.

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