MWC Volleyball Player of the Week

TCU's Nirelle Hampton honored

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Oct. 10, 2005

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - TCU setter Nirelle Hampton earned Mountain West Conference Volleyball Player of the Week, marking her first career award.

Hampton, a Gainesville, Fla., native, led the Horned Frogs to their first-ever MWC league match victory over Air Force last week. In the four-game victory, she tallied 11 kills on 16 attacks (.500 hitting efficiency), 15 digs and 41 assists for her first career triple-double and the first triple-double by a MWC player this season. Hampton averaged 10.25 assists per game vs. the Falcons, helping TCU to a .261 team hitting percentage for the match. She followed with a career-high 53 assists to go along with nine digs and six kills in a five-game loss to New Mexico last Saturday. She also collected three service aces and a block assist vs. the Lobos.

On the week, Hampton averaged 10.44 assists, 2.67 digs and 1.89 kills per game, while hitting .455 (17-4-29). She also totaled three service aces and two block assists. Hampton currently ranks fifth in the conference in service aces per game (0.43) and sixth in assists (10.13). She is also third on the team in hitting percentage (.239).