GREENWOOD, Ind. – Kentucky Wesleyan senior right side Nikki Jenkins was named the seventh Great Midwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Athlete of the Week for the fall on Monday. 

The Panthers enjoyed success at the Mizuno Midwest Region Crossover Volleyball Tournament in Aurora, Ill., while collecting two wins in the Great Lakes Center.
 
Kentucky Wesleyan beat Lake Superior State from the GLIAC and toppled Lake Erie, also from the GLIAC, while also playing against Ohio Dominican.
 
Jenkins was a force on the front line during tournament action where she accumulated 49 kills in 12 sets.
 
Her three-match averages came out to 4.08 kills per set, 1.92 digs per set and 0.75 blocks per set.
 
Jenkins battered 22 kills against Lake Erie on Saturday while hammering down 14 vs. Lake Superior State and 13 more against Ohio Dominican. She totaled 28 digs and served up six aces as well.
 
Jenkins leads Kentucky Wesleyan in kills per set this season (2.85) and has started 17 of the 18 matches she’s appeared in.