Sioux City, Iowa – A former West Lyon Wildcat and a current Northwestern College Red Raider has been named as a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Volleyball Player-of-the-Week as announced by the GPAC Tuesday, September 23rd.
Northwestern’s middle hitter Zavyr Metzger is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Defender-of-the-Week. Metzger, a senior from Larchwood, averaged 2.56 blocks per set in a 3-1 week for the Raiders, highlighted by a career-high 13-block performance in three sets against Kansas Wesleyan on Friday.
In addition to her defensive efforts, Metzger averaged 1.50 kills per set for the week. Metzger’s 2.04 blocks per set season average leads the NAIA.