Kashauna Williams, Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week  Junior • Outside Hitter • Los Angeles

• Kashauna Williams collected her second weekly award of the season, and third of her career, after averaging 4.90 kills per set against No. 18 UCLA, No. 16 Georgia Tech, and Portland State. 
• The junior from Los Angeles recorded double-digit kill tallies in each match to go along with 1.20 digs and 0.60 blocks per set. 
• Williams ranks third nationally in total points (72.0) and kills (65), and sits in fifth in total attacks (161). Long Beach State rates fifth in the country and at the top of The Big West in team kills (191) through two weekends of non-conference action. 

Also Nominated: Juliette Bokor (UC San Diego); Abrielle Bross (UC Santa Barbara); Julia Crawford (Cal State Fullerton); Zoey Seput (UC Riverside); Jamie Stivers (Cal Poly); Joy Umeh (UC Irvine); Demari Webb (UC Davis)

Shira Lahav, UC Davis Women’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week  Sophomore • Defensive Specialist/Libero • Bat Hefer, Israel

• UC Davis libero Shira Lahav averaged 3.80 digs per set in three wins en route to the 2021 Aggie Invitational title. 
• The sophomore from Bat Hefer, Israel, recorded a weekend-best 15 digs against San Francisco in a three-set sweep. Lahav added four aces in a four-set victory over Santa Clara to click the tournament title. 
• She now has collected double-digit dig tallies in each of the Aggies’ six matches this season, leading the team with 4.10 digs per set. 

 
Also Nominated: Kameron Bacon (Long Beach State); Makayla Bradford (CSUN); Mia Christensen (UC Riverside); Julia Crawford (Cal State Fullerton); Peyton Dueck (Cal Poly); Amber Igiede (Hawai’i); Onye Ofoegbu (UC Irvine); Macall Peed (UC Santa Barbara)

Olivia Utterback, UC Davis  Women’s Volleyball Freshman of the Week   Freshman • Opposite Hitter • Plainfield, Ind.

• First-year opposite hitter Olivia Utterback was named MVP of the 2021 Aggie Invitational, helping UC Davis to wins over Nevada, San Francsico and Santa Clara.  
• She hit .422 on the weekend, averaging 2.30 kills and 1.50 digs per set as a six-rotation player.  
• Utterback also added three aces and five blocks on the weekend, and committed only four errors in 45 swings. 

 
Also Nominated: Juliette Bokor (UC San Diego); Abrielle Bross (UC Santa Barbara); Mia Christensen (UC Riverside); Grace Colburn (UC Irvine); Martyna Leoniak (Hawai’i); Kasia Partyka (Long Beach State); Annabelle Thalken (Cal Poly); Lyla Traylor (Cal State Fullerton)

 

2021 Big West Weekly Award Winners