Week of Sept. 7-13: Megan Thigpen, Alaska Fairbanks (OH, 5-10, Sr., Spokane, WA – Mead) and Stacie Meisner, Alaska Anchorage (L, 5-8, Sr., Gering, NE) led their respective teams to 3-1 records in Hawaii. . .Thigpen, who currently ranks second in the GNAC in points (4.51), kills (3.82) and service aces (0.51), had 58 kills, 49 digs and seven aces as UAF earned road wins against Chaminade, Hawaii Pacific and BYU-Hawaii. . .Meisner, who earned all-tournament honors at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational (Sept. 4-5), had 86 digs in UAA's four matches in Hawaii. “Stacie had a great two days in Hawaii making some amazing digs and also doing a great job in serve receive,” UAA coach Chris Green said. “Her digs were often good enough for us to convert offensively.”

Crotteau

Week of Sept. 14-20 and Nov. 2-8: Devon Crotteau, Montana State Billings (OH, 6-0, Sr., Casper, Wyo. – Northern Colorado) had 48 kills and 23 digs and hit for a .349 percentage as the Yellowjackets, who were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC in the pre-season coaches poll, nearly pulled off a sweep in Alaska, losing in five sets at Fairbanks after leading 2-0, then sweeping Alaska Anchorage 3-0. Crotteau's 31 kills at UAF were a GNAC season-best. . .For the week of Nov. 2-8, she had 32 kills and hit for a .391 percentage (32-7-64) leading the Yellowjackets to sweeps of Western Oregon and Alaska Fairbanks. MSUB has won five straight since sustaining back-to-back home losses to Central Washington and Western Washington in mid-October. Crotteau, who currently ranks sixth in GNAC history with 1,318 kills, also had 25 digs and three blocks in the two wins.

Week of Sept. 21-27: Jackie Matthisen, Alaska Anchorage (MB, 5-11, So., Anchorage, AK – East Anchorage) had 67 kills, including 50 in 3-2 road wins at Western Washington and Central Washington. She also contributed 40 digs and 11 blocks. Matthisen had a career-high 28 kills, the second most in the GNAC this fall, as the Seawolves ended a 17-match losing streak to Western Washington Thursday. On Saturday, she had 22 kills including four during a 6-0 run as UAA overcame a 13-9 deficit in the fifth set as the Seawolves completed a sweep of the two Washington schools with another 3-2 victory.

Porter	Grant

Week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4: Lindsay Grant, Northwest Nazarene (OH, 6-1, Sr., Nampa, ID – Nampa Christian) and Melissa Porter, Montana State Billings (MB, 6-3, Redmond, UT – North Sevier). . .Grant had 29 kills, the second highest total by any player in the conference this fall, and 21 digs as the Crusaders edged Montana State Billings in five sets. In two matches including a non-conference contest with College of Idaho, she had 46 kills and 44 digs to increase her career totals to 1,012 and 1,170, respectively. She is the 24 th player in GNAC history to record 1,000 kills and currently ranks 18 th in career digs. . .Porter led the Yellowjackets, who have been perhaps the most surprising team in the GNAC this fall, to wins over second-place Alaska Anchorage and GNAC front-runner Seattle Pacific. In three matches, she had 29 kills and a team-best 16 blocks, making several momentum changing plays especially in Monday's win against the Seawolves. Her third-set block ignited a comeback from a 17-11 deficit and she then she later had a kill to break a 24-24 tie in a 26-24 set victory. She finished with 10 kills and four blocks against UAA, then had 13 kills and seven blocks against NNU before contributing six kills and five blocks against SPU.

Week of Oct. 5-11: Sarah Risser, Seattle Pacific (OH, 5-9, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA – Dos Pueblos) had a pair of 22-kill performances in wins against Central Washington and Northwest Nazarene. Her only previous 20+ kill career performance came against Cal State Stanislaus in SPU's 2008 season opener. Her 22 kills in Thursday's 3-1 win at Central Washington is the second highest total this fall in the GNAC in a four-set match. Risser also had 41 digs in the two matches and currently ranks fourth in the GNAC in points (4.20), fifth in kills (3.13) and 11 th in digs (3.13). She is one of the main reasons the Falcons already have four more wins this season than a year ago when they finished with an 8-18 record.

Jepsen	Lundberg

Week of Oct. 12-18: Emily Jepsen, Western Washington (MB, 5-11, So., Kennewick, WA - Kamiakin) and Cortney Lundberg, Alaska Anchorage (MB, 6-1, Jr., Hardin, MT – Miles CC). . .Both Jepsen and Lundberg had impressive hitting percentages in leading their teams to a pair of victories. Jepsen had 30 kills and hit for a .509 percentage as the Vikings beat Western Oregon 3-1 and swept Montana State Billings to move to within one-half match of the conference lead. Jepsen also led the Vikings in their two victories with three aces and eight blocks. . .Lundberg had 22 kills and hit for a .556 percentage in sweeps of Seattle Pacific and Northwest Nazarene as UAA earned a share of first-place in the conference with the Falcons. She also contributed to 12 of UAA's 17 blocks, earning five solos and seven assists. UAA has now won 15 consecutive sets during which Lundberg has hit for a .576 percentage (56-7-85) and had 20 blocks including seven solos. On the season she ranks fourth in the GNAC in hitting percentage (.337) and second in blocks (1.06).

Week of Oct. 19-25: Jody Lutz, Montana State Billings (MB, 6-1, Fr., Dugald, Manitoba) had 13 kills and 10 blocks, nearly doubling her season set average in both categories, in leading Montana State Billings to a pair of 3-0 road sweeps of Saint Martin's and Western Oregon. She had five blocks in each contest as the Yellowjackets controlled the net outblocking its two opponents 21-11. The two wins gives MSUB, under first-year coach Steve Smith, 13 victories on the season, nearly doubling last season's victory total of seven when they won just four conference games.

Week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Alexa Sherman, Alaska Fairbanks (S, 5-9, Sr., Calabasas , CA) had 91 assists, 14 digs and five blocks and hit for a .684 percentage (14-1-19) to lead the Nanooks to a pair of 3-1 road victories at Lacey and Monmouth, respectively. Sherman had 10 kills in 11 attempts and also contributed 50 assists in Saturday's win at Western Oregon as UAF set a GNAC single-match record for four set contests with a .407 percentage (66-16-123). The Nanooks smashed the old record of .385 they set against Humboldt State in 2003.

Week of Nov. 2-8: Jackie Matthisen, Alaska Anchorage (OH, 5-11, So., Anchorage, AK – East Anchorage) had 34 kills, 22 digs and four blocks to lead the Seawolves to wins over Northwest Nazarene and Seattle Pacific. Matthisen hit for a .297 percentage in the two matches as UAA extended its win streak to a school-record 12 and clinched their first ever GNAC volleyball title. Matthisen had 21 kills in Saturday's 3-1 win over Seattle Pacific, scoring two of the final four points of the match.