Carthage College’s Griffin Shields (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) led the Red Men to sweeps of Juniata, Eastern Mennonite and Cal Lutheran during the week and has been named the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Player of the Week on offense.
The junior right side hitter led the Red Men with 39 kills (4.33/set) for a .427 hitting percentage. Shields added three service aces, 11 digs, seven total blocks and finished with 46.0 points.
The Naperville, Illinois native hammered 15 kills with a .538 hitting percentage against No. 9 Juniata, 11 kills against Eastern Mennonite and 13 kills in the sweep of Cal Lutheran.
No. 6 Carthage (6-1, 0-0 MCVL) will host No. 4 UC Santa Cruz on Thursday evening and then open MCVL action at home against Adrian and Olivet over the weekend.
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Daniel Bilinski, Greenville College |
| Week 2 | Joel Sotos, Wittenberg University |
| Week 3 | Griffin Shields, Carthage College |
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