Whitney Brown, Robert Morris
Jr., S, Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth
Brown expertly directed the attack for the Robert Morris last week, leading the first place Colonials to a pair of conference victories that kept them unbeaten in league play with a 3-0 mark. The local Pittsburgh native and two-time NEC Player of the Week put up an average of 9.71 assists, 3.14 digs and 0.86 blocks per set, and added three aces. Brown recorded 23 assists, nine digs, four blocks and an ace in the Colonials’ three set win over Bryant on Friday before tallying a 45-assist, 13-dig double-double to go along with two blocks and two aces in their 3-1 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday. The double-double was her fifth of the season. The junior setter leads the NEC with 9.57 assists per set and has cracked the RMU top-10 in career assists, currently ranking ninth with a whopping 1,482 to her name.