ARLINGTON --- Mollie Blank, who continues to have a career-best season, has been named the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Setter of the Week.
 
It is the second honor of the season for the senior setter, who also won the award on Sept. 20. It's also her third career weekly award along with her WAC Defensive Player of the Week selection on Nov. 14 of last season.
 
"Mollie has been playing very well and running the offense with high efficiency," UTA head coach J.T. Wenger said. "She has developed into a leader on the court with her determination and measured intensity."
 
Blank opened the week with 49 assists and four digs in the team's four-set win over UTRGV, helping the Mavs avenge an earlier loss to the Vaqueros. She followed that up with her fourth double-double of the season, which included 39 assists, a season-best 14 digs, a season-high-tying three kills, two blocks and an ace in a four-set loss to Stephen F. Austin.
 
The Mansfield native has now recorded at least 33 assists in each of her past seven matches, including at least 40 in five of those. She recently became the 10th player in program history to eclipse 2,000 assists. This year alone, her 9.07 assists per set easily surpasses her previous career-best of 5.84.
 
Blank and the Mavs will be back in action on Thursday at home inside the CPC at 6 p.m. against Utah Valley. They'll conclude the home portion of their regular season on Saturday against Seattle U, where Blank will be honored along with six others as part of senior day.
   
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