Texas State graduate setter Emily DeWalt earned her 22nd career Sun Belt Setter of the Week award, the conference announced Oct. 4.
The award is DeWalt’s fourth of the 2022 season and came after the graduate posted 60 assists during the Bobcats’ five-set thriller with James Madison (JMU) on Sept. 30, and then put up 52 in the maroon and gold’s subsequent four-set match with the Dukes on Oct. 1. DeWalt also added in four blocks during Texas State’s second match with JMU.
“(The) Bobcats’ senior setter Emily DeWalt helped her Texas State team to a split against James Madison in a showdown of divisional leaders. She charted a conference-best 112 assists over the course of the week, averaging 12.44 assists per set in nine sets. The 112 total assists marked the most assists in a two-match span for DeWalt,” the Sun Belt said via a press release. “She directed a Texas State offense that finished with an SBC-leading 15.67 kills per set during the week and a league-high 141 total kills on .330 hitting. In the opening match against the Dukes, DeWalt charted 60 assists and scooped 14 digs. In the second match, she added 52 assists and five digs. She (also) finished the week with 19 digs and eight kills”
