Region Leaders (Week 5)

My cover photo is of Kara Spice (University of St Thomas) who is currently 4^th in the nation in Digs/Set. This will be our weekly regional leaders’ article that highlight some of the best of the best in our region. I will also be including top 5 teams in our region. This is now the third libero to be featured in this article as our region sure does defense well.

Previous Cover Photos:

Week 1: Morgan Nix (LeTourneau) Week 2: Mya Ray (La Verne) Week 3: Graycee Mosley (East Texas Baptist) Week 4: Halle Hetzler (Pacific Lutheran)

Here are the players in the Top 5 nationally in a statistic (through Sunday):

• Graycee Mosley (ETBU) is 3^rd in Kills/Set at 4.81

• Mya Ray (La Verne) is 5^th in Kills/Set at 4.51

• Halle Hetzler (Pacific Lutheran) is 1^st in Digs/Set at 7.12

• Morgan Nix (LeTourneau) is 2^nd in Digs/Set at 6.96

• Kara Spice (St Thomas) is 4^th in Digs/Set at 6.74

• Mara Murphy (Pacific) is 4^th in Attacks/Set at 13.22

Here are the teams in the Top 5 nationally in a statistic:

• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is 2^nd in Kills/Set at 14.14

• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is 2^nd in Assists/Set at 13.19

• La Verne is 3^rd in Assists/Set at 13.14

• St Thomas is 2^nd in Digs/Set at 20.67

• Texas Lutheran is 3^rd in Digs/Set at 20.30

• St Thomas is 1^st in Attacks/Set at 41.48

• Texas Lutheran is 5^th in Attacks/Set at 40.80

Here are the Region X Individual Leaders (through Sunday):

Aces per Set

1. Kennedy Kibby (George Fox) 0.62

2. Katie Shimaura (Lewis & Clark) 0.58

3. Ariana Carranza (Occidental) & Nadine Oronoz (Whittier) tied 0.57

Assists per Set

1. Georgia McGovern (CMS) 10.65

2. Malia Capistrano (La Verne) 10.39

3. Ava Alvarado (Dallas) 10.21

Attacks per Set

1. Mara Murphy (Pacific) 13.22

2. Graycee Mosley (ETBU) 12.15

3. Audrey Cataline (St Thomas) 12.10

Blocks per Set

1. Maddie Fate (Trinity) 1.29

2. Dravyn Hurd (UMHB) 1.26

3. Kaity Barr (Whitworth) 1.19

Digs per Set

1. Halle Hetzler (Pacific Lutheran) 7.12

2. Morgan Nix (LeTourneau) 6.96

3. Kara Spice (St Thomas) 6.74

Hitting Percentage

1. Maddie Fate (Trinity) 0.417

2. Dravyn Hurd (UMHB) 0.374

3. Emily Blagg (George Fox) & Kaity Barr (Whitworth) tied 0.359

Kills per Set

1. Graycee Mosley (ETBU) 4.81

2. Mya Ray (La Verne) 4.51

3. Jenna Holmes (CMS) 4.16

Points per Set

1. Graycee Mosley (ETBU) 5.18

2. Mya Ray (La Verne) 4.99

3. Mara Murphy (Pacific) 4.72

Triple-Doubles

1. Shavonne Respondek (TLU) 2