Nike #HLVB Players of the Week (November 16)
Rachel White
INDIANAPOLIS (November 16, 2022) – Green Bay’s Alexandra Zakutney and Northern Kentucky’s Reilly Briggs earned the final Nike® #HLVB weekly awards of the season. Zakutney led the League with 6.0 kills per set and posted a .500 hitting percentage to pick up her third weekly honor of the season as the Phoenix earned a road sweep at Milwaukee. Briggs collected her second weekly honor of the season as she recorded 4.17 kills per set and hit .500 in a 2-0 week for the Norse.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK | ALEXANDRA ZAKUTNEY | GREEEN BAY | RS-JUNIOR | OH | OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
Alexandra Zakutney led Green Bay to their 22nd win of the season with a 3-0 sweep over Milwaukee on Friday. She finished with 18 kills (6.0 per set) on a .500 hitting percentage to go with nine digs, a block, and an ace. Zakutney leads the team and finished third in the Horizon League with 398 kills this regular season.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK | REILLY BRIGGS | NORTHERN KENTUCKY | SENIOR | OH/RS | LA PORTE, IND.
Reilly Briggs continued to lead the NKU attack in the final weekend of the regular season, helping the Norse complete back-to-back sweep victories at Youngstown State and Robert Morris. She finished the week totaling a combined 25 kills, 4.17 kills per set with a hitting percentage of .500. Briggs also contributed to NKU’s winning efforts defensively with 9.0 overall blocks and five digs.
2022 Nike® Players of the Week
August 31 – Callie Martin, Wright State & Paula Gursching, Youngstown State
September 7 – Angie Gromos, Green Bay & Sam Ott, Wright State
September 14 – Alexandra Zakutney, Green Bay & Paula Gursching, Youngstown State
September 21 – Tiffany Paalman, Green Bay & Jenna Story, Wright State
September 28 – Anna Burke, Northern Kentucky & Lainey Stephenson, Wright State
October 5 – Briana Brown, IUPUI & Paula Gursching, Youngstown State
October 12 – Reilly Briggs, Northern Kentucky & Paula Gursching, Youngstown State
October 19 – Alexandra Zakutney, Green Bay & Lainey Stephenson, Wright State
October 26 – Rachael Crucis, Purdue Fort Wayne & Jenna Story, Wright State
November 2 – Taylor Bransfield, Wright State & Paula Gursching Youngstown State
November 9 – Emma Walker, Cleveland State & Paula Gursching Youngstown State
November 16 – Alexandra Zakutney, Green Bay & Reilly Briggs, Northern Kentucky