DALLAS – Kennesaw State’s Manu Johnsen, Jax State’s Luci Wilkinson, along with WKU’s Callie Bauer and Sonja Laaksonen earned Conference USA Volleyball Player of the Week honors.

CUSA Offensive Player of the Week – Manu Johnsen, Kennesaw State – Sr. – OH – Copenhagen, Denmark
Johnsen continued her impressive run of play on offense, leading the Owls in kills, points and aces while recording back-to-back double-doubles as KSU recorded a weekend sweep over FIU. For the week, she posted 38 total kills (4.22 kills per set) while hitting .316. She also averaged 2.56 digs per set and added five total blocks and a team-high tying five aces. The senior outside currently leads CUSA in kills and points per set and is second in service aces per set. In Friday's victory, she posted a game-high 17 kills and five aces, while adding 10 digs. Johnsen followed that with a season-high 21 kills to go along with 13 digs and three blocks in the Owls' reverse sweep. The senior outside currently leads CUSA in kills and points per set and is second in service aces per set.
 
CUSA Defensive Player of the Week – Luci Wilkinson, Jax State – Sr. – L – Fairhope, Ala.
Wilkinson helped Jax State to a 2-0 weekend over Middle Tennessee in the Gamecocks' first two home games of the season. Wilkinson anchored the Jax State back row with 43 digs on 4.78 digs per set, 10 assists and five service aces. In Friday’s 3-1 win over the Blue Raiders, Wilkinson and the Gamecocks notched an incredible 19 service aces. In Saturday's 3-2 triumph, Wilkinson had an impressive 25 digs and two aces. The senior libero's 279 total digs are the most for Jax State and the second most in CUSA. 
 
CUSA Setter of the Week – Callie Bauer, WKU – R-Sr. – Hudson, Mich.  
Bauer returned to the 5-1 for the first time in over two weeks as she led the Hilltoppers to a .382 hitting percentage that included a season-high single set hitting clip of .581 in the second set of match two against Missouri State. She finished the weekend with 75 assists and averaged 10.71 assists per set. In the front row, she posted two blocks and seven kills, while also collecting 19 digs. She ranks fourth in CUSA in total assists (469) and is second in assists per set (9.02).
 
CUSA Freshman of the Week – Sonja Laaksonen, WKU – OH – Victoria, Minn.
Laaksonen helped the Hilltoppers to their second sweep of conference play over the Missouri State Bears with 16 kills, a .447 hitting percentage and averaged 2.57 kills per set in seven sets. The Victoria, Minn., native also had four blocks on the weekend including two solo blocks and averaged 0.57 blocks per set. 
 
2025 CUSA Offensive Players of the Week
S1        Paige Overcash, Liberty
S8        Paige Overcash, Liberty
S15      Paige Overcash, Liberty
S22      Carly O’Brien, Liberty
S29      Jenna Otts, Liberty
O6       Manu Johnsen, Kennesaw State    
 
2025 CUSA Defensive Players of the Week
S1        Mandi Morioka, FIU
S8        Luci Wilkinson, Jax State
S15      Faith Young, WKU
S22      Izzy Van De Wiele, WKU
S29      Mandi Morioka, FIU
            Kaya Weaver, UTEP
O6       Luci Wilkinson, Jax State    
 
2025 CUSA Setters of the Week
S1        Mattie Gantt & Kalia Kohler, UTEP
S8        Kalia Kohler, UTEP
S15      Callie Bauer, WKU
S22      Callie Bauer, WKU
S29      Savannah Cook, FIU
O6       Callie Bauer, WKU    
 
2025 CUSA Freshmen of the Week
S1        Kaira Knox, WKU
S8        Peyton McKee, Missouri State
S15      Kaira Knox, WKU
S22      Chloe Monson, Sam Houston
S29      Raegan Durbin, Middle Tennessee
O6       Sonja Laaksonen, WKU