Columbia Athletics | September 24, 2019 DI women's volleyball: Columbia's Chichi Ikwuazom named Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week BYU and Indiana top this week's volleyball top plays Share LEXINGTON, K.Y. – For the first time in Columbia Volleyball history, a student-athlete's performance has been recognized nationally with senior Chichi Ikwuazom being named the Sports Import/American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 24, as announced today, by the AVCA. It is the first time in program history that the Lions have had a student-athlete named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week and it comes off a strong weekend, not only for Ikwuazom, but for the Lions as well as they went 3-0 over a three-match stretch and currently own a four-match winning streak. The country has taken notice so ya ... it's a national thing. 👀😤 Ikwuazom named @SportsImportsVB / @AVCAVolleyball National Player of the Week. 👏👏 📰 https://t.co/VlGyevbMgP#RoarLionRoar pic.twitter.com/ncLLsNK9j0 — Columbia Volleyball (@CUVB) September 24, 2019 Ikwuazom continued her dominate start to the 2019 season with 81 kills over Columbia's three straight wins on three straight nights this past week. She tied her career-high with second 29 kill performance in a week against San Jose State in the Lions 3-2 win and hit .521 with 28 kills against LIU in Columba's five-set comeback win. TOP 25: Stanford edges Baylor for No. 1 spot in this week's AVCA rankings The weekend began with Ikwuazom ripping off 24 kills, while hitting .420 in Columbia's first win of the weekend, 3-1 over Fordham and she averaged 5.79 kills per set and 6.21 points per set over the three matches while hitting .470. Nationally, Ikwuazom is second in the country in kills per set (5.89), fourth in points per set (6.42), fifth in hitting percentage (.476), ninth in total points (231.0) and 11th total kills (212). Key takeaways from the 2022 NCAA wrestling tournament at-large selections A complete analysis of the most notable at-large qualifiers in the 2022 NCAA wrestling championship and the main storylines in each of those weight classes. READ MORE College Wrestling rankings: Penn State holds down No. 1 spot before top-3 showdown vs. Michigan Penn State further separated themselves from defending champion Iowa in this latest poll, earning 11 total first-place votes compared to the eight votes that they had last week. Here’s what else you need to know about the latest NWCA Top 25 rankings. READ MORE College wrestling rankings: Stanford cracks top 25 as top 5 hold steady Open tournaments around the country and a select few dual meets offered the first look at some of the nation’s top competitors in college wrestling this year, but the Top 25 team rankings stayed mostly steady. Here’s what you need to know about the top 25. READ MORE