SAN ANGELO – The Angelo State volleyball team has swept 12 opponents this season and have now swept the Lone Star Conference weekly awards for the season time with Maddie Huth taking offensive honors, Shelby Wilt defensive and Alex Woolsey being named Setter of the Week for the third time this season.

The No. 11 Belles (16-3, 9-1 LSC) went 3-0 last week with a road win over Tarleton State before earning victories over Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Commerce inside the Junell Center over the weekend. Huth earns the Offensive Player of the Week award for the first time this season, while Wilt wins Defensive Player of the Week for the second time after earning the award after the first week of the season.

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Huth wins the Offensive Player of the Week award after having a dominant week for the Angelo State Belles, hitting a combined .394 in wins over Tarleton State, Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Commerce. Huth led ASU with 36 kills (3.27 per set) and finished the week by hitting .500 against TWU and the Lions. Huth's top performance came on Friday night with a 15-kill effort against TWU where she also added six digs and four blocks. Along with her impressive attacking totals, the junior also finished the week with 11 blocks and 13 digs.  

“Maddie has been playing at a really high level for us and has been a go-to player,” ASU head coach Chuck Waddington said. “We are really proud of her development as an offensive player and want to keep her going.”

Wilt earns the award for the second time this season and continues to be a pain for opposing team's offenses with her tremendous play on the defensive side of each volleyball match. Wilt helped lead the Belles to the three wins last week by having 5.50 digs per set and leading ASU with 66 digs during the matches. Wilt's defense helped limit opponents to a .141 hitting percentage in the matches and has the Belles on a three-match winning streak going into road matches at Midwestern State and Cameron this week. 

“She is a kid who is involved in every single play,” Waddington said. “She has raised her level of play throughout the year and has given us a lot of opportunities to transition to score. She is not only digging a lot of balls but she is digging them to target. She has come into her own at her position.”

Woolsey earns the conference's recognition for the third time this season and continues to put her teammates in the best positions to win points and her team to win matches. The senior was vital in three conference wins last week and finished with 137 assists (11.42 per set). Woolsey had 48 assists in a four-set win over Texas Woman's following a 50-assists performance in a tough five-set win at Tarleton State on Tuesday. She now has 748 assists this season and 4,439 in her career at ASU. 

“She continues to do a great job of distributing the ball around the court to the right players,” Waddington said. “She is doing a great job of recognizing who is hot and when to stay on them. She is doing a super job of giving our team a chance to win each match.”

The Belles return to action this weekend with road matches at Midwestern State (4 p.m., Friday) and Cameron (2 p.m., Saturday).