Wayne State volleyballers Maggie Brahmer and Rachel Walker received Northern Sun Conference Volleyball Player of the Week honors for their play last week.
Brahmer was named Offensive Player of the Week after being named Defensive Player of the Week lst week, while Walker earned Setter of the Week honors for the first time this season.
Brahmer, a 6-foo junior middle hitter, averaged 4.44 kills and 1.44 blocks per set with an astounding .633 hitting percentage in leading the Wildcats to three wins last week. She has 15 kills with seven blocks and a .560 hitting percentage in Saturday’s 3-0 sweep at No. 10 Minnesota Duluth to go with 11 kills and six blocks in a 3-0 sweep Friday at No. 6 St. Cloud State. Brahmer started the week with 14 kills and no errors on 16 attacks with an .875 hitting percentage in a Tuesday 3-0 sweep over Peru State. For the week, Brahmer had 40 kills and just two errors on 60 total attacks.
This season, Brahmer leads the NSIC with a .409 hitting percentage and is tied for first with 1.20 blocks per set. She also ranks fifth in the league in points per set (4.11) and eighth in kills per set (3.45).
Walker, a 5-foot-9 senior setter, averaged 12.22 assists per set in three Wildcat wins while leading a Wayne State offense that posted an impressive .369 team hitting percentage that included two road top 10 wins in the league.
She had a weekend-best 39 assists with three blocks in Saturday’s 3-0 sweep at Duluth and had 37 assists with two service aces in a 3-0 Friday sweep at St. Cloud State.
For the season, Walker ranks fifth in the NSIC averaging 10.94 assists per set and she ranks second on the team in service aces with 16 to go with a team-high seven double-doubles.
