Region Leaders (Week 8)

My cover photo is of Kaity Barr (Whitworth) who is currently 5^th in the nation in Blocks/Set. Kaity is a great story as she was First Team All-NWC in 2021 before getting injured and missing almost the entire 2022 season. Glad she’s back and doing great. 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.

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) Week 5: Kara Spice (St Thomas) Week 6: Georgia McGovern (CMS) Week 7: Shavonne Respondek (TLU)

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

• Audrey Sawyer (CMS) is 5^th in Hitting Percentage at 0.408

• Mya Ray (La Verne) is 4^th in Kills/Set at 4.77

• Graycee Mosley (ETBU) is 5^th in Kills/Set at 4.68

• Georgia McGovern (CMS) is 1^st in Assists/Set at 11.27

• Halle Hetzler (Pacific Lutheran) is 1^st in Digs/Set at 7.07

• Morgan Nix (LeTourneau) is 2^nd in Digs/Set at 6.88

• Mya Ray (La Verne) is 4^th in Points/Set at 5.26

• Kaity Barr (Whitworth) is 5^th in Digs/Set at 1.24

• Shavonne Respondek (TLU) is 5^th in Triple-Doubles at 4

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

• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is 3^rd in Hitting Percentage at 0.281

• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is 1^st in Kills/Set at 14.89

• La Verne is 4^th in Kills/Set at 14.06

• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is 1^st in Assists/Set at 13.86

• La Verne is 2^nd in Assists/Set at 13.30

• Texas Lutheran is 1^st in Digs/Set at 20.93

• St Thomas is 5^th in Digs/Set at 20.02

• Whitworth is 5^th in Blocks/Set at 2.49

• Texas Lutheran is 2^nd in Attacks/Set at 41.23

• St Thomas is 3^rd in Attacks/Set at 41.07

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

Aces per Set

1. Ariana Carranza (Occidental) 0.60

2. Akira Anderson (Puget Sound) & Makenzie Weddel (Howard Payne) tied 0.59

Assists per Set

1. Georgia McGovern (CMS) 11.27

2. Malia Capistrano (La Verne) 10.57

3. Olivia Evaro (Pacific Lutheran) 10.01

Attacks per Set

1. Graycee Mosley (ETBU) 12.47

2. Mara Murphy (Pacific) 12.10

3. Mya Ray (La Verne) 11.59

Blocks per Set

1. Kaity Barr (Whitworth) 1.24

2. Jadyn Hernandez (Hardin-Simmons) 1.14

3. Dravyn Hurd (UMHB) & Maddie Fate (Trinity) tied at 1.13

Digs per Set

1. Halle Hetzler (Pacific Lutheran) 7.07

2. Morgan Nix (LeTourneau) 6.88

3. Kara Spice (St Thomas) 6.11

Hitting Percentage

1. Audrey Sawyer (CMS) 0.408

2. Maddie Fate (Trinity) 0.405

3. Kaity Barr (Whitworth) 0.404

Kills per Set

1. Mya Ray (La Verne) 4.77

2. Graycee Mosley (ETBU) 4.68

3. Jenna Holmes (CMS) 4.11

Points per Set

1. Mya Ray (La Verne) 5.26

2. Graycee Mosley (ETBU) 5.12

3. Jenna Holmes (CMS) 4.67

Triple-Doubles

1. Shavonne Respondek (TLU) 4

2. Halle Blend (Caltech) & Lizzy Kerman (Occidental) tied 1