FARMINGTON, Minn. -- The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for football, volleyball, and soccer on Monday. Student-athletes from Bethel, Carleton, Concordia, Saint John's, Saint Mary's, and St. Olaf claimed the Conference's weekly honors.
The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the Conference's sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff. Throughout the fall season, team sports (football, soccer, and volleyball) Athletes of the Week will be recognized on Monday afternoons, with individual sports (cross country and golf) announced on Tuesday afternoons.
For the first time this fall season, Saint Mary's landed an athlete on the MIAC weekly awards list!
MIAC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week
Kali Olson
Saint Mary's University
Sr. | Middle Blocker
New York Mills, Minn. / New York Mills
Kali Olson hit .471 with 67 kills and 21 blocks in a 4-0 week for the Cardinals. She had at least 15 kills in all four victories, which included a five-set win over UW-Stout (10/7) and sweeps over Hamline (10/9), Coe (10/10), and Macalester (10/10). Olson became the program's all-time leader in solo blocks (124) against Macalester and hit a season-best .636 against Coe with 15 kills on 22 attempts.
