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Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Weekly Awards - Feb. 22, 2021

Feb 22, 2021

Offensive Player of the Week: Ella May Powell, Jr., S, WASHINGTON (Fayetteville, Ark.)
11.5 APS, 3.25 DPS, 2 SA

  • Junior All-American setter Ella May Powell totaled 92 assists and 26 digs to help Washington hit .261 in a pair of victories over Colorado.
  • Helped the Huskies hit .294 in a five-set victory over the Buffaloes on Friday, reaching the 60 assists mark for the first time in her career. That was five more than her previous career-high of 55 assists and ties her for the highest assist total in the Pac-12.
  • Recorded double-doubles in both matches (60a-16d; 32a-10d), averaging 3.25 digs per set. Also had four kills on five swings without an error in the Huskies' 3-0 sweep on Sunday.
  • Powell now has three of the six highest assist totals in the Pac-12 this season while leading the league with 10.37 assists per set.

Defensive Player of the Week: Shannon Crenshaw, Jr., OH, WASHINGTON (Longwood, Fla.)
4.25 DPS

  • Crenshaw matched her career-high with 21 digs and added a pair of aces in UW's five-set win over Colorado on Thursday.
  • She led the team again in a Sunday sweep with 13 digs as Washington held Colorado to a .144 attack percentage.
  • Huskies improved to 8-2 overall, 5-1 on the road and took sole possession of second in the Pac-12.

Freshman of the Week: Sofia Maldonado Diaz, FR, OH, Arizona (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
5.71 KPS, .307 Pct., 2.29 DPS, 5.9 PPS

  • Dominated in Arizona's weekend sweep against Oregon State, averaging 5.71 kills per set on .307 hitting.
  • Needed just 88 swings to produce 40 kills over seven sets in the two matches.
  • She picked up a double-double on Friday, pairing her 16 kills with 10 digs in the straight-set win against Oregon State. 
  • Posted 24 kills in just four sets on Sunday, coming one kill shy of her career-high.

ALSO NOMINATED:

Offensive: Sofia Maldonado, Arizona; Marta Levinska, ASU; Leah Clayton, Colorado; Mac May, UCLA; Emilia Weske, USC.

Defensive: Kamaile Hiapo, Arizona; Brynna DeLuzio, Colorado; Zoe Fleck, UCLA; Aleksandra Gryka, USC.

Freshman: Claudia Stahlke, ASU; Iman Ndiaye, UCLA, Sam Hastings, USC; Madi Endsley, Washington.

  Offensive Defensive Freshman
Jan. 26 Dani Drews, Utah Georgia Murphy, Oregon Marta Levinska, Arizona State
Feb. 2 Samantha Drechsel, Washington Magda Jehlarova, Washington State Sofia Maldonado Diaz, Arizona
Feb. 9 Dani Drews, Utah Kamaile Hiapo, Arizona Madi Endsley, Washington
Feb. 15 Brooke Nuneviller, Oregon Brooke Nuneviller, Oregon Mychael Vernon, Oregon State
Feb. 22 Ella May Powell, Washington Shannon Crenshaw, Washington Sofia Maldonado Diaz, Arizona