IRVINE, Calif. – (Hawaii Athletics) University of Hawai‘i outside hitter Emily Hartong captured the first Big West Women's Volleyball Player of the Week award for the 2012 season.
Hartong earned the honor after a stellar performance over the weekend where she was named the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational Most Outstanding Player. UH topped sixth-ranked Stanford in the championship match, also beating Albany and Saint Mary's for its fifth straight Chevron Tourney title.
For
the tournament, Hartong averaged 4.36 kills, 2.73 digs and 0.73 blocks per set
while hitting .286 to lead the ‘Bows to victories over Albany, Saint Mary's and
No. 6 Stanford. She led UH with 14 kills against Albany and 17 against Saint
Mary's, and added 13 digs against the Gaels to secure her first double-double
of the season.
Against the nationally-ranked Cardinal, Hartong put forth another 17-kill
effort and hit .256 with eight digs and one service ace. In the season opener
against the Great Danes, she hit at a .455 (14-4-22) clip adding nine digs and
a pair of blocks.
Hartong, a 2011 AVCA Second Team All-American, will lead the No. 8 Rainbow
Wahine into action this week against San Francisco, Baylor and California in
the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic.