Oct. 17, 2011
Player of the Week
Hannah Werth, Nebraska
OH – Jr. – Springfield, Ill. – Glenwood
- Averaged 4.0 kills, 2.9 digs, 0.8 blocks per set and recorded a .385 hitting percentage as No. 5 Nebraska won on the road against Wisconsin (3-0) and No. 14 Minnesota (3-2)
- Posted 17 kills on .536 hitting and added 10 digs against the Badgers
- Recorded her second double-double of the week against the Gophers, tallying 15 kills and 13 digs while adding six blocks
- Reels in her first weekly Big Ten award
- Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Gina Mancuso (Sept. 26, 2011)
Co-Defensive Player and Co-Freshman of the Week
Katie Dutchman, Northwestern
MB – Fr. – Del Mar, Calif. – Torrey Pines
- Notched 2.0 blocks and 0.8 digs per set, adding 2.1 kills per game against No. 20 Michigan and Michigan State
- Recorded seven blocks, nine kills and five digs against the Spartans, following with 11 blocks, 10 kills and three aces against the Wolverines
- Earns her first weekly awards
- Last Northwestern Defensive Player of the Week: Julie Chin (Aug. 29, 2011)
- Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Stephanie Holthus (Oct. 11, 2010)
Kierra Jones, Purdue
MB – Fr. – Fishers, Ind. – Hamilton Southeastern
- Posted 2.0 blocks per set in No. 11 Purdue’s matches against No. 9 Penn State and No. 24 Ohio State
- Recorded six blocks, five kills and a dig against the Nittany Lions
- Added six blocks and three kills in two sets against the Buckeyes
- Last Purdue Defensive Player of the Week: Stephanie Lynch (Dec. 1, 2008)
- Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Kierra Jones (Aug. 29, 2011)
2011 Big Ten Volleyball Players of the Week
Aug. 29
P: Stephanie Holthus, So., NU
D: Julie Chin, Jr., NU
F: Kierra Jones, PUR
Sept. 5
P: Michelle Bartsch, Sr., ILL
D: Jessica Granquist, Jr., MINN
F: Lexi Dannemiller, MICH
Sept. 12
P: Mari Hole, Jr., OSU
D: Caitlin Cox, Sr., IND; Sarah Mignin, Sr., OSU
F: Lexi Dannemiller, MICH
Sept. 19
P: Ashley Wittman, So., MINN
D: Sarah Mignin, Sr., OSU; Katie Slay, So., PSU
F: Taylor Sherwin, OSU
Sept. 26
P: Michelle Bartsch, Sr., ILL; Gina Mancuso, Jr., NEB
D: Erin Johnson, Jr., ILL
F: Kori Moster, MSU
Oct. 3
P: Ariel Turner, Jr., PUR
D: Katie Slay, So., PSU
F: Lexi Dannemiller, MICH
Oct. 11
P: Ariel Turner, Jr., PUR
D: Anna Dorn, Fr., ILL
F: Anna Dorn, ILL
Oct. 18
P: Hannah Werth, Jr., NEB
D: Katie Dutchman, Fr., NU; Kierra Jones, Fr., PUR
F: Katie Dutchman, NU; Kierra Jones, PUR
