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Offensive Player of the Week  Molly McCluskey, UC San Diego | Junior • Opposite Hitter • Costa Mesa, Calif.

• After leading UC San Diego to a weekend split, Molly McCluskey has been named Big West Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 26. This is a first award of the season and second career offensive award for the junior (Sept. 1, 2025).  

• McCluskey averaged a conference-leading 5.28 points per set on the weekend as the Tritons took on UC Irvine in a home-and-home to reach the midpoint of The Big West slate.  

• In Friday’s five-set home loss to the Anteaters, McCluskey finished with 18 kills, 14 digs and four blocks.  

• McCluskey currently rates sixth in The Big West in kills average (3.60) and fifth in points average (4.30). The 369.5 total points on the season is good for 27th in NCAA Division 1 thus far. 

Also Nominated: Eleftheria Baxa (California Baptist); Hailey Brockway (CSUN); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Emma Fredrick (Cal Poly); Skyler Gartin (Sacramento State); Olivia Gloeckner (Utah Valley); Sidney Hamaker (Long Beach State); Suelen Lima (Cal State Bakersfield)

Defensive Player of the Week  Brielle Rueckert, Utah Valley | Senior • Middle Blocker • Provo, Utah

• Brielle Rueckert has been named Big West Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 26, after providing a wall at the net in a pair of Utah Valley wins. This marks Rueckert’s first career weekly honor from the league.  

• Rueckert finished with 15 total blocks in a two-match season series against Sacramento State, averaging 2.14 per set to go along with 1.57 kills per set on the offensive side of the net. The UVU defense allowed the Hornets to hit just .148 from the floor. 

• In Thursday's match, the senior middle blocker finished with one solo and five assists to record six total blocks as well as six kills in a four-set victory in Sacramento.  

• At home, the senior from Provo, Utah, denied nine total Sacramento State attacks with one solo stuff, eight assists and five kills on .364 hitting (5-1-11) in a three-set sweep.  

• Rueckert is currently second in The Big West in blocking average at 1.21 per set.  

Also Nominated: Reese Ampi (Sacramento State); Analiese Gagliano (Cal State Bakersfield); Elif Hurriyet (Cal Poly); Madison Johnson (UC San Diego); Izzy Mahaffey (Long Beach State); Iye Okolo (CSUN); Whitney Wallace (UC Irvine)

Setter of the Week  Maddie Brown, California Baptist | Junior • Setter • Beaumont, Calif.

• California Baptist’s Maddie Brown guided the Lancers to a pair of five-set victories to secure a first career nod as Big West Setter of the Week for Oct. 26.  

• The wins came against Crosstown Showdown rival UC Riverside as Brown registered career highs in both matches. The junior from Beaumont, Calif., dished out 51 assists in each match, or 10.20 per set.  

• In Friday’s road win, Brown added 11 digs for the double-double along with four service aces to go along with the 50+ assist outing. Saturday, Brown’s 51 assists came along with two more aces as well as a pair of kills and trio of blocks.  

• All told, Brown has amassed 1,171 career assists for CBU and is just the fifth Lancer in the DI era to achieve the mark. 

Also Nominated: Marleena Catalan (UC San Diego); Luisa Da Cruz (Cal State Bakersfield); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Alexis Haury (Cal Poly); Katie Kolar (CSUN); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Evalyn Medaris (Utah Valley); Makenna Wiepert (Sacramento State)

Rookie of the Week  Anaiya Campbell, California Baptist | Freshman • Outside Hitter • Munich, Germany

• After a career weekend in the Crosstown Showdown, California Baptist’s Anaiya Campbell has been named Big West Rookie of the Week for Oct. 26, a first career weekly honor.  

• The first-year outside hitter for the Lancers averaged 3.88 kills per set on .450 hitting in the home-and-home weekend against local foe UC Riverside where CBU claimed a pair of five-set victories.  

• Campbell was key in the Friday night road win against the Highlanders after being inserted off the bench in the fourth set. The freshman registered seven kills on a .583 hitting percentage (7-0-12) to help flip the momentum in the comeback win.  

• On Saturday, the native of Munich, Germany exploded for a career-best performance with 24 kills while hitting .417 in the five-set thriller. Campbell scored six of those kills in the fifth set to help CBU sweep their first Big West regular-season series against the rival. 

Also Nominated: Anna Bacchin (Cal State Bakersfield); Kyler Birkelbach (Long Beach State); Fallyn Blotzer (CSUN); Nikola Gamlin (Sacramento State); Chloe Hansen (Utah Valley); Gia Rivera (UC San Diego); Vani Tatoulian (UC Irvine); Noe Vanacht (Cal Poly)