Amber Igiede, Hawai'i  Women's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week  Junior • Middle Blocker • Baton Rouge, La.

• Amber Igiede was dominant over two wins on the mainland to lead Hawai’i to a third successive outright Big West title and earn a third career Big West Offensive Player of the Week award.

• In the Rainbow Wahine’s come-from-behind five-set triumph at runner-up UC Santa Barbara on Friday night that clinched sole possession of first place, Igiede put down 18 kills to share the match high on .417 (18-3-36) hitting to go along with a match-best five total blocks (one solo), three digs, two assists and an ace for 22.0 total points.

• On Saturday night at CSUN, the fourth-year junior out of Baton Rouge, La., put together a line of a match-best 19 kills at a .607 (19-2-28) attack rate, six total blocks (two solo), six digs and a career-high four aces.

• For the week, Igiede averaged 5.44 points, 4.11 kills, 1.22 blocks, 1.00 digs and 0.56 aces per set while hitting .500 (37-5-64). Igiede has started all 28 contests for UH and reached double-digit kills in 26 of them.

• Igiede’s other two Big West Offensive Player of the Week selections were on Nov. 15, 2021, and earlier this season on Oct. 31. A freshman honor had come back on Nov. 25, 2019. Igiede is also a two-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week, on Nov. 8, 2021, and Sept. 5, 2022.

Also Nominated: Morgan Chacon (Long Beach State); Maia Dvoracek (Cal Poly); Zaria Henderson (UC San Diego); Onye Ofoegbu (UC Irvine); Michelle Ohwobete (UC Santa Barbara); Lyla Traylor (Cal State Fullerton)

Dylan Dela Cruz, Long Beach State  Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week  Senior • Libero • Long Beach, Calif.

• Dylan Dela Cruz concluded her fine college career by averaging 5.50 digs per frame and totaling 33 digs in straight-set home wins over UC Davis and UC Riverside en route to weekly acclaim.

• Dela Cruz first reached 13 digs to share the match high on Friday night against the Aggies. The fifth-year senior libero helped limit the visitors to a .115 attack percentage, adding six set assists.

• The Long Beach native (Long Beach Poly HS) added a match-best 20 more digs and an assist on Senior Night Saturday, with the Highlanders hitting just .019. It was Dela Cruz’s 11th 20-plus-dig effort of 2022. LBSU’s two opponents managed an attack rate of only .063.

• Dela Cruz appeared in all 28 matches this season for Long Beach State, and reached double-figure digs in all but two. The Beach finished in a tie for third with Cal Poly, at 19-9 overall, 14-6 in The Big West, and 12-1 inside the Walter Pyramid.

• Dela Cruz is a four-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week for 2022, with prior distinctions on Aug. 29, Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. Three other conference standouts earned two apiece.

Also Nominated: Paige Calvin (CSU Bakersfield); Amber Igiede (Hawai’i); Campbell Jensen (UC Irvine); Macall Peed (UC Santa Barbara); Natalie Repetti (UC San Diego); Kate Slack (Cal Poly); Lyla Traylor (Cal State Fullerton)

Kate Lang, Hawai'i  Women's Volleyball Setter of the Week  Sophomore • Setter • Keller, Texas

• Kate Lang dished out 89 assists at an average of 9.89 per frame and set Big West champion Hawai’i to a .316 attack percentage as the Rainbow Wahine swept a road pair to clinch their third straight outright conference crown.

• During Friday’s five-set thriller at runner-up UC Santa Barbara that wrapped up UH’s automatic NCAA Championship berth, the sophomore tied a season best with 55 assists (.466 set percentage) while the Rainbow Wahine hit .318 (76-21-173) as a team. Lang posted an eighth double-double for 2022 with 17 digs, and added a career-high six kills at a .385 (6-1-13) clip, two aces and two block assists for 9.0 total points.

• Splitting setting duties Saturday night in a four-set victory at CSUN, Lang collected 34 set assists, six digs, three kills without an error on five attacks (.600), two more block assists and an ace for 5.0 points.

• This is Lang’s third Big West Setter of the Week award, all for 2022, with prior ones on Sept. 26 and Nov. 7. The product of Keller, Texas, was also a two-time Big West Freshman of the Week a season ago, back to back on Sept. 27 and Oct. 4.

Also Nominated: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Indy DeSmet (UC Irvine); Zayna Meyer (Long Beach State); Elizabeth Schuster (Cal State Fullerton); Izzi Strand (UC San Diego)

Caylen Alexander, Hawai'i  Women's Volleyball Freshman of the Week  Freshman • Outside Hitter • Alpharetta, Ga.

• Caylen Alexander is The Big West Freshman of the Week for a league-high sixth time after a road sweep that gave Hawai’i a third successive outright conference crown.

• In Friday night’s come-from-behind five-set triumph at runner-up UC Santa Barbara that officially punched UH’s ticket for an NCAA Championship return, Alexander put down 16 kills on .286 (16-6-35) hitting. The true freshman outside hitter reached double digits in kills for the 14th time, and added five digs and two aces.

• The native of Alpharetta, Ga., and 2022 graduate of Centennial High School then contributed 12 kills at a .333 (12-3-27) attack rate, a season-best six total blocks (two solo) and three digs in a 3-1 win at CSUN on Saturday night. Alexander averaged 3.78 points and 3.11 kills per set.

• Alexander has appeared in all 28 matches for the Rainbow Wahine, starting eight, and continues to lead the team with 33 service aces. Hawai’i closed out the regular season as a winner of 12 straight, the longest streak in The Big West in 2022, and 20 of its last 21.

• UC Irvine libero Campbell Jensen picked up the next-most weekly rookie honors with three. Alexander’s earlier Big West Freshman of the Week awards were on Sept. 5, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 10 and Oct. 31.

Also Nominated: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Naomi Chankoumi (CSU Bakersfield); Campbell Jensen (UC Irvine); Bianca Martinez (Cal State Fullerton); Zayna Meyer (Long Beach State); Julia Shepherd (UC Santa Barbara); Aubrey Tanner (UC San Diego)

2022 Big West Women's Volleyball Weekly Winners