Week 6: GPAC Women's Volleyball Players of the Week
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following Volleyball players-of-the-week for contests played September 25-October 1, 2023. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2023-2024 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.
Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Volleyball Players-of-the-Week
Attacker – Ady Dwight, Dakota Wesleyan University (Middle)
Dakota Wesleyan's Ady Dwight is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Attacker-of-the-Week. Dwight, a senior from Langford, South Dakota, continued her dominant season with two more 20-plus kill performances while compiling a very efficient .373 attack percentage. Dwight is currently first in the GPAC in kills by more than 100 kills more than second place. She sits in second in all the NAIA in kills and kills per set while being ninth in attack percentage, second in the GPAC.
Setter – Bree Burtwistle, Concordia University
Bree Burtwistle of Concordia University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Setter-of-the-Week. Burtwistle, a senior from Stanton, Nebraska, piled up 85 assists as top-ranked Concordia defeated Briar Cliff and Morningside in straight sets. Burtwistle added 23 digs, five kills, three blocks and two aces on the week. Burtwistle ranks second nationally with an average of 11.60 assists per set in 2023. She quarterbacks a squad that ranks No. 1 nationally in hitting percentage (.300).
Defender – Makenna Koima, Dordt University (Defensive Specialist)
Dordt defensive specialist Makenna Kooima is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Defender-of-the-Week. Kooima, a senior from Rock Valley, Iowa, averaged five digs per set in Dordt's upset of No. 11 College of Saint Mary on Saturday. She also had a 5.6 digs per set average this week as the Defenders went 2-0 and was perfect on 40 serve receptions.