Kendra Wait Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
9/11/2023 1:30:00 PM | Volleyball
Junior setter honored one week after picking up Defensive Player of the Week acclaim
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton Volleyball's Kendra Wait has been named the BIG EAST's Offensive Player of the Week after helping Creighton to a pair of wins last week.
The recognition comes one week after Wait earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week accolade, making her the first player since the league began splitting up its Player of the Week awards in 2017 to win Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors in the same or back-to-back weeks. Previously, only Creighton's Jaela Zimmerman (in March of 2021) had won both awards in the same month.
Wait averaged 9.91 assists, 3.18 digs, 1.18 kills and 0.73 blocks per set while hitting .440 in three matches last week.
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The two-time All-BIG EAST selection had 32 assists, eight digs, five kills, one block and one assist in Creighton's 3-1 loss to No. 4 Nebraska. The Bluejays became the first team all season to win a set over the Cornhuskers, as well as the lone team to hit over .100 versus NU.
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On Friday Wait notched a double-double with 30 assists, 15 digs, two blocks and two kills on .667 hitting in a 3-0 sweep over Omaha.
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She closed the week with 47 assists, 12 digs, six kills and five blocks on .267 hitting as Creighton handed Iowa State its first loss of the fall.
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 This is the first time in Wait's career that she's been named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, though the Gardner, Kan., native is a three-time Defensive Player of the Week honoree (once each in 2021, 2022 and 2023).
Ranked 16th in last week's AVCA poll, Creighton returns to the court on Friday at 5 p.m. when it meets defending Big South Conference champion High Point (6-3) in Minneapolis, Minn., to open play in the Diet Coke Classic.
The recognition comes one week after Wait earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week accolade, making her the first player since the league began splitting up its Player of the Week awards in 2017 to win Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors in the same or back-to-back weeks. Previously, only Creighton's Jaela Zimmerman (in March of 2021) had won both awards in the same month.
Wait averaged 9.91 assists, 3.18 digs, 1.18 kills and 0.73 blocks per set while hitting .440 in three matches last week.
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The two-time All-BIG EAST selection had 32 assists, eight digs, five kills, one block and one assist in Creighton's 3-1 loss to No. 4 Nebraska. The Bluejays became the first team all season to win a set over the Cornhuskers, as well as the lone team to hit over .100 versus NU.
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On Friday Wait notched a double-double with 30 assists, 15 digs, two blocks and two kills on .667 hitting in a 3-0 sweep over Omaha.
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She closed the week with 47 assists, 12 digs, six kills and five blocks on .267 hitting as Creighton handed Iowa State its first loss of the fall.
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 This is the first time in Wait's career that she's been named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, though the Gardner, Kan., native is a three-time Defensive Player of the Week honoree (once each in 2021, 2022 and 2023).
Ranked 16th in last week's AVCA poll, Creighton returns to the court on Friday at 5 p.m. when it meets defending Big South Conference champion High Point (6-3) in Minneapolis, Minn., to open play in the Diet Coke Classic.
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