MARSHALL, Texas – Surpassing 1,500 career digs this past weekend, East Texas Baptist University's Lillie Hill was named the American Southwest Conference Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week. It is the second time this season and fifth time in her career to ear this award. ETBU has now won five ASC Player of the Week awards this season.
 
ETBU went 2-0 on the weekend with two sweeps over Sul Ross State and Howard Payne University to improve to 12-2 and 5-0 in the ASC. ETBU is now on a 10-match winning streak and will head out to West Texas, again, this weekend to face McMurry University and Hardin-Simmons University.
 
Below is the ASC recap on Hill for the award:
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Lillie Hill, L, Sr., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist senior libero Lillie Hill (Schertz, Texas) had a career weekend as she went over 1,500 career digs verses Sul Ross State. She had 18 digs vs. SRSU and 20 digs verses Howard Payne in just six sets played in two sweeps. She averaged 6.33 digs per set. She had 16 total receives with a perfect reception percentage on receiving serves. This is her second time this season to be named ASC Player of the Week.
 
2023 ASC Players of the Week | ETBU
Oct. 2: Lille Hill (Defensive)
Sept. 18: Lillie Hill (Defensive), Graycee Mosley (Offensive)
Sept. 12: Avery Reid (Offensive)
Sept. 5: Graycee Mosley (Offensive)