Penn State Athletics | September 5, 2017 Penn State's Haleigh Washington picks up pair of weekly honors Share UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Senior Haleigh Washington (Colorado Springs, Co.) was named both the Sports Imports/American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Week and the Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time this season on Tuesday morning, as announced by the AVCA and the Big Ten Conference office. RANKINGS: Minnesota stays No. 1, followed by Florida Washington was dominant on the weekend, continuing to be a consistent presence for the Nittany Lions. She finished with a weekend total of 22 kills on a clip of .435, adding 13 blocks, four digs, and an ace. She was named ‘Best Blocker’ of the Texas A&M Tournament. Washington put away 10 kills on a .625 hitting percentage against Stanford, adding a match-best seven blocks, helping the Nittany Lions out-block one of the top blocking teams in the nation, 12.0-7.0. Congrats to @PennStateVBALL Middle Blocker Haleigh Washington for winning the @SportsImportsVB / #AVCA Division I Player of the Week! pic.twitter.com/PawLi80Rmt — AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) September 5, 2017 Against Texas A&M, she tallied 12 kills on a clip of .417, adding six blocks. Washington was instrumental in closing out the key third set against the Aggies, as she put away seven kills on all seven of her attack attempts. This marks the sixth career Big Ten weekly honor for Washington. In her freshman season, she earned Big Ten Player of the Week once (11/3/14), and picked up Player of the Week honors (9/7/15, 9/21, 9/28, 10/26, 11/23) in her sophomore season. The national honor is the first of Washington’s career. Haleigh Washington of @PennStateVBALL is the #B1GVolleyball Player of the Week after averaging 2.4 kills/1.4 blocks per set with a .500 hit% pic.twitter.com/V4uZINv2ly — B1G Volleyball (@B1GVolleyball) September 5, 2017 Penn State heads to Champagne, Ill., for the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge this coming weekend. The Nittany Lions will open with a bout against Colorado at 5:30 p.m. ET, and they will meet up again with No. 4 Stanford on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. It has come full circle for Penn State volleyball's new head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley Katie Schumacher-Cawley sat down with NCAA.com to discuss taking over the Penn State head coaching position from legendary head coach Russ Rose. READ MORE Panel approves permanent change to women's college volleyball challenge rules Women’s volleyball teams will begin each match with two video challenges. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Tuesday approved this decision starting with the 2022 season. READ MORE College volleyball transfers: Top impact 2022 moves, so far Here is an ongoing tracker of the biggest impact college volleyball transfers for the 2022 season. READ MORE