The Summit League

Sept. 8, 2015
For Immediate Release
Contact: Christopher Brown, Assistant Director of Communications

ORU's Milos, DU's Schmid Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
Milos and Schmid lead their respective squads to winning records over the weekend

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts outside hitter Laura Milos was named Summit League Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week and Denver middle blocker Sarah Schmid garnered the league's Defensive Player of the Week award for their performances during the week of Aug. 31- Sept. 6.

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

·         Earned her second career Summit League Offensive Player of the Week award

·         Posted a Summit League season-high of 33 kills in five-set win over (RV) Marquette Friday

·         Averaged nearly 25 kills per match over the week helping ORU to a 2-1 record

·         Both of ORU's victories were against opponents receiving votes in the AVCA Top-25 poll

·         Averaged 5.62 kills per set over the weekend and currently leads the league with 5.61 kps on the season

Also nominated: Jenni Fassbender, North Dakota State; Sarah Heckman, IPFW; Kelley Wollak, Omaha; Cassie Baird, Denver; Logan Walling, IUPU; Sydney Dimke, South Dakota.

Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Kaitlyn Hickey, IUPUI

SARAH SCHMID, DENVER
Sr. // MB // Highlands Ranch, Colo.

·         Collected her second career Defensive Player of the Week award and third Player of the Week award overall

·         Led the Pioneers with 26 total blocks over four matches while only committing one error

·         Tallied nine block assists in each of her team's first two matches

·         Propelled Denver to 4-0 record at home tournament over the weekend

·         Leads Summit League with 1.42 blocks per set

Also nominated: Tori Roe, Oral Roberts; Olivia Hahn, IPFW; Kimberly Bailey, Omaha; Logan Walling, IUPUI; Jessica Jorgensen, North Dakota State; Audrey Reeg, South Dakota.

Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Abby Horn, 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.