Brooke Van Sickle, Hawai’i  Women’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week  Senior • Outside Hitter • Battle Ground, Wash.

• Hawai’i senior Brooke Van Sickle put down a team-high 35 kills while hitting .311 in the final weekend of the regular season to earn her second career Big West weekly award (Sept. 27).  

• To open the weekend against CSUN, she tallied 14 kills with just one error in 35 attacks to hit  .371 in the four-set win. it was her 19th double-digit kill match, and 11th double-double of the season. The Rainbow Wahine clinched their spot in the NCAA Championship field with the victory, as Hawai’i earned The Big West crown. 

• Against UC Santa Barbara, the native of Battle Ground, Wash., tied her career-high with 21 kills which was her third match with 20+ kills this season. She finished two digs shy of a double-double with eight digs, two blocks and a service ace. 

Also nominated: Haley Carmo (Cal State Fullerton), Tia Chavira (Long Beach State), Rowan Ennis (UC Santa Barbara), Amy Hiatt (Cal Poly), Hayley McCluskey (CSU Bakersfield), Ava McInnes (UC San Diego), Onye Ofoegbu (UC Irvine), Josephine Ough (UC Davis)

Peyton Dueck, Cal Poly  Women’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week  Freshman • Libero • Aptos, Calif.

• Cal Poly libero Peyton Dueck picked up her fourth nod for Big West Defensive Player of the Year, taking two out of the last three defensive awards of the 2021 season. 

• Dueck, a freshman from Aptos, Calif., averaged 5.83 digs per set in the Mustangs' two wins to close the regular season.  

• In a 3-1 victory at UC Irvine, Dueck finished with a match-high 24 digs, her sixth 20-dig performance of her freshman campaign. She then followed up with an 11-dig performance in a sweep at UC San Diego. Dueck reached double-digit digs in all but five matches on the year, averaging 4.17 per set in 2021. 

Also nominated: Makayla Bradford (CSUN), Paige Calvin (CSU Bakersfield), Bailey Darnell (UC Irvine), Neena Dimas (Cal State Fullerton), Naya Dong (UC San Diego), Nicole Hoff (Long Beach State), Tayli Ikenaga (Hawai’i), Shira Lahav (UC Davis), Macall Peed (UC Santa Barbara)

Erykah Lovett, Long Beach State  Women’s Volleyball Freshman of the Week  Freshman • Outside Hitter • Newnan, Ga.

• Long Beach State freshman Erykah Lovett finished the week with 3.13 kills per set on a .340 attack percentage, while adding 3.38 digs per set and 0.50 blocks per set in a solid weekend for the Beach, resulting in a pair of road wins.  

• Lovett also led the Beach with five aces on the week as Long Beach State finished the season on a six-match winning streak. 

• At UC Davis, Lovett powered down 16 kills on .500 hitting to go along with 13 digs, three aces and a block. She followed it up with nine kills, 14 digs and a pair of aces at UC Riverside to close her freshman campaign. 

• The Beach frosh is a two-time weekly winner, also earning honors after the first week of play on Aug. 30. 

Also nominated: Marianna Bertolone (UC Irvine), Abrielle Bross (UC Santa Barbara), Peyton Dueck (Cal Poly), Kate Lang (Hawai’i), Ava McInnes (UC San Diego), Marisse Turner (Cal State Fullerton), Olivia Utterback (UC Davis)

2021 Big West Weekly Award Winners