IUPUI’s Mapes and Boatman Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
IUPUI’s Mapes and Boatman Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's setter Alexis Mapes was named Summit League Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week and IUPUI's middle blocker Abby Boatman garnered the league's Defensive Player of the Week awards for their performances, Oct. 17-23.
ALEXIS MAPES, IUPUI
Sr. // S // Westfield, Ind.
- Collected her third career Player of the Week award and first this season
- Set career-highs with 61 assists and 20 digs in victory over Fort Wayne
- Recorded a trio of 30-plus assist matches this week while IUPUI went undefeated
- For the week, averaged 11.45 assists per set
Also nominated: Monique Domme, Denver; Nicole Rightnowar, Fort Wayne; Hadley Steffen, North Dakota State; Laura Milos, Oral Roberts; Rachel Schmidt, South Dakota; Ashley Beaner, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: Aug. 29 – Brittany Jessen, South Dakota; Sept. 6 – Laura Milos, ORU; Sept. 12 – Brittany Jessen, USD; Sept. 19 – Laura Milos, ORU; Sept. 26 – Brianna Rasmusson, NDSU; Oct. 3 – Audrey Reeg, USD; Oct. 10 – Kayla Principato,DU/Shelby Cox, ORU; Oct. 17 – Laura Milos, ORU
ABBY BOATMAN, IUPUI
So. // MB // Bloomington, Ind.
- Collected her second career Defensive Player of the Week award and second this season
- Totaled six blocks during the Jags victory over South Dakota State as the team went 3-0
- Totaled 13 total blocks and averaged 1.18 blocks per set for the week
Also nominated: Ruth Okoye, Denver; Olivia Hahn, Fort Wayne; Tori Roe, Oral Roberts; Audrey Reeg, South Dakota; Ellie Benson, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: Aug. 29 – Olivia Hahn, FW; Spt. 6 – Ruth Okoye, DU; Sept. 12 – Olivia Hahn, FW/Jessica Helms, IUPUI; Sept. 19 – Ellie Benson, SDSU/Lindsey Brown, SD; Sept. 26 – Olivia Hahn, FW; Oct. 3 – Natalie Seiler,FW/Kaili Simmons WIU; Oct. 10 – Brittany Jessen, USD; Oct. 17 – Abby Boatman, IUPUI/Mikaela Purnell, NDSU
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Celebrating its 35th season 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 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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