Whitney Wallace Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 10/5/2026 Sport Women's Volleyball School UC Irvine Year Junior Position Libero/Defensive Specialist Hometown Los Gatos, Calif. High School Saint Francis HS UC Irvine libero Whitney Wallace anchored the back row for the Anteaters in a pair of victorious road efforts to earn Big West Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. Wallace averaged 4.56 digs per set in a 2-0 week in Riverside. The junior led all players in both outings, finishing with 17 digs in a 3-1 win at UC Riverside and 24 in a five-set victory at California Baptist. The Los Gatos, Calif., native has recorded 10 or more digs in 12 consecutive matches and notched a sixth 20+ dig effort of the season against the Lancers. On the year, Wallace ranks second in The Big West with a 4.14 digs average as the Anteaters scoop up a league-best 14.75 team digs per set.