Volleyball: Six tabbed for weekly honors
Six student-athletes earned Lone Star Conference Volleyball Player of the Week honors for their performances last week, league officials announced.
LSC Players of the Week
Offensive
Amy Addison, Texas A&M-Commerce, Jr., Outside Hitter, Kemp,
Texas/Kemp
Addison recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs
to pace the Lions in a 3-0 win over Texas Woman's. She collected a
.278 hitting percentage and helped the Lions secure their first
winning season since 2002.
Melissa Harper, West Texas A&M, Jr., Middle Blocker,
Peoria, Ariz./Peoria
Harper reached new career milestones last week in the Lady Buffs'
two matches against Midwestern State and Cameron. She tallied 27
kills in 40 attempts for a hitting percentage of .600. She also
contributed five block assists. Her best match was against CU where
she recorded 17 kills in 21 attempts with no errors for a career
high hitting percentage of .810. Her hitting percentage also earned
her the eighth spot in WT records for hitting percentage in a match
with a minimum of ten attempts. Harper is currently second in the
LSC for hitting percentage and blocks.
Defensive
Missy Castro, Tarleton State, Sr., Outside Hitter, Azle,
Texas/Azle
Castro posted double-digit dig totals in both of
Tarleton's win last week, helping the TexAnns finish the season
with a 10-2 mark at home. The 10 victories tied a school
record for the most wins at home. The last TexAnn team to win
10 games at home was back in 1991. Castro posted a total of
31 digs and had two assisted blocks as well.
Ashley Dyer, West Texas A&M, Jr., Middle Blocker,
Perryton, Texas/Perryton
Dyer's defense at the net helped lead the Lady Buffs to two
conference victories last week against Midwestern State and
Cameron. Dyer tallied 11 block assists in two matches last week.
She also contributed four kills. Her best match was against CU
where she recorded eight block assists and joined the WT record
books for block assists in a match.
Setter
Katie Rickwartz, West Texas A&M, Jr., Setter, Canyon,
Texas/Canyon
Rickwartz reached a new career milestone in the Lady Buffs
wins last week against LSC opponents, Midwestern State and Cameron.
She totaled 83 assists last week, tallying her 3000th career assist
against MSU. She also contributed nine kills nine kills and two
service aces as well as three block assists. She also recorded 12
digs. Her best match was against CU, where she tallied 48 assists,
four kills, three block assists, and 11 digs. Rickwartz still leads
the league in assists, averaging 11.33 assists per set.
Ijeoma Moronu, Abilene Christian, So., S, Fort Worth,
Texas/Paschal
Moronu continues to show why she is one of the most all-around
players on ACU's team. She helped the Wildcats to a 3-0 record this
week with wins over Permian Basin, Southwestern Oklahoma, and
Central Oklahoma. Moronu had two double-doubles in wins over UTPB
and SWOSU. She had 59 assists and 25 digs Tuesday night, and then
had 31 assists and 16 digs Thursday. She narrowly missed what would
have been her fifth-straight double-double Saturday when she had 37
assists and nine digs. Defensively Moronu had six assisted blocks
and two solo blocks, that included five total blocks in the win
over UCO. She also had 127 assists (11.5 per set) , helped the team
to a .213 hitting percentage, and posted 12 kills in three match.















