ARLINGTON, Texas – The Western Athletic Conference announced its Jersey Mikes a Sub Above weekly volleyball awards this week. The Wolverines swept the weekly awards, with Avery Shewell being named Player of the Week, Evalyn Chism Setter of the Week, and Lani Matavao named Libero of the Week.
 
It's the fifth time Shewell has brought home a Player of the Week award. She won two Offensive Player of the Week honors during her freshman season before adding three WAC Freshman of the Week award. This past week, she won her second Tournament MVP award after averaging 4.95 points per set on the weekend with 45 kills and nine blocks to help UVU win the Ellesyn Invitational. In the first two matches of the tournament, she recorded 16 kills against Montana and Southern Miss.
 
Chism wins her second consecutive WAC Setter of the Week honor after setting a new career-high 51 assists against Southern Miss and she added 14 digs for her second double-double of the year. She became the first setter to have at least 50 assists in a match since Kristi Lindley in 2007 in the win. She had 112 assists and averaged 10.18 assists/set during the three matches.
 
It's the fourth time Matavao has been named WAC Libero of the Week. She reached double digits in digs with 19 against Southern Miss and 17 against Boise State to help the Wolverines to a pair of wins at the Ellesyn Invitational. The sophomore libero recorded a season-high two service aces against Montana and added one in both UVU's other matches for four total on the weekend.
 
The Wolverines will head east to the Classic City Clash in Athens, Ga, this week. Utah Valley will open play on Friday at 3:00 p.m. MT against Jacksonville out of the ASUN before playing Boston College and (RV) Georgia on Saturday.