Lani Toutai Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/14/2026 Sport Women's Volleyball School Utah Valley Year Senior Position Libero Hometown West Jordan, Utah High School West Jordan HS Anchoring the Utah Valley defense in a 2-1 weekend, Lani Toutai has been named Big West Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 14. Toutai is the first Wolverine women’s volleyball player to earn weekly honors in their first year in The Big West. Toutai finished the weekend with 65 digs and a 5.00 digs per set average to go along with 16 assists and four aces. The senior libero tallied 13 or more digs in each match, including 20 in the five-set victory at Kansas City, while helping with nine assists to the UVU offense and adding three service aces in the team’s first win of the season. The product of West Jordan, Utah, set a career-high with 32 digs along with five assists in Saturday’s victorious effort in five against Radford. Toutai is currently leading The Big West with an average of 4.64 digs per set.