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Thompson Earns Fifth MVC Freshman Of The Week Honor

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Freshman outside hitter Hannah Thompson (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive week and fifth time this fall according to an announcement by the league office Monday afternoon.

Thompson has earned the Valley Freshman of the Week award four of the last six weeks since the start of the conference schedule and is just the fifth five-time MVC Freshman of the Week in league history. Joining Thompson as five-time MVC Freshman of the Week honorees are Illinois State's Stef Jankiewicz (2017), Daniele Messa (2016) & Shanda Harper (2006) of Missouri State along with Wichita State's Mary Elizabeth Hooper (2008).