ST. LOUIS – Illinois State volleyball's Kaylee Martin has been honored with the Missouri Valley Conference's Player of the Week award, the league office announced on Monday afternoon. This is the second weekly honor for the junior.
Martin went off this weekend, as the Redbirds opened MVC play with a pair of sweeps for the second-straight year. The junior accumulated 34 kills to average 5.67 kills per set behind an impressive .483 hitting. In ISU's conference-opening sweep of Missouri State, Martin turned in a three-set career-high 20 kills on .621 hitting to help the Redbirds finish with the league's weekend-best single-match attacking percentage of .344.
Martin kept her foot on the gas pedal on Saturday, returning to the court and tallying a match-leading 14 kills, while hitting at a .355 clip, in ISU's sweep of the Salukis. The Sterling, Illinois, native also added nine digs (1.50 per set) on the weekend. Her hitting percentage against MSU was the second-highest in the league this weekend, while her combined kills per set average (5.67) ranks second in the MVC.
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