Region 8 and the FCSAA would like to congratulate all student-athletes who are recognized as part of our Player of the Week Awards. Weekly honorees are automatically submitted for NJCAA Player of the Week consideration on behalf of Region 8 and the FCSAA.
DI Volleyball Player of the Week | DI Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week | DI Volleyball Setter of the Week | DII Volleyball Player of the Week | DII Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week | DII Volleyball Setter of the Week | Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
POTW Archives: August 29, 2023 | September 5, 2023 | September 12, 2023 | September 19, 2023
DI Volleyball Player of the Week
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Katielle Alonzo, Miami Dade
Fr. | OH
Miami, Fla.
- Averaged 4.1 kills and 1.9 digs over seven sets
- Also posted 1.0 block per set and a .322 hitting percentage
- Against No. 15 Polk State, she had 15 kills, four digs and give blocks
- Recorded 14 kills and nine digs vs. Hillsborough
Other nominees: Victoria Zibecchi, Florida SouthWestern; Keionna Mackey, Polk State
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DI Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
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Arianna Warner, Daytona State
So. | S
Saint Cloud, Fla.
- Averaged 3.9 digs over eight sets
- Also recorded 0.8 service aces and 0.4 assists per set
- Helped Daytona State to a pair of wins with 14 digs vs. Hillsborough and 17 vs. No. 12 Eastern Florida State
Other nominees: Clara Maidantchik, Florida SouthWestern; Izzy Collier, Florida SouthWestern; Mia Martinez, Miami Dade; Irene Mostardini, Polk State
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DI Volleyball Setter of the Week
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Madison O'Sullivan, Polk State
So. | S
Ormond Beach, Fla.
- Averaged 11.3 assists over seven sets
- Also posted 0.6 kills, 0.4 service aces, 0.9 digs and 0.3 blocks
- Had 37 assists vs. No. 2 Miami Dade then recorded 42 in a three-set win vs. Indian River State
Other nominees: Roberta Purashaj, Florida SouthWestern; Luzia Da Cruz, Miami Dade; Mya Mendoza, Daytona State
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DII Volleyball Player of the Week
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Kylie Ciani, Pasco-Hernando State
So. | OH
Brooksville, Fla.
- Averaged 4.5 kills and 4.4 digs over eight sets against a pair of nationally-ranked opponents
- Posted a .300 hitting percentage
- Had 16 kills and nine digs in a straight-set win vs. Gulf Coast State
- In a five-set defeat to Pensacola State, she had 20 kills and 26 digs
Other nominees: Zuzanna Michalska, Palm Beach State; Anyaliz Rodriguez, Pensacola State; Yarelis Lopez Osorio, Lake-Sumter State; Caelan Cook, State College of Florida
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DII Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
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Paige Patterson, Pensacola State
So. | MH
Saint Cloud, Fla.
- Averaged 1.1 blocks over 11 sets
- Had six blocks in the Pirates' five-set win at Pasco-Hernando State
- Recorded four blocks vs. State College of Florida and two vs. St. Petersburg
Other nominees: Jayden Ponsford, Lake-Sumter State; Kylie Ciani, Pasco-Hernando State; Rachel Carroll, State College of Florida
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DII Volleyball Co-Setters of the Week
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Ashlyn Banton, Palm Beach State
So. | DS
St. Augustine, Fla.
- Averaged 10.6 assists over 12 sets
- Also 0.5 kills, 0.1 service aces, 2.5 digs and 0.1 blocks per set
- Had a 52-assist night in a 4-set win vs. St. Johns River State and finished with 127 total for the week
- Also had 41 assists vs. Lake-Sumter and posted a double-double (34 assists, 12 digs) vs. Florida State College at Jacksonville
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Kiara Vega, Pensacola State
So. | S
Lake Mary, Fla.
- Averaged 10.8 assists over 11 sets
- Also posted 0.4 kills, 0.3 service aces, 2.3 digs and 0.5 blocks
- Her 51 assists helped Pensacola State outlast Pasco-Hernando State in five sets
- Had a 39-assist, 12-dig double-double vs. State College of Florida and 29 assists vs. St. Petersburg
Other nominees: Emily Warner, Lake-Sumter State; Morgan McGuire, State College of Florida
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Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
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Alyssa Spagnoli, Tallahassee
Fr.
Virginia Beach, Va.
- Finished 16th overall and was the top two-year runner at the University of West Florida's Argonaut Invitational
- Posted a 5K time of 23:03.2
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