Vanja Przulj of UNC Pembroke and Ashlyn Conner of North Greenville Named Women’s Volleyball Weekly Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Vanja Przulj of UNC Pembroke and Ashlyn Conner of North Greenville were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for women’s volleyball for the week ending Oct. 2.
Przulj was selected as the Player of the Week, while Conner earned Specialist of the Week accolades.
A 6-foot middle blocker, Przulj led the Braves to a 2-0 week in league play as she averaged 4.43 kills and 2.86 digs per set. A junior from Belgrade, Serbia, Przulj opened the week with 15 kills, six digs, two service aces, one assist and one block while hitting .250 in a sweep of Barton. She closed the week with a double-double at Converse with 16 kills and 14 digs in the four-set win. For the week she tallied 31 kills, 20 digs, three aces, two blocks and one assist. This is Przulj’s second Player of the Week honor this season.
A native of Dothan, Alabama, Conner dished out 110 assists (12.2/set) and added 19 digs, four blocks, three service aces and two kills to help the Crusaders to a 3-0 week with three sweeps. The 5-foot-8 junior setter opened the week with 36 assists, four digs and two blocks in a non-conference win over Emory & Henry. In a sweep of Emmanuel she collected a week-high 41 assists with 10 digs, two aces, one block and one kill. She added 33 assists, five digs, one block, one service ace and one kill before in a 3-0 win over Lees-McRae that kept NGU undefeated in league action. This is Conner’s second straight Specialist of the Week honor.
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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