NEW ORLEANS – Junior outside hitter Janell Fitzgerald has been selected as the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week announced by the league office Tuesday morning. This marks the fourth consecutive week a Texas State student-athlete has been awarded a conference weekly award.
Fitzgerald led the Bobcats with 5.27 kills per set and also paced the team with 1.18 blocks per set, turning in 68.5 total points (6.2 per set) over 11 sets. Fitzgerald hit double-digit kill marks in every match in the three-match weekend sweep at Arkansas State.