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Offensive Player of the Week  Victoria Marthaler, Sacramento State | Junior • Outside Hitter • Alburquerque, N.M.

• Big West leader Victoria Marthaler powered Sacramento State to a pair of home wins to earn Big West Offensive Player of the Week for the third time of the season. Marthaler also took home acclaim on Sept. 7 and Oct. 12.  

• The junior combined for 47 kills over eight sets to average 5.88 kills per set on .330 hitting and 2.13 digs per set along with seven aces and five blocks in wins against UC Irvine and UC San Diego.  

• In Thursday’s outing against the Anteaters, Marthaler produced 17 kills, nine digs and a career-high four aces in a three-set sweep.  

• The outside hitter from Alburquerque, N.M., posted a season-high 30 kills while hitting .364 and career-best five blocks in Saturday’s five-set victory over the Tritons. This marks a fourth career match reaching the 30+ kill plateau.  

• Marthaler currently leads The Big West in kills (4.37) and points (4.92) average, with both figures ranking in the top 20 in NCAA Division I.  

Also Nominated: Fallyn Blotzer (CSUN); Casi Doll (UC Riverside); Emma Fredrick (Cal Poly); Molly McCluskey (UC San Diego); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Miley Thunstrom (Utah Valley); Jordyn Waite-Ward (Cal State Bakersfield)

Defensive Player of the Week  Leylah Duran, Cal State Bakersfield | Freshman • Middle Blocker • Peoria, Ariz.

• Leylah Duran helped Cal State Bakersfield to a pair of sweeps to claim Big West Defensive Player of the Week for No. 9. Duran is just the third Roadrunner to earn a weekly defensive nod, joining Katerina Georgiadis and Paige Calvin on the all-time listings.  

• Duran, a freshman from Peoria, Ariz., averaged 1.67 blocks per set while also chipping in 1.67 kills per set in the tidy home wins against UC Riverside and California Baptist.  

• The middle blocker registered three denials with five kills and five aces on Friday against the Highlanders.  

• On Saturday, Duran tallied seven blocks against the Lancers with five kills on .444 hitting (5-1-9) with two more service aces in the three-setter.  

• The consecutive sweeps for the `Runners are the first since the 2022 season. 

Also Nominated: Paulina Baillie (UC San Diego); Jagoda Bialek (California Baptist); Alexis Haury (Cal Poly); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Lani Toutai (Utah Valley); Whitney Wallace (UC Irvine)

Setter of the Week  Makenna Wiepert, Sacramento State | Junior • Setter • Sherwood, Ore.

• Directing Sacramento State to a pair of home wins to position themselves in a tie for third in the league standings, Makenna Wiepert has earned Big West Setter of the Week for Nov. 9. The award is a third of the season after earning back-to-back nods in September (Sept. 21 & 28). 

• The Hornets hit a combined .313 in the winning weekend with Wiepert averaging 11.50 assists and 3.38 digs per set with a pair of double-doubles while adding six service aces to the stat sheet.  

• The junior posted 35 assists with 16 digs and two aces in Thursday’s sweep of UC Irvine. 

• The performance was followed up with a career-high 57 assists alongside 11 digs and four aces in a five-set win over UC San Diego on Saturday as the Hornets extended their win streak to four. 

• Wiepert leads The Big West with 44 service aces (0.45 per set) and is second in the conference with 9.58 assists per set with two weeks of the regular season remaining. 

Also Nominated: Samantha Capinpin (Cal State Bakersfield); Alexis Haury (Cal Poly); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Brynne McGhie (UC San Diego); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Evalyn Medaris (Utah Valley)

Rookie of the Week  Fallyn Blotzer, CSUN | Sophomore • Outside Hitter • Corona, Calif.

• CSUN’s Fallyn Blotzer led the Matadors to a pair of five-set victories to claim a first career Big West weekly award, picking up Rookie of the Week honors for Nov. 9. Blotzer is the first CSUN rookie to win the award since 2023 (Paige Sentes; Oct. 9, 2023). 

• Blotzer paced the offense with 42 kills in 10 sets of action (4.20 per set) on .333 hitting with 2.90 digs per set, nine total blocks and a pair of aces against Inland Empire foes.  

• In Thursday’s win against the Lancers, the sophomore outside hitter led all players with 21 kills on a .390 clip with 13 digs four the double-double with six blocks on the front row.  

• The product of Corona, Calif., equaled the season high with 21 kills and 16 digs while also adding three blocks and two aces in the victorious home effort over the Highlanders on Saturday.  

Also Nominated: Anna Bacchin (Cal State Bakersfield); Kyler Birkelbach (Long Beach State); Taylor Boice (UC Irvine) Bree Carson (Utah Valley); Casi Doll (UC Riverside); Nikola Gamlin (Sacramento State); Gia Rivera (UC San Diego); Noe Vanacht (Cal Poly)