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

• Hawai’i senior Amber Igiede was dominant in a pair of sweeps for the Rainbow Wahine to claim Big West Offensive Player of the Week honors. This is Igiede’s third such award of the season, and a sixth career weekly offensive nod.  

• In Friday’s match against Cal State Bakersfield, Igiede put down a match-high 12 kills with just one error in 25 attacks to hit .440. In the first set, Igiede pounded seven kills as UH raced to the 25-8 decision in the frame. The middle blocker also posted five total blocks, two solo, with five digs and an assist. 

• Igiede pounded a match-high 13 kills against CSUN, committing zero errors on 18 swings for a season-high .722 hitting percentage. The Baton Rouge, La., native added three digs, a block and an assist in UH's shortest match of the season which clocked in at 79 minutes.  

• Igiede moved up in the UH record books to No. 17 in career kills with 1,120. Tallying 460 career blocks, Igiede is 10th in NCAA Division I in total blocks and blocks per set (1.26). 

Also Nominated: Ameena Campbell (Cal State Fullerton); Sophia Ewalefo (UC Riverside); Natalie Glenn (Long Beach State); Ava McInnes (UC San Diego); Michelle Ohwobete (UC Santa Barbara); Tommi Stockham (Cal Poly); Olivia Utterback (UC Davis)

Defensive Player of the Week  Julia Ng, UC Davis | Junior • Libero • Foothill Ranch, Calif.

• UC Davis libero Julia Ng posted a pair of 20+ dig performances to lead the Aggies to a perfect 2-0 start in the opening weekend of conference play and scoop up a career-first Big West Defensive Player of the Week award. 

• Ng snuffed out 23 digs to go along with three assists and two aces in Friday’s reverse sweep at Cal State Fullerton  

• On Saturday, the junior from Foothill Ranch, Calif., notched a season-high 24 digs in the five-set win at UC Irvine. 

• Ng averaged 4.70 digs per set on the weekend, 1.4 per set over her season average. 

Also Nominated: Caylen Alexander (Hawai’i); Kameron Bacon (Long Beach State); Ashley Chacon (Cal State Fullerton); Jessica Dean (UC Riverside); Campbell Jensen (UC Irvine); Macall Peed (UC Santa Barbara); Natalie Repetti (UC San Diego); Kate Slack (Cal Poly)

Setter of the Week  Kate Lang, Hawai'i | Junior • Setter • Keller, Texas

• For the fifth consecutive week in the 2023 season, Kate Lang collected Big West Setter of the Week after helping Hawai’i to a pair of convincing sweeps to open conference action. helped lead UH to a pair of convincing sweeps, dishing out 51 assists, averaging 8.50 assists/set with 11 digs, a service ace and a kill. 

• With a solid lead in both matches, Lang shared time with freshman Jackie Matias. Together they helped UH to hit .323 (41-9-99) against Cal State Bakersfield with a season-low nine errors. Against CSUN, the squad finished hitting a season-high .402. 

• Against Cal State Bakersfield, Lang dished out a match-high 29 assists for a .426 assist percentage against the `Runners, also adding six digs and a block to the tally. 

• In UH's sweep over CSUN, the junior from Keller, Texas, closed with 22 assists and a .512 assist percentage to go along with five digs and a kill.  

• Lang currently leads The Big West and is 20th nationally in assists per set, at 10.67. 

Also Nominated: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Ryleigh Garis (Cal State Fullerton); Nevada Knowles (UC San Diego); Zayna Meyer (Long Beach State); Casi Newman (UC Davis); Beatriz Silva (UC Riverside)

Freshman of the Week  Ally Chandler, UC Davis | Freshman • Middle Blocker • Loomis, Calif.

• Ally Chandler was excellent at the middle blocker position in UC Davis' perfect 2-0 weekend to start Big West play, resulting in Freshman of the Week acclaim.  

• Chandler opened the weekend with five kills and eight total blocks, including four solo stuffs, in a reverse sweep at Cal State Fullerton. 

• On Saturday, Chandler came up with an astounding 11 block assists in the five-set win at UC Irvine to go along with six kills on .357 hitting. The double-digit block tally was a career first and currently stands as The Big West season high for blocks in a match. 

• The Loomis, Calif., native posted averages of 1.10 kills and 1.90 blocks per set in the two-match road swing. 

Also Nominated: Lauren Brooker (UC San Diego); Samantha Callahan (Cal Poly); Ameena Campbell (Cal State Fullerton); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Ella Lomigora (Long Beach State)

2023 Big West Women's Volleyball Weekly Winners