Women's Volleyball

Cal Poly Tandem Leluge and Haury, UCSB's Martinez and Shine of Cal State Fullerton Tapped for The Big West Women's Volleyball Weekly Honors

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Offensive Player of the Week 
Gabi Martinez, UC Santa Barbara | Sophomore • Outside Hitter • Katy, Texas
  • 8134Setting the pace on a successful UC Santa Barbara road trip, Gabi Martinez has been named Big West Offensive Player of the Week for Nov. 2, a first career honor of the variety for the sophomore.  

  • Martinez totaled 39 kills in seven sets over Gaucho wins at UC San Diego and UC Irvine finishing with eye-popping averages of 5.57 kills and 6.36 points per set while hitting .293 in both matches.   

  • The outside hitter opened the weekend with 19 strikes, five digs, two blocks and an ace in the four-set victory against the Tritons.  

  • Saturday, the product of Katy, Texas, followed it up with 20 kills, eight digs and three aces as UCSB swept through the Anteaters to rise to third in the league standings.  

  • The impressive weekend, upped Martinez’ season averages to 4.00 kills and 4.54 points per set, both good for second in The Big West.  


Also Nominated: Emma Fredrick (Cal Poly) Olivia Gloeckner (Utah Valley); Victoria Marthaler (Sacramento State); Sofia Shine (Cal State Fullerton)

Defensive Player of the Week 
Chloe Leluge, Cal Poly | Junior • Middle Blocker • Bend, Ore.
  • 38799Cal Poly’s Chloe Leluge was a defensive stopper for the Mustangs to claim a first career nod as Big West Defensive Player of the Week.  

  • The junior middle blocker was back in the rotation on Halloween after missing last weekend to shut down the UC San Diego attack, racking up nine block assists in a sweep of the Tritons. 

  • Leluge finished with the best single-match blocking performance by a Mustang this season and was one shy of tying a career high. The 3.00 blocks per set in a sweep is also tied for tops in The Big West in 2026.  


Also Nominated: Pola Bujnarowska (Long Beach State); Zariah Crosby (Cal State Fullerton); Analiese Gagliano (Cal State Bakersfield); Skyler Gartin (Sacramento State); Lani Toutai (Utah Valley) Whitney Wallace (UC Irvine); Cortni Youngblood (UC Santa Barbara)

Setter of the Week 
Alexis Haury, Cal Poly | Junior • Setter • Silverton, Ore.
  • Piloting Cal Poly to another winning weekend to run the streak to 12, Alexis Haury has been named Big West Setter of the Week for Nov. 2. This marks Haury’s fourth such honor of the season.  

  • The Big West leader averaged 11.57 assists and 3.00 digs per set on the road trip to Southern California where the Mustangs downed UC Irvine in four before sweeping through UC San Diego on Halloween.  

  • On Friday, the junior from Silverson, Ore., finished with 47 assists with nine digs and a pair of kills against the Anteaters.  

  • Haury closed the weekend with a ninth double-double of the season with 34 assists, 12 digs and four blocks while also adding three kills. 

  • Haury is the lone Big West setter over 10 assist per set with a 10.22 average on the season as the Cal Poly offense is sixth in the country hitting at a .290 clip.  


Also Nominated: Samantha Capinpin (Cal State Bakersfield); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Evalyn Medaris (Utah Valley); Milan Rex (UC Santa Barbara); Makenna Wiepert (Sacramento State)

Rookie of the Week 
Sofia Shine, Cal State Fullerton | Freshman • Outside Hitter • Placentia, Calif.
  • 27265Cal State Fullerton freshman Sofia Shine led the Titans to a weekend split in a pair of five-setters to claim a first career nod as Big West Rookie of the week for Nov. 2. 

  • Shine paced the teams with 41 total kills, or 4.10 per set, on .367 hitting in home matches against CSUN and Cal State Bakersfield.  

  • In the win over the Matadors, the outside hitter from Placentia, Calif., put down 16 kills  with four digs and a pair of blocks.  

  • In Saturday’s Halloween match, Shine set a new career high with 25 kills while adding seven blocks and seven digs against the Roadrunners.   


Also Nominated: Anna Bacchin (Cal State Bakersfield); Jessica Bates (UC Irvine); Kyler Birkelbach (Long Beach State); Anaiya Campbell (California Baptist); Chloe Hansen (Utah Valley); Mia Molnar (Sacramento State) Noe Vanacht (Cal Poly)