PrepDig VISAA D3 Players of the Week ending October 3, 2020

Ray Vance

October 22, 2020 @ 10:17 AM

PrepDig Virginia awards weekly awards for five categories each week: Player of the Week, Set<img class="size-medium wp-image-112976 alignleft" style="font-size: 1rem;" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/megan-1-264x300.png" alt="" width="264" height="300" />ter of the Week, Attacker of the Week, Defender of the Week and Team of the Week. The Player of the Week (POTW) is for the player who was the best two way player during that week’s games. The week consists of all matches from Sunday to Saturday. The Setter, Attacker and Defender of the Week are the top players in those categories but a player can only win one award each week. The Team of the Week is the top team for that period. A certificate for the award will be sent to each school for the recipients. We will also have monthly awards, All Division Awards, and All State Awards as well. Award priority is given for teams who submit scores and statistics but not exclusively using that criteria. [player_tooltip player_id="111467" first="Megan" last="James"], a junior from Guardian Christian Academy, is our Player of the Week was dominant offensively and defensively. Megan compiled 29 kills and 36 digs in two matches last week and added in 7 aces from the service line. The RVC 17 National Team player is also exceptional in serve receive and being the predominant offensive option for the rebuilding program after a strong 2019 which included a First Team All State selection. Emily Nordwell from Broadwater Christian (Exmore, VA) is our Defender of the Week. Emily helped lead her team to a 3-1 win over Denbigh Baptist with a strong and well rounded performance. The junior Outside Hitter had 12 digs, adding in 6 kills and 3 aces in a solid performance. Her serve receive was solid as well with just one reception error, hoping the offense to stay in system. Other nominees included Janna Renalds and Virginia Roberts from New Covenant. Hope Parrish from the Denbigh Baptist is our Attacker of the Week. Hope posted a double-double in a tough fought loss to Broadwater Christian. The sophomore was dominant with 18 kills in 25 swings and 11 digs defensively. Seniors [player_tooltip player_id="111416" first="Sarah" last="Heath"] (James River Home School), Virginia Roberts and Hanna Craven (New Covenant) were also nominees for this week’s award. The first weekly awards are for the week ending October 3, 2020. Our first Setter of the Week will be split between two players as both had great performances. Senior setter [player_tooltip player_id="111404" first="Phoebe" last="Prillaman"] from New Covenant (Lynchburg, VA) helped the Gryphons to a 3-1 win this week. The 2nd Team All State Selection from 2019 continues her great career with another solid performance with 20 assists. The three sport star is approaching 500 career assists. Berkeley Stenger from Denbigh Baptist has a great week of setting despite losing their matches this week. The sophomore led her team with 24 <img class="alignleft" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rms-rmfiles-production/client_photos/athlete_11869332_profile.jpg" alt="[player_tooltip player_id=" />assists against Broadwater Christian in a 3-1 loss despite her strong performance, adding in 4.5 blocks and 4 aces in the losing effort. The James River Home School Team is our Team of the Week for the week ending October 3, 2020. The Lady Eagles swept all four of their matches for the week with dominant performances from Senior Middle Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="111416" first="Sarah" last="Heath"] (pictured left), Setter Megan Love and Libero Phoebe Heath. The Eagles swept Guardian Christian twice during the week (3-0, 2-0) and The Carmel School.