2012 Volleyball Awards

2012 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

• September 3, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Brooke Marino - Concordia
    • Senior - 5-11 - Outside Hitter - Mission Viejo, Calif.
    • Brooke Marino, the reigning NAIA Player of the Year, pushed NAIA No. 2-ranked Concordia to 12-0 on the season. In four tournament games, she recorded 43 kills with a .374 hitting percentage, 30 digs, seven aces, seven assists and six assist blocks. The senior outside hitter fueled the Eagles' win over No. 3-ranked Lee (TN) with 13 kills and seven digs. Marion is sixth in the GSAC with a .315 hitting percentage and first in kills with 139 and aces with 28. Marino is third in the country in aces and eighth in kills.

• September 10, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Bethany Beckman -
    • Senior - 5-10 - Outside Hitter - Glendale, Ariz.
    • Senior outside hitter Bethany Beckman totaled 76 kills (4.47 per set), 62 digs (3.65), five service aces (0.29) and seven total blocks (2 solo) as Arizona Christian won three of its four matches at the William Jessup Warrior Invitational last week. Beckman had doubles figures in kills and digs in all four matches, and tied her own school single-match kills record with 30 vs. Menlo (CA) and became the first Firestorm player to go over 1000 career kills during the match (1041 in 316 sets). Beckman leads the Firestorm with 117 kills and 134 digs in 32 sets this season.

• September 17, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Ciara Turner - Westmont
    • Junior - 5-10 - Middle Blocker - Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
    • Ciara Turner registered 43 kills (3.3 k/g) with a .479 hitting percentage, and had 5 blocks (2 solo) as Westmont won all four of its matches on the road last week. The junior middle blocker helped the Warriors win at NCAA Div. III No. 6 California Lutheran in 4 sets. The Warriors went on to sweep the next 3 matches played in Arizona to extend their winning streak to 11 matches.

• September 24, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Madison Serrano - Westmont
    • Sophomore - 5-10 - Outside Hitter - Chandler, Ariz.
    • Madison Serrano recorded 46 kills (3.5 k/g), 46 digs (3.5 d/g), four aces and five blocks (1 solo) as No. 5-ranked Westmont went 2-1 for the week, only losing a 5-set match with No. 2 Concordia. In the 5-set win against No. 9 Cal State San Marcos, the sophomore outside hitter had 17 kills and 25 digs. Against in a sweep of GSAC opponent San Diego Christian, Serrano notched another double-double with 15 kills and 13 digs.

• October 1, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Samantha Dougherty - The Master's
    • Junior - 5-10 - Outside Hitter - Madera, Calif.
    • Samantha Dougherty registered 39 kills (4.3 k/g), 22 digs (2.4 d/g), and 6 aces as No. 13 The Master's won all 3 of its matches last week, including two 3-set sweeps on the road at Embry-Riddle (AZ) and Arizona Christian. In the 4-set win over No. 5 Westmont, the junior outside hitter notched a double-double with 29 kills (7.25 k/g) and 10 digs.

• October 8, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Jessica Neves - Vanguard
    • Sophomore - 6-2 - Right Side Hiitter/Setter - Mission Viejo, Calif.
    • Jessica Neves registered 37 kills (3.4 k/g) with a .354 hitting percentage, 52 assists (4.7 a/g), 26 digs and 7 service aces in Vanguard's three wins last week. Neves notched a triple-double with 16 kills, 13 digs and 18 assists as well as four aces as the Lions upset No. 10-ranked Westmont on the road. The sophomore right-side hitter/setter also managed 14 kills and 25 assists in Vanguard's win against NCAA Div. II Azusa Pacific.

• October 15, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Maddy Ekis - Concordia
    • Junior - 6-0 - Outside Hitter - Phelan, Calif.
    • Maddy Ekis slammed 17 kills as No. 2-ranked Concordia stayed undefeated by beating No. 11 Cal State San Marcos in straight sets. Ekis averaged 5.7 kills per game with a .577 hitting percentage. The junior outside hitter added five digs and two assist blocks. She is fourth in the GSAC in hitting percentage and sixth with 3.3 kills/set.

• October 22, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Amy Weststeyn - Biola
    • Sophomore - 6-3 - Middle Blocker - Visalia, Calif.
    • Weststeyn had another fabulous week for No. 4-ranked Biola, recording 24 kills with just one error in 39 swings for an impressive .590 attack percentage in the Eagles' two wins last week. The sophomore had a nearly perfect night at Point Loma Nazarene, recording 14 kills in 18 swings with no errors. She added two blocks, five digs, three aces and an assist. Weststeyn led Biola to a sweep over No. 8 The Master's with 10 kills in 21 swings with just one error. She also had six blocks, including two solo, and contributed a pair of digs. Weststeyn continues to lead the NAIA in attack percentage with a .455 mark and ranks 8th in the GSAC in kills per set with 3.10.

• October 29, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Brooke Marino - Concordia
    • Senior - Outside Hitter -
    • Brooke Marino, reigning NAIA Player of the Year, led the undefeated Concordia to three wins on the week. The senior outside hitter highlighted the week with 22 kills against No. 1 Texas at Brownsville as No. 2 Concordia remained the only unbeaten team in the country. She added 26 digs in that match. She had 14 kills in each of the other 2 matches in wins over No. 14 Westmont and at Arizona Christian. Marino had five aces on the week and six assist blocks. She is second in the conference with 3.9 kills/set.

• November 5, 2012
  
  • Player of the Week
    • Samantha Dougherty - The Master's
    • Junior - 5-10 - Outside Hitter - Madera, Calif.
    • Samantha Dougherty led No. 7 The Master's to three wins last week, including two against Top-25 teams. For the week, the junior outside hitter tallied 44 kills (3.7 k/g), 50 digs (4.2 d/g), 9 aces and 6 blocks (1 solo). At No. 12 Westmont, Dougherty notched 14 kills and 20 digs in the 5-set match. On the road at No. 16 Cal State San Marcos, Dougherty earned 21 kills and 14 digs in 4 sets. Finally in the 3-set sweep of Arizona Christian, she recorded 9 kills, 16 digs and 7 aces.