ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Winthrop University volleyball athletes
Lexi Thatcher and
Addison Torain were once again honored with Big South Conference Weekly Awards, with Thatcher winning Setter of the Week and Torain winning Libero of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday afternoon.
Thatcher earned her fifth Setter of the Week award on the season with the honor this week. Since the award was announced in 2024, only two other players have earned more in a single-season, Kamyla Vega David and former teammate to Thatcher
Isabella Murray.
Torain earned her fourth Libero of the Week award, no other Eagle has won more than three of the awards since the beginning of the weekly honor in 2008.
Thatcher once again quarterbacked the Eagles to a 2-0 week, totaling a league-high 84 assists for an average of 12.00 per set, along with 18 digs (2.57 per set) and seven kills. She opened the week with 37 assists and seven digs in a sweep of Presbyterian on Friday, then followed with 47 assists, 11 digs and six kills in a four-set win over Charleston Southern on Saturday, nearly notching a triple-double. Thatcher led the Big South in total assists and in assists per set, finishing nearly three assists per set ahead of the next-highest mark. Her 37 assists on Friday were the most in a three-set match in the conference, and her 47 on Saturday tied for the most in a four-set match. It was her sixth match with 47 or more assists. Winthrop hit a season-high .394 on Friday and .252 on Saturday, and its .307 mark for the week led the Big South.
Torain was once again all over the court in Winthrop's 2-0 week, totaling 40 digs for an average of 5.71 per set, along with five service aces and 12 assists. She opened the week with 16 digs and five assists in a sweep of Presbyterian on Friday, then added 24 digs, three aces and seven assists in a four-set win over Charleston Southern on Saturday. Her 5.71 digs per set led the Big South, as did her 0.71 aces per set. Her 24 digs were the most in a four-set match in the conference on the week.
