IUPUI’s Hickey and Halter, DU’s Schmid Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
IUPUI’s Hickey and Halter, DU’s Schmid Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI outside hitter Kaitlyn Hickey was named Summit League Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week and teammate defensive specialist Courtney Halter and Denver middle blocker Sarah Schmid collected the league's Defensive Player of the Week awards for their performances during the week of Sept. 21-27.
KAITLYN HICKEY, IUPUI
Sr. // OH // Granger, Ind.
- Named Offensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week and for third time this season
- Earns fifth career Player of the Week award and fourth offensive honor
- Posted double-double with 22 kills and 22 digs in five-set win over Denver
- Her 1,450 career kills make her the Jags' all-time kills leader and move her to seventh on the all-time Summit League list
- Improved her kills per set average to 4.27, ranking second in the league this season
- Tallied four straight matches with kill-dig double-doubles
Also nominated: Somer Johnson, IPFW; Lucija Bojanjac, Oral Roberts; Kayla Principato, Denver; Jenni Fassbender, North Dakota State; Mikala Hora, South Dakota State; Brittany Jessen, South Dakota; Peyton Crosser, Western Illinois; Kelley Wollak, Omaha.
Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI; Sept. 8 – Laura Milos, Oral Roberts; Sept. 14 – Logan Walling, IUPUI; Sept. 21 – Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI.
COURTNEY HALTER, IUPUI
Sr. // DS // Indianapolis, Ind.
- Named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week for second straight week
- Recorded a career-high 30 digs in five-set home win versus Denver
- 30 digs are just one shy of matching the league's match-high for a match
- Her 6.00 digs per set increased her league-leading average to 4.61 dps on the season
SARAH SCHMID, DENVER
Sr. // MB // Highlands Ranch, Colo.
- Earns her second Defensive Player of the Week award of the season and third of her career
- Matched her career-high with 10 total blocks at IUPUI
- 10 blocks also equals a season match high in The Summit League
- Averaged 2.00 blocks per set over the week and is the league leader in the category for the season with 1.38
Also nominated: Olivia Hahn, IPFW; Jovana Poljasevic, Oral Roberts; Mikaela Purnell, North Dakota State; Lizzie Palmer, South Dakota State; Lauren Mattison, South Dakota; Kaili Simmons, Western Illinois; Megan Schmale, Omaha.
Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Abby Horn, IUPUI; Sept. 8 – Sarah Schmid, Denver; Sept. 14 – Olivia Hahn, IPFW; Sept. 21 – Courtney Halter, IUPUI.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
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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