Women's Volleyball | 9/13/2016 12:21:00 PM

AVCA News Release   |   CCIW Release

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan sophomore Tyler Brown has been chosen as the national weekly winner of the Sports Imports/American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Women's Player of the Week award and also was chosen as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin "Offensive Player of the Week" on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

A 5-foot-8 outside hitter, Brown (Normal, Ill., Normal West HS) is the first student-athlete from Illinois Wesleyan to win the national Division III Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week. She was the AVCA national "Freshman of the Year" last fall and this is her first CCIW weekly award.
 
Brown totaled 70 kills and averaged 4.67 kills per set for the 4-0 Titans last week. She had 19 kills and 19 digs in a 3-1 win over then No. 10-ranked Washington-St. Louis on Sept. 7. Brown followed up with 25 kills and 39 digs in a five-set win over NAIA opponent William Woods on Sept. 9 in the first match of the Titans' Barker Chevrolet Classic. She finished with 10 kills and seven digs in a sweep of Simpson and 16 kills and eight digs in a sweep of Coe on Sept. 10 to close out the Barker Chevrolet Classic I where she was named to the all-tournament team.

An accounting major at Illinois Wesleyan, Tyler is the daughter of head coach Kim Nelson-Brown and Brian Brown.

The Titans, ranked No. 21 in the latest AVCA poll of Sept. 7, are winners of six straight and are 6-1 heading into a Tuesday night matchup at the University of Chicago (3-3).