DALLAS – MTSU’s Sophia Henry, WKU’s Tayler Baron and Kate Rush, along with FIU’s Teodora Skocajic earned the Conference USA Volleyball Player of the Week honors.

CUSA Offensive Player of the Week – Sophia Henry, MTSU – Jr. – OH – Atlanta, Ga.
Henry went off during the Blue Raiders’ (17-9, 8-6 CUSA) 1-1 weekend against Sam Houston. She picked up two double-doubles on the week, totaling 38 kills and 20 digs on a .329 hitting clip. Henry recorded 16 kills, 10 digs and three blocks on Thursday. She followed that performance with 22 kills, 10 digs, while hitting .391 in the Blue Raider’s 3-1 win on Friday.
 
CUSA Defensive Player of the Week – Tayler Baron, WKU – Jr. – L – Lascassas, Tenn.
Baron’s defensive prowess led WKU (20-6, 14-0 CUSA) to a pair of sweeps over Liberty. The junior notched 29 digs (4.83 dps), five assists, and three aces over the weekend. She tallied 17 digs, three assists, and an ace on Friday. On Saturday, the junior had 12 digs, two assists, and two aces. She helped hold the Flames to hitting under .200 in both matches with a .111 mark on Saturday, the second-lowest all season for Liberty. Baron is averaging 4.20 digs per set on the season which ranks third in the league.
 
CUSA Setter of the Week – Kate Rush, WKU – So. – Georgetown, Ky.
Rush propelled the Hilltoppers to a 2-0 week over Liberty. She dished out 67 assists, notched 10 digs, and totaled nine kills, four aces, and four blocks. Rush managed 34 assists, six digs, four kills, four blocks, and three aces on Friday. She then added 33 assists, five kills, four digs, and one ace on Saturday. The sophomore setter leads CUSA in assists (960), assists per set (10.21), aces (50) and aces per set (0.53).  
 
CUSA Freshman of the Week –Teodora Skocajic – MB – Novi Sad, Serbia
Skocajic had a sensational blocking weekend for the Panthers (16-11, 7-7 CUSA) in their 2-0 series over Delaware. She recorded 13 total blocks, averaging 1.86 blocks per set. The freshman recorded six blocks and five kills on Friday. She followed that performance with a career-high and Panther season-high seven blocks on Saturday, along with seven kills on a .385 hitting clip.  
 
2026 CUSA Offensive Players of the Week
A31    Laney Daniell, Liberty
S7      Ashley Herman, NM State
S14     Jenna Otts, Liberty
S21     Sophia Henry, MTSU
S28     Kaira Knox, WKU
O5      Michaela Dlouhá, MTSU
O12    Sophia Henry, MTSU
O19    Jillian Huckabey, FIU
O26    Paige Overcash, Liberty
N2      Faith Young, WKU
N9      Sophia Henry, MTSU      
  
2026 CUSA Defensive Players of the Week
A31    Michaela Dlouhá, MTSU
S7      Brooke Eslinger, Missouri State
S14     Tayler Baron, WKU
S21     Alison Bierwagen, Liberty
S28     Chelsea Butler, Sam Houston
O5      Olivia Burrage, Kennesaw State
O12    Michaela Dlouhá, MTSU
O19    Marta Lazzarin, FIU
O26    Melis Ural, Liberty
N2      Laney Daniell, Liberty
N9      Tayler Baron, WKU        
 
2026 CUSA Setters of the Week
A31    Kate Rush, WKU
S7      Kate Rush, WKU
S14     Hannah Gardner, Missouri State
S21     Brenlin Garlitz & Lauren Pyle, Sam Houston
S28     Kate Rush, WKU
O5      Alison Bierwagen & Charli Crowson, Liberty
O12    Kate Rush, WKU
O19    Kate Rush, WKU
O26    Alison Bierwagen & Charli Crowson, Liberty
N2      Hannah Gardner, Missouri State
N9      Kate Rush, WKU  
 
2026 CUSA Freshmen of the Week
A31    Marianne Garcia, MTSU
S7      Alexis Sowers, Kennesaw State
S14     Lana Sesar, FIU
S21     Halle Rillie, Missouri State
S28     Eliza McKnight, WKU
O5      Eliza McKnight, WKU
O12    Hunter Cook, Kennesaw State
O19    Faith Roulston, Sam Houston
O26    Jaslyn Reed, MTSU
N2      Paige Nelson, NM State
N9      Teodora Skocajic, FIU