Amara Eziakonwa of Mount Olive and Gabrielle McGlamery of Emmanuel Named Women’s Volleyball Weekly Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Amara Eziakonwa of Mount Olive and Gabrielle McGlamery of Emmanuel were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for women’s volleyball for the week ending Oct. 23.
Eziakonwa was selected as the Player of the Week for the second time this season, while McGlamery earned Specialist of the Week accolades for the third straight week.
A 6-foot middle blocker from Tampa, Florida, Eziakonwa averaged 3.72 points per set behind 38 kills on a .349 hitting percentage with 14 service aces and 24 blocks, as the Trojans registered a perfect 4-0 mark in conference play last week. On Monday, Oct. 17, she posted a career-high six aces and 11 blocks, while adding seven kills in a 3-2 win at Belmont Abbey. Eziakonwa collected eight kills and three blocks in a 3-2 comeback win over Francis Marion on Wednesday, Oct. 19. She delivered 10 kills on a .333 hitting percentage on Friday, Oct. 21, with four service aces and two blocks in a 3-0 sweep at Southern Wesleyan and closed out the week with 13 kills on a .423 clip with four service aces and eight blocks in a reverse sweep over North Greenville, 3-2, on Saturday, Oct. 22.
A native of Fayetteville, Georgia, McGlamery tallied 66 assists, 11 per set, six digs, four kills and two blocks in leading Emmanuel to a 2-0 week. The 5-foot-11 junior setter began the week with 36 assists, two kills, one dig and one block in a conference sweep of Converse on Wednesday, Oct. 19 before adding 30 assists, five digs, two kills, one block and one ace in a league sweep of Erskine on Oct. 21. McGlamery is currently second in Conference Carolinas in assists with 882 in 89 sets for a 9.91 average.
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2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Volleyball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Aug. 29, 2022)
Player of the Week: Amara Eziakonwa, Mount Olive
Specialist of the Week: Kaylee Gillespie, Francis Marion
Week 2 (Sept. 5, 2022)
Player of the Week: Vanja Przulj, UNC Pembroke
Specialist of the Week: Katie Pressley, UNC Pembroke
Week 3 (Sept. 12, 2022)
Player of the Week: Jasmine Finkley, Converse
Specialist of the Week: Katie Harless, King
Week 4 (Sept. 19, 2022)
Player of the Week: Hailee Blankenship, King
Specialist of the Week: Katie Harless, King
Week 5 (Sept. 26, 2022)
Player of the Week: Katie Kemp, Francis Marion
Specialist of the Week: Ashlyn Conner, North Greenville
Week 6 (Oct. 3, 2022)
Player of the Week: Vanja Przulj, UNC Pembroke
Specialist of the Week: Ashlyn Conner, North Greenville
Week 7 (Oct. 10, 2022)
Player of the Week: Brianna Warren, UNC Pembroke
Specialist of the Week: Gabrielle McGlamery, Emmanuel
Week 8 (Oct. 17, 2022)
Player of the Week: Sydney Stigler, Lees-McRae
Specialist of the Week: Gabrielle McGlamery, Emmanuel
Week 9 (Oct. 24, 2022)
Player of the Week: Amara Eziakonwa, Mount Olive
Specialist of the Week: Gabrielle McGlamery, Emmanuel