University of Minnesota Athletics
Kelly Bowman Named AVCA National Player of the Week
10/25/2004 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Bowman joins Cassie Busse (10/27/03), Stephanie Hagen (10/2/00), Nicole Branagh (10/11/99) and Becky Bauer (10/7/96) as one of five different Golden Gophers to receive National Player of the Year honors. All five of Minnesota's national player of the year honors have come during Mike Hebert's nine years with the program.
She also became the first Minnesota sophomore to claim the Big Ten Player of the Week since Lindsey Taatjes (Prinsburg, Minn.) did so on Oct. 21, 2002.
In a pair of three-game victories over Indiana and Purdue, Bowman averaged 3.00 kpg, 3.00 dpg, 9.00 apg and hit .556. The sophomore setter narrowly missed two triple-doubles this weekend as she recorded eight kills, 28 assists and 10 digs at Indiana, along with 10 kills, 26 assists and eight digs against Purdue. She also hit .615 against the Boilermakers.
This season, Bowman has already recorded five triple-doubles, and is averaging 2.45 kpg, 6.49 apg and 3.16 dpg.
Minnesota will head to Northwestern to take on the Wildcats on Friday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. The Golden Gophers will also travel to Wisconsin on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. The Minnesota-Wisconsin match will be telecast on a tape- delayed basis on ESPN 2 on Sunday, Oct. 31 at 1:30 p.m.