JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman middle blocker Jenna Wilson (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) has been named the Tennessee Sportswriters Association's volleyball Player of the Week. The senior is the first Eagle volleyball player to earn the honor in the program's history.
"It's a huge honor to me," Wilson said of her accoloade. "I'm shocked to even hear that and I am really grateful."
Wilson began the week by matching a season-high with 20 kills on a .429 attack percentage to go along with 3.5 total blocks at Mars Hill in a five-set victory. On Friday night, the senior matched a season high with five total blocks to accompany 10 kills in a four-set win over Queens (N.C.). She capped the weekend with 10 kills and five blocks assists in a sweep of Catawba and five kills and 1.5 blocks in a three-set triumph over Belmont Abbey.
The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native is on pace to shatter the Carson-Newman single season attack percentage record of .317 that Katie Troyer set in 2008. Wilson currently ranks 16th in the country with a .389 percentage.
"It says that we are a developing program," Wilson said of local and national attention for Carson-Newman volleyball. "We can only get better from here and I'm just really proud of all of my teammates and all of the hard work that we've put in is paying off."
Wilson is also putting up huge blocking numbers. Her 86 this season rank second in the South Atlantic Conference while her 1.18 blocks per set are good for 20th among Division II players.
TSWA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
September 4 – Brittnay Estes, Lipscomb University
September 9 – Lauren Ford, Lipscomb University
September 16 – Summer Kremer, King University
September 23 – Jada Stotts, Austin Peay
September 30 – Jada Stotts, Austin Peay
October 7 – Chelsea Ross, Middle Tennessee
October 14 – Katelyn Atkinson, Trevecca University
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