BIRMINGHAM – Texas A&M volleyball’s Kaia Castle was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week following a pair of standout showing versus two ranked opponents, the league announced Monday afternoon.
Castle earns her first career SEC weekly honor and is the second Aggie to be named Defensive Player of the Week this season. The Buffalo, Minnesota, native recorded a staggering 12 blocks versus then-No. 6 Tennessee in the four-set win. Her total marked a season high and was the first time eclipsing 10 stuffs for the Maroon & White and third overall in her career. The 12 blocks is the second-highest total in a four-set contest in A&M history.
The middle blocker also had a strong defensive outing versus the then-No. 14 Longhorns, registering five stuffs in three sets. The junior has now tallied five-or-more blocks in seven contests this season and reached that mark in six of her last seven games.
Texas A&M returns to action this week and heads on the road for a pair of contests, opening up in Nashville where it faces No. 21 Vanderbilt Friday evening with first serve set for 7 p.m.