STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford outside hitter Kathryn Plummer and libero Morgan Hentz have been named the Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively.
Plummer, a junior from Aliso Viejo, California, averaged 5.50 kills and 5.92 points per set, while hitting .433 in sweeps over then-No. 21 Washington State and then-No. 18 Washington. The outside hitter recorded a match-high 16 kills on .387 hitting against the Cougars and 17 kills with a .483 attack percentage versus the Huskies.
Hentz collected 5.67 digs per set against the Washington schools. The Lakeside Park, Kentucky, native turned in her fifth 20-dig match performance of the season versus Washington State and notched a match-best 14 digs in three sets against Washington State.
Plummer leads the Pac-12 in conference matches with 5.54 kills and 5.90 points per set, while Hentz in the league leader with 5.54 digs per set.
It marks the sixth career weekly honor for both Plummer and Hentz. It is the fifth weekly award for Hentz this season and the third for Plummer. Stanford now has 113 player of the week honors all-time.
No. 2 Stanford begins a four-match road swing this week, travelling to Oregon State on Friday and No. 16 Oregon on Sunday.
Stop us if you've heard this before: @StanfordWVB's @HentzMorgan is the #Pac12VB Defensive Player of the Week.
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) October 15, 2018
This is the fifth (??) time this season she earns the honor ?? https://t.co/Nt5yPFKRpZ pic.twitter.com/uYR5FETi5S