McCall Picks Up Two Big 12 Honors
11/19/2018 2:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Freshman élan McCall was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week on Monday.
FORT WORTH, Texas – Stellar performances on both sides of the ball propelled freshman élan McCall to double the honors as she was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.
McCall's double honors by the league office is the 11th time in conference history a rookie has won two in one week and the seventh student-athlete to accomplish the feat. The rookie becomes the second TCU student-athlete to win both awards in one week after fellow freshman Katie Clark earned both earlier this season on Oct. 8. McCall also becomes the eighth player in conference history to win Rookie of the Week five times in a season.
"It's really nice to see élan back out on the court again with the team, competing hard and loving to play the game," head coach Jill Kramer said. "I think she learned a lot about the teams in our league when she was sidelined and I'm glad we could all capitalize on what she learned."
TCU went 2-0 over the week with a four-set victory on the road at West Virginia before returning home for a sweep of Kansas. The freshman was ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 in four categories for the week including the top three of hitting percentage, kills and points and checked in at No. 4 in digs. McCall put down 5.43 kills per set over the two matches at a .516 hitting clip and also picked up 4.29 digs per set and 5.64 points per set playing all six rotations.
The Leander, Texas native opened the week with a 22 kill, 14 dig performance at West Virginia at a .583 hitting clip which marked a career-high. McCall then ended the week with a 16 kill, 16 dig performance at home against Kansas at a .429 hitting clip to give TCU its first victory over the Jayhawks since 2014. After both matches, McCall now has 13 double-doubles on the season including the last three straight matches. Overall in the conference standings, McCall ranks second in kills (4.81 k/s), first in points (5.28 pt/s) and ninth in digs (3.22 d/s).
TCU will wrap-up the regular season by hosting Kansas State on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m., at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center with the match set to air on FOX Sports Southwest Plus.
McCall's double honors by the league office is the 11th time in conference history a rookie has won two in one week and the seventh student-athlete to accomplish the feat. The rookie becomes the second TCU student-athlete to win both awards in one week after fellow freshman Katie Clark earned both earlier this season on Oct. 8. McCall also becomes the eighth player in conference history to win Rookie of the Week five times in a season.
"It's really nice to see élan back out on the court again with the team, competing hard and loving to play the game," head coach Jill Kramer said. "I think she learned a lot about the teams in our league when she was sidelined and I'm glad we could all capitalize on what she learned."
TCU went 2-0 over the week with a four-set victory on the road at West Virginia before returning home for a sweep of Kansas. The freshman was ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 in four categories for the week including the top three of hitting percentage, kills and points and checked in at No. 4 in digs. McCall put down 5.43 kills per set over the two matches at a .516 hitting clip and also picked up 4.29 digs per set and 5.64 points per set playing all six rotations.
The Leander, Texas native opened the week with a 22 kill, 14 dig performance at West Virginia at a .583 hitting clip which marked a career-high. McCall then ended the week with a 16 kill, 16 dig performance at home against Kansas at a .429 hitting clip to give TCU its first victory over the Jayhawks since 2014. After both matches, McCall now has 13 double-doubles on the season including the last three straight matches. Overall in the conference standings, McCall ranks second in kills (4.81 k/s), first in points (5.28 pt/s) and ninth in digs (3.22 d/s).
TCU will wrap-up the regular season by hosting Kansas State on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m., at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center with the match set to air on FOX Sports Southwest Plus.
Players Mentioned
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's VolleyballTCU Volleyball | Big 10/Big 12 Challenge Win Over No. 18 Minnesota
Tuesday, September 10
Taylor Raiola talking about her time with TCU Volleyball
Thursday, June 20
TCU Volleyball NCAA Tournament Hype - It's Time to Show the World
Thursday, May 09
Frog Time - Episode 1 feat. Bri Green
Thursday, May 09
