Lindsey Licht (Nebraska) and Caitlyn Trice (Baylor) have been named the Big 12 Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for matches of Aug 23-29, the conference office announced. Missouri's Molly Kreklow also has been tabbed the Rookie of the Week.
Big 12 volleyball teams start their 2010 seasons this weekend.
Sydney Anderson (Nebraska) and Francie Ekwerekwu (Oklahoma) have been named candidates for the inaugural Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for volleyball.
Nebraska, Texas and Iowa State are beginning the 2010 campaign where they left off -- ranked in the top 10 of the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. NU, the Big 12 preseason favorite, leads the way at No. 2 followed by defending league champion UT and ISU at No. 3 and 9, respectively.
Senior volleyball standout Francie Ekwerekwu (Oklahoma) has been named one of five recipients of the 11th annual John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship.
Nebraska has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2010 Big 12 volleyball title in a vote of the Conference's head coaches. Juliann Faucette (Texas), the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, headlined the individual honors.
Five Big 12 volleyball matches will be televised in 2010, four on ESPNU and one on FSN, the Big 12 Conference announced.
The Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma City All Sports Association will host the 2014 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship on Dec. 18 and 20 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, it was announced.
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