NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Carthage's Haley Horner and Illinois Wesleyan's Grace Sanders were each selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Volleyball Student-Athletes of the Week following their respective performances in the opening week of competition.

Horner, a senior outside hitter from Wheaton, Illinois and Wheaton North High School, helped lead the fifth-ranked Firebirds to a 4-0 record to begin the 2021 season as she averaged 4.93 kills per set and hit .344. She had 15 kills and seven digs in a sweep against Lakeland, 17 kills and eight digs in a sweep of Benedictine, eight kills and three digs in a sweep of Marian (Wis.), and 22 kills and nine digs in a four-set win over Loras. 

Sanders, a junior outside hitter from Bloomington, Illinois and Bloomington High School, tallied 55 digs and added 38 kills, four blocks and five aces for the 4-1 Titans last week. She had 10 digs in a sweep of Illinois College, 14 digs and 13 kills in a four-set win over 24th-ranked Susquehanna, 20 against Clarkson, six in a sweep of Christopher Newport and five in a sweep of Lynchburg.  

2021 CCIW Women's Volleyball Student-Athletes of the Week

Offense
Haley Horner - Carthage (9/7/21)

Setter/Libero/Defense
Grace Sanders - Illinois Wesleyan (9/7/21)  
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL).