FRISCO – For the second week in a row, East Texas A&M University libero Jade Washington has been named the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week.  
 
Washington (Waco – Midway) led the Lions to a 2-0 week as she averaged 7.1 digs per set, totaling 57 digs in the eight sets. In the three-set win over Nicholls, Washington posted 23 digs and then added 34 digs in the five-set win at McNeese. She also added a pair of aces last week.  
 
The Lions host two matches on Hunt Regional Healthcare Court this week welcoming SFA on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and Lamar on Saturday at 1 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at LionAthletics.com/tickets.   
 
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
Oct. 20	Maja Malinowska, Lamar	Jade Washington, East Texas A&M	Alexa Gonzalez, Lamar