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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Boise State junior outside hitter Sierra Nobley has earned Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Bronco junior libero Maddi Osburn has garnered MW Women’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week accolades for matches played through Sunday, October 23, 2016. It is the seventh Conference weekly award for Nobley, while it is Osburn’s fifth career accolade.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SIERRA NOBLEY, BOISE STATE
Junior, Outside Hitter, Scottsdale, Arizona / Horizon HS
• Led Boise State to a 2-0 week with home wins against New Mexico and UNLV.
• Averaged 5.67 kills and 6.33 points per set with a .315 hitting percentage.
• Posted 17 kills with a season-high .500 attack percentage in a 3-0 victory versus the Lobos. She also had one service ace, five digs and one block assist.
• Helped put the match away by hitting .706 percent over the final two sets against UNM.
• In a 3-0 win against the then-league-leading Rebels, recorded 17 kills. She also had two assists, one service ace, six digs and three block assists.
• Landed two kills in the third set that gave the Broncos set point at 24-20, then the match at 25-22.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MADDI OSBURN, BOISE STATE
Junior, Libero, Nampa, Idaho / Vallivue HS
• Led Boise State defensively to a 2-0 record with victories against New Mexico and UNLV.
• Averaged 6.67 digs per set, and no reception errors for a 1.000 reception percentage, while playing in all six sets.
• Recorded 13 digs and 22 receptions against the Lobos. She also had two assists.
• Posted 27 digs and 17 receptions versus the Rebels. She also dished out three assists.
2016 Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Offensive Players of the Week
Aug. 29 – Elsa Descamps, So., MB, UNLV
Sept. 5 – Sierra Nobley, Jr., OH, Boise State
Sept. 12 – Alexis Patterson, Jr., S, UNLV
Sept. 19 – Deja Harria, So., MB, San Diego State
Sept. 26 – Katie Oleksak, Fr., S, Colorado State
Oct. 3 – Courtney Chacon, Sr., S, Wyoming
Oct. 10 – Jasmine Hanna, Jr., OH, Colorado State
Oct. 17 – Maddy O’Donnell, Sr., MB, Boise State
Oct. 24 – Sierra Nobley, Jr., OH, Boise State
2016 Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Defensive Players of the Week
Aug. 29 – Bree Hammel, Sr., RS, UNLV
Sept. 5 – Maddi Osburn, Jr., L, Boise State
Sept. 12 – Maggie Eppright, Sr., L, Fresno State
Sept. 19 – Maddi Osburn, Jr., L, Boise State
Sept. 26 – Reed Copeland, So., MB, Wyoming
Oct. 3 – Alexis Patterson, Jr., S, UNLV
Oct. 10 – Janell Walley, Fr., OH, Boise State
Oct. 17 – Maddi Osburn, Jr., L, Boise State
Oct. 24 – Maddi Osburn, Jr., L, Boise State
