DENVER – (Oct. 3) Sophomore middle blocker Maja Stojanovic has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2. This is her first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Cacak, Serbia, native led the Redhawks to a pair of WAC victories last week after averaging 4.33 points, 3.50 kills on .667 hitting, 1.00 blocks, 0.67 digs, 0.33 service aces and 0.33 assists per set. Stojanovic opened the week with nine kills on 16 swings and one error as Seattle U earned a straight-sets victory over UMKC on Thursday. She also added two assists, one service ace, three digs and two blocks.
On Saturday, she led all players with 12 kills on 14 attempts with zero errors for a WAC season-high .857 hitting percentage, the third-highest single-match hitting percentage in program history. She also added one ace, one dig and a team-high four blocks as Seattle U competed the weekend sweep. Stojanovic’s 12 kills against Chicago State was her second-highest output of the season.
Other nominees included: CSU Bakersfield’s Carol Grasso averaged 3.71 kills, 3.00 digs, 1.57 service aces and 0.57 blocks as the Roadrunners went 1-1 on the week ... Katrice Pond of Grand Canyon averaged 3.00 kills, 1.50 digs and 0.50 blocks per set last week ... UMKC’s Emma Hagedorn averaged 3.12 kills on .548 hitting and 0.50 blocks per set last week ... Tatyana Battle of NM State averaged 3.83 kills and 1.33 digs per set in a pair of wins last week ... UT Rio Grande Valley’s Bojana Mitrovic averaged 2.88 kills, 3.12 digs and 1.12 blocks per set as the Vaqueros went 1-1 on the week ... Madison Dennison of Utah Valley averaged 3.00 kills on .500 hitting and 1.88 blocks per set in two victories last week.