Ava Martin Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
8/28/2023 2:00:00 PM | Volleyball
Martin led the BIG EAST with 4.45 kills per set, was named All-Tourney at Purdue
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton sophomore Ava Martin is the first BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week of the season after helping the Bluejay Volleyball team to a title at the Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier in West Lafayette, Ind., last weekend.
Martin was named to the All-Tournament Team after posting a BIG EAST-leading 4.45 kills per set. Martin got better with each match throughout the weekend. She opened with 14 kills and four digs on .265 hitting in the win over defending Atlantic 10 Conference champion Loyola (Chicago), then produced 15 kills and six digs on .268 hitting in the sweep of No. 16 Purdue to snap the Boilermakers 35-match home win streak in non-conference play. She closed out her weekend with 20 kills and eight digs on .405 hitting against Duke, with the kill and dig totals both ranking as the second-most for a match in her career.
All told, the Overland Park, Kan., native hit .312 for the week and also contributed 1.64 digs per set.
This is the first time Martin has been named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, though she was a four-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week last fall when she was voted BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.
Martin's teammate, senior Ellie Bolton, was named to the league's weekly Honor Roll after averaging 4.82 digs per set to take home MVP honors at the Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier. The league awarded Defensive Player of the Week honors to Butler's Jaymeson Kinley and Freshman of the Week acclaim to Seton Hall's Rylee Nelson.
Creighton will host the Bluejay Invitational this weekend, facing Ball State (Friday, 6 pm), LSU (Saturday, 5 pm) and Northern Iowa (Sunday, 2:30 pm).
Martin was named to the All-Tournament Team after posting a BIG EAST-leading 4.45 kills per set. Martin got better with each match throughout the weekend. She opened with 14 kills and four digs on .265 hitting in the win over defending Atlantic 10 Conference champion Loyola (Chicago), then produced 15 kills and six digs on .268 hitting in the sweep of No. 16 Purdue to snap the Boilermakers 35-match home win streak in non-conference play. She closed out her weekend with 20 kills and eight digs on .405 hitting against Duke, with the kill and dig totals both ranking as the second-most for a match in her career.
All told, the Overland Park, Kan., native hit .312 for the week and also contributed 1.64 digs per set.
This is the first time Martin has been named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, though she was a four-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week last fall when she was voted BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.
Martin's teammate, senior Ellie Bolton, was named to the league's weekly Honor Roll after averaging 4.82 digs per set to take home MVP honors at the Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier. The league awarded Defensive Player of the Week honors to Butler's Jaymeson Kinley and Freshman of the Week acclaim to Seton Hall's Rylee Nelson.
Creighton will host the Bluejay Invitational this weekend, facing Ball State (Friday, 6 pm), LSU (Saturday, 5 pm) and Northern Iowa (Sunday, 2:30 pm).
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