IRVING, Texas — BYU women's volleyball middle blocker Brielle Kemavor has been named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday morning.
A product of Bristow, Virginia, Kemavor paced the Cougars at the net with a career-high 12 blocks in their four-set win at Colorado this week. The middle blocker averaged a league-leading three blocks per set, with her 12 total blocks good for fourth-most among conference student-athletes on the week.
Tallying 14 kills (hitting .600) and 12 blocks against the Buffaloes, Kemavor recorded her second double-double of the season. She is just the seventh middle blocker to record a double-double in the rally scoring era at BYU, the fifth to post more than one in the same season and first since 2012.
Kemavor is the second Cougar to earn a Big 12 award this season after setter Alex Bower was named the league's Rookie of the Week earlier this month.
No. 20 BYU is back home this week for games against No. 13 Arizona State and Arizona, beginning with the Sun Devils on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. MDT.
View the full Big 12 release at the league's website.