ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Winthrop University volleyball senior setter Lexi Thatcher was honored with the Big South Conference Setter of the Week award for the sixth time this season, the conference office announced on Monday afternoon. 

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. 

Thatcher guided the Eagles to a 2-0 week, totaling 58 assists in six sets for an average of 9.67 per set, along with 21 digs and five blocks. She opened the week with 34 assists, 12 digs and two blocks in a sweep of USC Upstate for her 11th double-double of the season, then added 24 assists, nine digs and three blocks in a sweep of UNC Asheville on Saturday. Her 21 digs were the second most on the Eagles. Thatcher tied for the Big South lead in assists per set at 9.67, tied for eighth in blocks per set at 0.83 and tied for seventh in digs per set at 3.50.