September 7, 2009
WACO, Texas -- Valquiria Caboclo of the University of Texas-Brownsville was named the Red River Athletic Conference Player of the Week and Hitter of the Week for the dates of Aug. 31-Sept. 6. Additional weekly award winners included Co-Setters of the Week Daianarah Bracero of UTB and Evoni Darling of Texas Wesleyan University and Co-Liberos of the Week Chelsy Covington of TWU and Anayeli Trevino of UTB.

Caboclo, a freshman middle blocker from Sao Paulo, Brazil, lifted UT-Brownsville to a 3-0 sweep of NCAA Division I opponent, UT-Pan American. She pounded home nine kills on 18 total attacks with just four errors for a hitting percentage of .278. Caboclo also was credited with seven digs and three blocks as UTB improved to 6-1.

Bracero, a senior setter from Sabana Grande, P.R., contributed 25 assists in the win over UTPA for the Lady Scorpions to raise her average to 8.67 assists per game. She also provided 11 digs in the contest.

Darling, a junior setter from Grapevine, Texas, registered 15 assists and five digs as TWU lost to Tarleton State University (Texas), 3-0. She also had a pair of kills for the 1-3 Lady Rams.

Covington, a sophomore libero from Hutto, Texas, pulled in nine digs against TSU with a 1.000 service percentage on 18 total attempts.

Trevino, a sophomore defensive specialist from Brownsville, Texas, collected 10 digs against UTPA and holds an average of 3.5 digs per game.

Additional Player of the Week nominees included Arika Butler of Texas College and TWU's Destiny Clemons, while Brittani Toole of Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas) and TWU's Kristen Venhuizen were Hitter nominees. SAGU's Rachel Brown was nominated for this week's Setter award and SAGU's Tina Brown was a Libero nominee.