DENVER -- Barry University’s Ivana Didanovic was selected as the American Volleyball Scouting Report National Player of the Week.
Didanovic, a 6-foot-3 sophomore middle blocker from Belgrade, Serbia, hit .543 with 20 kills as the Buccaneers won two road matches to open the second half of the Sunshine State Conference season. Didanovic hit a season-high .632 with 12 kills and no errors in a sweep at Rollins. She also had three blocks in the win over the Tars.
A day later, Didanovic had eight kills and one error, while putting together a .438 attack rate as the Bucs beat Eckerd to improve to 15-8 overall, 5-5 in the SSC. She also had 11 digs and three setting assists in the two wins.
Didanovic is hitting a team-high .307 this year, and leads the Buccaneers with 77 blocks, which ranks second in the SSC.
She is the second Bucs player to receive the award. Laine Cielena was named the AVSR Player of the Week in 2012.
Barry hosts Florida Tech at 7 p.m. Friday and Lynn at 4 p.m. Saturday in the first of two remaining homestands on the schedule.
Week #9: Player of the Week
IVANA DIDANOVIC
Barry University
Home: Belgrade, Serbia.
Sophomore, 6'3" Middle Blocker.
Last Week: Didanovic had 20 kills at .543 efficiency as Barry won two Sunshine State road matches. It's the sophomore's second year as Barry's top blocker and most efficient hitter.
Other Notables:
KELSIE WILLS
- Hofstra University, Senior, 6'1" Outside Hitter.
- Reported to subscribers in 2010.
- Home: Walton, New Zealand.
- Last Week: The Colonial league's top hitter and Hofstra's all-time kills leader scored 27 more in two shutouts as Hofstra moved to 21-3.
MARIE REITEROVA
- University of Central Florida, Senior, 5'10" Setter.
- Reported to subscribers in 2009.
- Home: Luxembourg.
- Last Week: Reiterova, already a two-time Player of the Week, led the nation's 23rd-ranked team to shutouts of Houston and Tulane.
Complete Player of the Week report:
www.avsrglobal.com/coaches/player-of-the-week
2014 Indoor Players of the Week
Week 1: MARIE REITEROVA, U. of Central Florida, sr. (Luxmbrg.)
Week 2: STACEY NIAO, Illinois State Univ., sr. (New Zealand)
Week 3: ALEKSANDRA PETRONIJEVIC, U. of Memphis, sr. (Serbia)
Week 4: MONICA CORRUJEDO, Univ. of Denver, so. (Mexico)
Week 5: KELSIE WILLS, Hofstra University, sr. (New Zealand)
Week 6: IVANA KAZIC, Columbus State Univ., so. (Serbia)
Week 7: SIMONA SEKULOVA, Seton Hall Univ. sr. (Macedonia)
Week 8: MARIE REITEROVA, U. of Central Florida, sr. (Luxmbrg.)
Week 9: IVANA DIDANOVIC, Barry University, so. (Serbia)
2014 Sand Players of the Week
Week 1: ZUZANA MARKOVA, Louisiana-Monroe, gr. (Czech Rep.)
Week 2: MARTYNA GLUCHOWICZ, Florida Internat'l, jr. (Poland)
Week 3: KIRIANA HIRINI, Alabama-Birmingham, jr. (N. Zealand)
Week 4: ANNA BUDINSKA, North Florida, sr. (Czech Rep.)
Week 5: DAGNIJA MEDINA, North Florida, gr. (Latvia)
Week 6: ANDREA TAUAI, Hillsborough C.C., so. (N. Zealand)
Week 7: HAZEL PERRENS, CSU Bakersfield, so. (Norway)
Week 8: MARYNA SAMODAY, Florida Internat'l, sr. (Ukraine)
Week 9: ZUZANA MARKOVA, Louisiana-Monroe, gr. (Czech Rep.)
2013 Indoor Players of the Week
Week 1: JELENA COBANOVIC, Northeastern College, so. (Serbia)
Week 2: LAUMA KNUPKE, Central Arizona College, so. (Latvia)
Week 3: STACEY NIAO, Illinois State Univ., jr. (New Zealand)
Week 4: VIKTORIJA TEIVANE, Univ. of Memphis, sr. (Latvia)
Week 5: ALEKSANDRA NOWAK, Kent State Univ., sr. (Poland)
Week 6: MONICA CORRUJEDO, Univ. of Denver, fr. (Mexico)
Week 7: KELSIE WILLS, Hofstra University, jr. (N. Zealand)
Week 8: V. KOPANAROVA, MidAmerica Nazarene, sr. (Bulgaria)
Week 9: ERIKA GELZINYTE, Columbus State U., fr. (Lithuania)
Week 10: KIRIANA HIRINI, Alabama-Birmgham., jr. (N. Zealand)
Week 11: ANNA BUDINSKA, U. of North Florida, sr. (Czech Rep.)
Week 12: LAURA AVENA, Macalester College, sr. (Latvia)
Week 13: JELENA JOVANOVIC, Florida Atlantic, so. (Serbia)
Week 14: ANDREA TAUAI, Hillsborough C.C., so. (N. Zealand)
Week 15: A. PETRONIJEVIC, Univ. of Memphis, jr. (Serbia)