Erin Walker

  • Award
    Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/16/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    Missouri-St. Louis
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Outside Hitter/Defensive Specialist
  • Hometown
    Silvis, Ill.
  • High School
    United Township
Rockhurst University junior outside hitter Morgan Rietzke and senior libero Erin Walker have been named the final Baden/Great Lakes Valley Conference Players of the Week in volleyball, it was announced by the league office Monday. 

Rietzke was named Baden/GLVC Offensive Player of the Week, while Walker was selected Baden/Defensive Player of the Week.

Walker posted back-to-back 30-plus dig outings, including a career-high 38 in five sets against Missouri S&T on Friday. She then added 35 digs in a five-set win over Drury the very next day. To open the week, the libero tallied 22 digs in a 3-1 win at Maryville. Overall in three matches, she averaged 6.79 digs per set, added 12 assists and only tallied one reception error in 14 sets played.

The Silvis, Ill., product earns her first career weekly honor and becomes the first ever Triton to be named a defensive honoree. The last UMSL player to be recognized as a GLVC Volleyball Player of the Week was Weslie Gaff on Oct. 11, 2010 before the award distinguished between offense and defense.