Sept. 24, 2001

CLEVELAND - Miami University junior outside hitter Kelly McCullough was named East Division Co-Player of the Week by the Mid-American Conference today.

McCullough continues to solidify her campaign as one of the league's top players and her dominance as the MAC's top blocker at outside hitter. Last weekend, McCullough averaged 1.38 blocks per game from her right side position, including a 1.40 block-per-game outing against Northern Illinois. She produced a .471 hitting percentage for the weekend, including a stellar .585 hitting percentage against NIU.

McCullough averaged 4.75 kills per game over Miami's two matches and yielded 5.40 kills per game against the Huskies. Her 27 kills against the Huskies is a career-high and the most by any RedHawk this season. In 68 swings last weekend, she made just six hitting errors. To top off her weekend, she added a team-best three service aces to her performance and also notched 1.62 digs per game.

For the season, McCullough leads the team averaging 4.03 kills per game, 34 blocks, nine service aces and a .319 hitting percentage. She ranks second in blocks per game (1.17) behind middle hitter Jennifer Eaton. Additionally, she has been Miami's leader in kills in six matches, including three matches with 20 or more kills.

She also ranks among conference leaders in kills (third), blocks (fourth overall, first for outside hitters) and hitting percentage (eighth).

She shared East Division Player of the Week honors with Akron's Katie Kuzior. Eastern Michigan's Emily Busch was tabbed West Division Player of the Week.