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For the second time this season, the Kansas Jayhawks have swept the Big 12 volleyball weekly awards as Tiana Dockery (Navajo Nation) claims the Offensive Player of the Week with Cassie Wait earning the defensive honor and Ainise Havili garnering the Rookie of the Week.
The Jayhawks swept the trio of honors during the week of Oct. 20, marking just the fourth time one school had claimed all three honors in the same season. Kansas becomes the first school to accomplish the feat twice in the same year (Nebraska, Oct. 27, 2008; Iowa State, Nov. 16, 2009; Missouri, Sept. 7, 2010; and Kansas, Oct. 20 & Nov. 10, 2014).
This marks the third Big 12 weekly award for Dockery, who won Offensive Player of the Week on one occasion last year and a Rookie of the Week honor in 2012. Wait earns her second Defensive Player of the Week selection this season while Havili picks up her third Rookie recognition.
Offensive Player of the Week
Tiana Dockery, Kansas, Jr., OH, Richmond, Texas/Foster
For the week, Dockery chalked up 32 kills for an average of 4.57 – second-highest in the league on the week. Dockery also turned in 20 digs over the two-match span and 1.00 blocks per set, putting her well over five points per frame. Against Baylor at home, Dockery was the only Jayhawk in double-digits with 12 kills in three quick sets against the Bears. After KU dropped the first set at Texas Tech on Saturday, Dockery recorded 17 kills for the remainder of the match to power KU to win the next three-straight sets. Her 20 kills against the Red Raiders were a season-high and just one short of her career high of 21 . Her 13 digs accounted for Dockery’s third double-double of the year, while she added four blocks as well. For the week, Dockery led the league in points, averaging 5.14.
Defensive Player of the Week
Cassie Wait, Kansas, So., L, Gardner, Kan./Gardner-Edgerton
For the week, Wait led the Big 12 in digs (35) and digs per set (5.00) to help Kansas keep its hold on fourth place in the conference standings. Overall, Wait ranks second in the Big 12 in digs (452) and third in digs per set (4.76). For the season, Wait is climbing KU’s single season digs list. After this week, she is at 452 digs, putting her seventh on the top-10 list.
Rookie of the Week
Ainise Havili, Kansas, Fr., S, Fort Worth, Texas/Haltom
This week, Havili led KU to a 2-0 record with wins against Baylor and Texas Tech, averaging 12.00 assists per set to lead the Big 12, along with a 2.43 dig average. Against Baylor, she handed out 38 assists before tallying 46 assists on the road at Texas Tech. Against the Red Raiders, Havili came one dig short of her 13th double-double of the year. Havili leads the Big 12 in conference-only action with 11.29 assists per set and is the only setter with more than 500 assists in league matches (508).
