BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
Ava Martin, Sr., OH, Creighton
Martin led Creighton to a pair of victories over Marquette (3-0) and DePaul (3-1) while averaging a league-leading 5.93 points and 4.86 kills per set on .435 hitting. Additionally, the BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year averaged 2.43 digs, 0.86 aces, and 0.43 blocks per set. Against the Golden Eagles, Martin contributed 20 kills, seven digs, and two blocks on .514 hitting. Versus the Blue Demons, she logged 14 kills and 10 digs with a season-best six service aces.
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Kiara Reinhardt, Sr., MB, Creighton
Reinhardt averaged 2.86 kills, 1.29 blocks, and 1.00 assist per set on a league-best .643 hitting as Creighton overcame Marquette and DePaul on the road. She hit .500 with six kills, four assists, and a match-best four blocks against Marquette. At DePaul, Reinhardt registered a match-best five blocks with 14 kills and three assists on a massive .722 hitting.
BIG EAST Setter of the Week
Doga Kutlu, S, Grad, UConn
Kutlu contributed 12.13 assists and 3.75 digs per set as UConn defeated Seton Hall (3-1) and St. John’s (3-1) this weekend. Against the Pirates, she dished out a match-best 41 assists with 14 digs, four kills, and a block. Against the Red Storm, the graduate student logged the most assists of her Husky career with 56 helpers alongside 16 digs, a kill, an ace, and a block.
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
McKinley Boehm, RS-Fr., MB, Xavier
Boehm averaged 2.50 points, 2.20 kills, and 0.60 blocks per set on .486 hitting as Xavier defeated Georgetown (3-2) and Villanova (3-2) on the road. Against Villanova, the redshirt freshman posted a career-high 15 kills with three blocks at a .522 clip.
Honor Roll
Emma Werkmeister, Sr., OH, UConn
Werkmeister averaged 5.28 points, 3.75 kills, 1.25 aces, and 1.25 digs per set as UConn picked up a pair of BIG EAST wins. Against Seton Hall, the senior matched her career-high with seven service aces in addition to 12 kills and four digs.
Adriana Studer, Jr., DS, Marquette
Studer led the BIG EAST with 5.17 digs per set over a 1-1 week for the Golden Eagles.
Erin Jones, Sr., S/OPP, St. John’s
Jones averaged 4.63 kills, 4.38 assists, and 3.75 digs per set across a 1-1 week. She logged her first triple-double of conference play in the Red Storm’s 3-1 victory over Providence behind a career-best 28 kills with 16 digs and 14 assists.
Emma Grace, RS-Sr., OH, Xavier
Grace totaled 4.55 points, 3.80 kills, and 2.30 digs per set in the Musketeers five-set wins over Georgetown and Villanova. Against Villanova, Grace contributed a career-high 23 kills with 13 digs and three aces.
Margo Kemp, RS-So., MB., Xavier
Kemp averaged 2.40 kills and 1.30 blocks per set on .457 hitting in a pair of victories. In a tightly contested 3-2 win over Villanova, the middle blocker contributed a match-best eight blocks in addition to 13 kills.
PAST WINNERS
Offensive Player of the Week
9.2 – Natalie Ring, Marquette
9.8 – Campbell McKinnon, Villanova
9.15 – Erin Jones, St. John’s
9.22 – Ava Martin, Creighton
9.29 – Kendall Timme, DePaul
Defensive Player of the Week
9.2 – Eloise Brandewie, Creighton & Margo Kemp, Xavier
9.8 – McKenna Brand, UConn
9.15 – Campbell McKinnon, Villanova
9.22 – Audrey Rome, UConn
9.29 – Kiara Reinhardt, Creighton
Setter of the Week
9.2 – Kaylee Finnegan, Butler
9.8 – Macy Hatkevich, Xavier
9.15 – Annalea Maeder, Creighton
9.22 – Isabela Haggard, Marquette
9.29 – Annalea Maeder, Creighton
Freshman of the Week
9.2 – Morgan Stewart, DePaul
9.8 – McKinley Boehm
9.15 – Eva Hurrle, DePaul
9.22 – Sadie Reich, Seton Hall
9.29 – Reagan McGivern, Villanova