Volleyball's Martin Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
11/3/2025 1:30:00 PM | Volleyball
Senior honored for fourth time this fall.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior outside hitter Ava Martin has been named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after a record-setting performance in Creighton Volleyball's win over Marquette on Saturday.
Martin averaged 5.25 kills, 1.75 digs and 0.38 aces per set while hitting .438 as Creighton defeated DePaul and Marquette last week.
The Overland Park, Kan., native had 12 kills, four digs and an ace on Friday, hitting .375 in a 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul and moving past Olympian Taryn Kloth for fifth on CU's all-time kills list.
She followed that up with a career-high 30 kills on .464 hitting in a come-from-behind 3-2 win vs. Marquette, adding 10 digs for her second double-double of the fall. Martin's 30 kills tied a D.J. Sokol Arena record and were tied for third-most in Creighton history at any site. It was her 18th straight match with 10 or more kills and 17th contest in a row that Martin has led or tied for the team-lead in kills.
This is the fourth time this season that Martin has won BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week acclaim, also doing so on Sept. 22, Oct. 6 and Oct. 27, and eighth time in her career. Since Creighton joined the BIG EAST 13 seasons ago, only Norah Sis (9 times) has been recognized more as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week among Bluejays.
Martin's teammate, Annalea Maeder, was named to the league's honor roll after ranking second in the BIG EAST last week in both assists (11.00) and aces (0.75) per set last week.
 Winners of 14 straight matches, No. 12 Creighton (19-5, 12-0 BIG EAST) is back in action on Friday at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts Villanova to open its final homestand of the season.
Martin averaged 5.25 kills, 1.75 digs and 0.38 aces per set while hitting .438 as Creighton defeated DePaul and Marquette last week.
The Overland Park, Kan., native had 12 kills, four digs and an ace on Friday, hitting .375 in a 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul and moving past Olympian Taryn Kloth for fifth on CU's all-time kills list.
She followed that up with a career-high 30 kills on .464 hitting in a come-from-behind 3-2 win vs. Marquette, adding 10 digs for her second double-double of the fall. Martin's 30 kills tied a D.J. Sokol Arena record and were tied for third-most in Creighton history at any site. It was her 18th straight match with 10 or more kills and 17th contest in a row that Martin has led or tied for the team-lead in kills.
This is the fourth time this season that Martin has won BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week acclaim, also doing so on Sept. 22, Oct. 6 and Oct. 27, and eighth time in her career. Since Creighton joined the BIG EAST 13 seasons ago, only Norah Sis (9 times) has been recognized more as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week among Bluejays.
Martin's teammate, Annalea Maeder, was named to the league's honor roll after ranking second in the BIG EAST last week in both assists (11.00) and aces (0.75) per set last week.
 Winners of 14 straight matches, No. 12 Creighton (19-5, 12-0 BIG EAST) is back in action on Friday at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts Villanova to open its final homestand of the season.
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