Sunshine State Conference

Athletes of the Week are chosen from a pool of nominees for their performances during the week of  November 9 - 15. Athletes are nominated by Sports Information Directors of member institutions.

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Volleyball
  Kotnik is named Offensive Player of the Week following two big road matches this weekend to lead the Tritons to a pair of wins. She posted 24 kills in a four-set win over Nova Southeastern, hitting .360 for the match, and followed with 16 kills in a four-set win over Lynn on Saturday while hitting .464. Kotnik served five aces against Lynn and recorded her 13th double-double of the season by adding 11 digs. Kotnik enters the final weekend of the regular season needing 40 kills to reach the 1000 career mark. Eckerd is 15-13 on the season, 6-9 in SSC play.
  Berkley Whaley / University of Tampa / Outside Hitter / Sr. / St. Petersburg, Fla.
Whaley is named Defensive Player of the Week for the third time in 2015 after she anchored the Tampa defense across two conference victories. Whaley had a team-high 29 digs in the two matches this past week. During a 3-1 win over Florida Tech, Whaley registered a double-double, her 16th of the season, behind 16 kills and a match-high 15 digs. The outside hitter added a pair of blocks to aid in limiting the Panthers to a .118 attack percentage. The St. Petersburg, Fla. native was instrumental in the 3-0 sweep of No. 17 Florida Southern, adding another match-high 14 digs to limit Moccasins to a .053 attack percentage. On serve-receive, Whaley committed a single reception error in 45 total chances for a .978 reception percentage. On the week, Whaley averaged 4.14 digs per set to limit foes to a combined .091 attack clip with just 8.43 kills per set. With the victory over Florida Tech, Tampa secured sole possession of the 2015 SSC Championship.