DENVER – Hawai’i sophomore outside hitter Kanani Danielson has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 16-22. This is the fifth WAC Player of the Week honor of the season for Danielson and the sixth of her career.
The ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu (Kamehameha Schools) native tallied a career-high 32 kills, six digs and two assists in a four-set win over Utah State that capped Hawai’i’s perfect record in WAC play at 16-0. Danielson averaged 8.00 kills on .455 hitting, 1.50 digs, 0.50 assists and 8.12 points per set. Her 32 kills were the most in a match by a UH player since 2006.
Other nominees included: Alisha Young of Boise State tallied 10 kills on a season-best .409 hitting in a loss at Idaho … Fresno State’s Brianna Clarke averaged 3.38 kills on .373 hitting and 1.88 blocks … Anna McKinney of Idaho posted 10 blocks on a sweep of Fresno State to move her season block assists total to a school record 159 … Nevada’s Jorgan Staker had 10 kills, four block assists and hit .421 in a loss to Utah State ... Katie Astle of Utah State hit .382 and averaged 2.12 kills and 1.50 blocks per set as the Aggies went 1-1 on the week.
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