CAA Volleyball Weekly Awards – Oct. 12, 2026
Dylan Smith
RICHMOND, Va. – Elon’s
Cameron Lanier and North Carolina A&T’s
Tyne Ross split CAA Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Charleston’s
JuJu Martin and UNCW’s
Elaina Murphy picked up Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week recognition, respectively, on Monday.
CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cameron Lanier, Elon
Senior | Outside Hitter | Chapel Hill, N.C.
Lanier helped lead Elon to a pair of road victories over Northeastern, totaling 29 kills, 15 digs, three service aces and four blocks across eight sets. The senior averaged 3.63 kills and 4.25 points per set, while hitting .345 for the weekend. The Phoenix’s outside hitter recorded 12 kills and seven digs in Friday's four-set victory before delivering a season-high 17 kills, one shy of her career high, on a .481 hitting percentage in Saturday's four-set win. She also added eight digs and two service aces in the finale. Lanier's performance helped the Phoenix hit .310 as a team and average 14.13 kills per set during the weekend sweep.
CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tyne Ross, N.C. A&T
Junior | Outside Hitter | Cameron, N.C.
Ross led the Aggies to two road wins over William & Mary at Kaplan Arena. The junior outside hitter averaged 4.71 kills, 1.29 digs and scored 34.5 points. The Cameron, N.C., product also had an impressive .370 hitting percentage. In Friday's three-set win, she posted 15 kills with only two attack errors on 30 attempts for a .433 hitting percentage. She followed that up with 14 kills in A&T's four-set win on Saturday.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JuJu Martin, Charleston
Sophomore | Libero | Fort Mill, S.C.
Martin averaged 5.18 digs per set on the backline in Charleston's 3-0 week. The sophomore libero helped hold opponents to a .119 attack percentage in the trio of wins with her 57 total digs last week. In Tuesday's victory over High Point, which was ranked 43rd in the NCAA RPI entering the contest, the sophomore dug out 25 balls and flustered the Panthers in her team’s five-set triumph on Tuesday. Martin followed up with 21 digs and six assists in the straight-set win over Hampton on Friday. Martin leads the league with 301 digs and 4.56 per set.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Elaina Murphy, UNCW
Freshman | Pin | Mount Airy, Md.
Murphy picked up her second straight Rookie of the Week honor after producing 30 kills and averaging 3.33 kills per set across a 1-1 weekend for UNCW. After notching 16 kills and 14 digs in the team’s five-set setback on Friday, the Mount Airy, Md., product opened Saturday’s 3-1 victory with eight of her 14 kills coming in the first set. The Seahawks’ rookie also finished with nine digs in Saturday’s triumph. Murphy has recorded double-digit kills in each of her last five outings and sits second among CAA freshmen with 2.18 kills per set.
2026 CAA VOLLEYBALL WEEKLY AWARDS
Offensive Player of the Week
Aug. 31: Beatriz Braga, Hofstra
Sept. 7: Ella Sanders, Stony Brook
Sept. 14: Caroline Noonan, Charleston
Sept. 21: Ella Sanders, Stony Brook
Sept. 28: Caroline Noonan, Charleston / Beatriz Braga, Hofstra
Oct. 5: Nadia Wasilewski, UNCW
Oct. 12: Cameron Lanier, Elon / Tyne Ross, N.C. A&T
Defensive Player of the Week
Aug. 31: Geovanna Gonçalves Rocha, Hofstra
Sept. 7: Damisi Osibodu, Stony Brook
Sept. 14: Julia Amorim, Hofstra
Sept. 21: Damisi Osibodu, Stony Brook
Sept. 28: Julia Amorim, Hofstra
Oct. 5: Geovanna Gonçalves Rocha, Hofstra
Oct. 12: JuJu Martin, Charleston
Rookie of the Week
Aug. 31: Kirsten Kemper, N.C. A&T
Sept. 7: Addi Vaughan, UNCW
Sept. 14: Julie Nzambele, Charleston
Sept. 21: Clara Vorel, Towson
Sept. 28: Cayenne Ceman, Northeastern
Oct. 5: Elaina Murphy, UNCW
Oct. 12: Elaina Murphy, UNCW
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