{"id":164683,"date":"2022-09-06T14:39:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T00:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=164683"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:39:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T00:39:47","slug":"volleyball-big-west-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/06\/volleyball-big-west-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine volleyball players pick up Big West awards"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women’s volleyball<\/a> players Amber Igiede<\/strong> and Caylen Alexander<\/strong> both received individual Big West Conference (BWC<\/abbr>) weekly awards on September 5.<\/p>\n

Igiede earned her second career Big West Defensive Player of the Week honor and fourth overall BWC<\/abbr> weekly award. Alexander was named Big West Freshman of the Week after notching her first career double-double on September 4 against No. 23 UCLA<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

On offense, Igiede led the Rainbow Wahine with 47 kills (4.27 kills\/set) and a .449 hitting percentage, while on defense she patrolled the net amassing 23 total blocks (2.09 blocks\/set). In the Outrigger Volleyball Challenge<\/a> opener against Texas State, Igiede tied her career-high with a match-high 20 kills while she was in on four blocks and four digs. Against West Virginia, she posted a match-high of 16 kills and nine blocks, which included a career-high tying three-block solos. In the tourney finale versus No. 23 UCLA<\/abbr>, Igiede recorded 11 kills while tying her career-high with 11 blocks.<\/p>\n

Alexander recorded 31 kills, 18 digs, three blocks and two service aces this past week. Against UCLA<\/abbr>, she put down a match-high 18 kills and 11 digs—both career-highs. Alexander had nine kills and six digs against Texas State, as well as four kills and a dig against West Virginia. Overall, she is third on the team with 53 kills, and leads UH<\/abbr> with seven service aces.<\/p>\n

For more, visit hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amber Igiede and Caylen Alexander were named Big West Defensive Player of the Week and Big West Freshman of the Week, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,714,9,550],"class_list":["post-164683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t