NEW ORLEANS – Georgia Southern’s Beka Pfefferkorn, South Alabama’s Dalayla Blackwell and Coastal Carolina’s Isabella Loeswick each turned in impressive performances to lead in various statistics across the league. They have been named Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Players of the Week.
 
Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week
Beka Pfefferkorn, Georgia Southern
(2nd Yr., OPP, Cypress, Texas)
 
Georgia Southern 2nd Year opposite Beka Pfefferkorn led the league in kills per set and averaged 17 kills in a pair of wins against James Madison. The Cypress, Texas, native was also seventh in hitting percentage for the week at .377 and second in total points at 35. She recorded 13 kills, a service ace, and contributed 14.5 points in a 3-0 win to start the weekend. In the series finale, she achieved 21 kills and 21.5 points in a 3-1 victory and for the second time this season she recorded 20-plus kills with the first coming off a career-high 25 at Wake Forest.
 
Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
Dalayla Blackwell, South Alabama
(4th Yr., MH, Lafayette, La.)
 
South Alabama middle hitter Dalayla Blackwell averaged nearly three blocks a set, recording a league-best 2.67 bps against the Trojans. The Lafayette, La., native registered 24 total blocks, three were solo and 21 were assists. Led by Blackwell, South Alabama posted a season-best 17.0 blocks in the opener and then followed that up with 19.0 in the finale. The Jags held Troy to .059 or lower in five of the nine sets, including two in negative numbers in South Alabama’s 3-1 win on Thursday. Blackwell recorded three or more blocks in six of her nine sets in the two matches with her best coming in the third set on Friday where she recorded five. In the series opener, Blackwell posted seven kills and matched a career high with 11 total blocks – two solo and nine assists. Blackwell is currently tied for second in the Sun Belt Conference in hitting percentage (.369) and ranks fourth in blocks per set as she is averaging 1.22. Her 104 total blocks are third-most in the conference, while her 21 solo blocks the most in the SBC and her 83 block assists are tied for fifth.
 
Volleyball Setter of the Week
Isabella Loeswick, Coastal Carolina
(2nd Yr., S, Little River, S.C.)
 
Coastal Carolina setter Isabella Loeswick paced the Chanticleers to a pair of sweeps over Georgia State. Loeswick led all Sun Belt players with 11.5 assists per set last week. The Little River, S.C., native tallied 69 total assists with 37 in the opening match and 32 in the second match. The pair of assist totals over the weekend marked her third and fourth 30-assist matches of the season. Over the weekend, the second year posted her second double-double of the season Saturday with 10 digs, tying her career-high, to go along with 32 assists.
 
2026 Sun Belt Volleyball Offensive Players of the Week
Week 1 – Kalina Calvillo, Troy
Week 2 – Reagan Barth, Georgia Southern
Week 3 – Sophia Johnson, Georgia State
Week 4 – Kennedy Louisell, James Madison
Week 5 – Kaitlin Whitlock, Arkansas State
Week 6 – Kennedy Louisell, James Madison
Week 7 – Akira Burt, Georgia State
Week 8 – Addison Collum, Arkansas State
Week 9 – Beka Pfefferkorn, Georgia Southern
 
2026 Sun Belt Volleyball Defensive Players of the Week
Week 1 – Dalayla Blackwell, South Alabama
Week 2 – Mia Maloney, Arkansas State
Week 3 – MeMe Davis, App State
Week 4 – Ayen Nhial, James Madison
Week 5 – Maddie Cugino, Georgia Southern
Week 6 – Maddie Cugino, Georgia Southern
Week 7 – Hatteras Welker, Coastal Carolina
Week 8 – Erin Madigan, Arkansas State
Week 9 – Dalayla Blackwell, South Alabama

2026 Sun Belt Volleyball Setters of the Week
Week 1 – Allie Hazelwood, Southern Miss
Week 2 – Kaylee Musick, Coastal Carolina
Week 3 – Raegan Richardson, App State
Week 4 – Anabelle Cerny, South Alabama
Week 5 – Allie Hazelwood, Southern Miss
Week 6 – Lexi Duffy, Georgia Southern
Week 7 – Allie Hazelwood, Southern Miss
Week 8 – Allie Hazelwood, Southern Miss
Week 9 – Isabella Loeswick, Coastal Carolina