FRISCO – Jade Washington has been named the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.
 
In two matches on the road last week, Washington (Waco – Midway) totaled 40 digs in seven sets, for an average of 5.71 digs per set. She had 19 digs and two assists in the three-set over New Orleans on Thursday night and then added 21 digs in the four-set loss at two-time defending SLC champion, Southeastern, on Saturday.
 
She has earned the first weekly honor in her career, and it is also the first for the Lions this season, who welcome Nicholls on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for Pink Out and then face McNeese on Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
2025 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 

Date	Offensive	Defensive	Setter
Sept. 1	Kyra McKelvey, Southeastern	Celianiz Cabranes, UTRGV	Virginia Van der Werff, A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 8	Katherine Holtman	India Bennett, Southeastern	Calissa Allison, UIW
Sept. 15	Tamara Chavez, Nicholls	Brooklyn Jaeger, A&M-Corpus Christi	Virginia Van der Werff, A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 22	Kitana Tu'ufuli, UIW	Gabby Baker, Lamar	Isabella Costantini, UTRGV
Sept. 29	Finley Evans, UIW	India Bennett, Southeastern	Peyton Fadal, HCU
Oct. 6	Izabella Ortiz, SFA	Brooklyn Jaeger, A&M-Corpus Christi	Virginia Van der Werff, A&M-Corpus Christi
Oct. 13	Nadine Zech, UTRGV	Jade Washington, East Texas A&M	Peyton Fadal, HCU