Offensive Player of the Week  Amber Igiede, Hawai'i | Senior • Middle Blocker • Baton Rouge, La.

• Hawai’i senior Amber Igieide powered the Rainbow Wahine to a pair of sweeps en route to a 10th career Big West weekly honor, picking up Offensive Player of the Week for the seventh time overall, a fourth offensive nod in 2023.  

• In UH's three-set wins at UC Davis and against UC Riverside, Igiede led Hawai'i posted team-highs of 30 total kills, a 5.00 kills/set average, a .510 hitting percentage and five total blocks. 

• Against the Aggies, Igiede became just the 16th Rainbow Wahine to amass 1,200 career kills. The middle blocker pounded a match-high 12 kills while hitting .455 (12-2-22) with a block and a service ace.  

• Against UC Riverside, the Baton Rouge, La., product put down a match-high 18 kills while hitting a match-best .556 (18-3-27) while adding four blocks. Igiede has recorded double figure kills in 18 of UH’s 21 matches this year.  

• Igiede currently paces The Big West in points per set at 4.64. Hitting .398 on the season, Igiede leads the league and is currently 25th in NCAA Division I. 

Also Nominated: Ameena Campbell (Cal State Fullerton); Katie Kennedy (Long Beach State); Jade Light (UC Davis); Ava McInnes (UC San Diego); Lizzy Markovska (Cal Poly); Michelle Ohwobete (UC Santa Barbara); Mylei Vargas-Deason (UC Riverside)

Defensive Player of the Week  Jasmine Saran, UC San Diego | Sophomore • Middle Blocker • Temecula, Calif.

• UC San Diego’s Jasmine Saran anchored the Tritons defense in a 2-0 weekend en route to Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors. The weekly award marks Saran’s first career nod.  

• In Thursday’s sweep at Cal State Fullerton, Saran led the team with six blocks, five digs and eight kills in the tidy three-setter.  

• On Saturday, Saran had a career day in a 3-1 victory over UC Irvine, recording a career-best nine blocks – including two solo stuffs. The sophomore also led the team with three aces while hitting .643 in the contest with nine kills on 14 swings a no errors. 

• All told, the middle blocker averaged 2.14 blocks and 1.14 digs per set to go along with 2.43 and 28.5 points on the weekend. 

Also Nominated: Jessica Dean (UC Riverside); Tayli Ikenaga (Hawai’i); Katie Kennedy (Long Beach State); Nadia Koanui (Cal State Fullerton); Julia Ng (UC Davis); Kate Slack (Cal Poly); Grace Wuischpard (UC Santa Barbara)

Setter of the Week  Zayna Meyer, Long Beach State | Redshirt Sophomore • Setter • Wheaton, Ill.

• Long Beach State setter Zayna Meyer piloted the Beach to a pair of sweeps last week over UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton to claim a third Big West Setter of the Week award in 2023, and a seventh career honor.  

• The redshirt sophomore setter averaged 10.83 assists per set as LBSU hit .358 as a team over the two matches. Meyer contributed on all sides of the ball, also posting averages of 2.83 digs and 1.33 kills per set, while hitting .353 (8-2-17).  

• Meyer started the week with 35 assists, nine digs, three kills, and two aces as LBSU hit .345 in a road sweep at UC Irvine on Thursday.  

• Then against the Titans on Saturday, Meyer tallied 30 assists, eight digs, five kills on .444 hitting, and two blocks as the Beach downed Cal State Fullerton in straight sets while registering a team hitting percentage of .372. 

• Meyer is currently second in The Big West in assists per set with 10.10, one of two players in the conference with a double-digit assist average. 

Also Nominated: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Ryleigh Garis (Cal State Fullerton); Nevada Knowles (UC San Diego); Kate Lang (Hawai’i); Beatriz Silva (UC Riverside); Mia Starr (UC Davis)

Freshman of the Week  Lauren Brooker, UC San Diego | Freshman • Setter/Opposite Hitter • Calabasas, Calif.

• First-year player Lauren Brooker split time between the opposite hitter and setter positions in UC San Diego’s 6-2 offense to help the Tritons to a pair of victories on the weekend. For the efforts, Brooker was named Big West Freshman of the Week for the third time in 2023.  

• Brooker averaged 5.86 assists, 1.57 kills and 1.86 digs, in wins at Cal State Fullerton and against UC Irvine. 

• The freshman recorded double-doubles in both of UC San Diego’s contests, totaling 18 assists and 10 digs in Thursday’s road sweep of the Titans.  

• The Calabasas, Calif., native tallied a career-high 10 kills with 23 assists in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over UC Irvine.  

• Brooker finished the weekend with 41 assists, 13 digs, 11 kills, three aces, three blocks and 16.0 points for the Tritons. 

Also Nominated: Ameena Campbell (Cal State Fullerton); Ally Chandler (UC Davis); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Tess Masingale (Cal Poly); Sandy Thomas (UC Santa Barbara)

2023 Big West Women's Volleyball Weekly Winners