It has been a time to celebrate for Van Wienen, who earned the Great Midwest Player of the Year award and first team all-conference honors for the third straight season on Thursday night.
She stepped up in tourney time as the the Chargers defeated Malone in Tuesday’s quarterfinals, Kentucky Wesleyan on Friday night in the semifinals and Tiffin on Saturday in the championship match.
After getting her name called 16 times on Friday, Van Wienen’s workload increased exponentially with a standout effort in the championship final.
The junior locked horns with Tiffin’s all-conference heavy hitter Jenna Huffman up front and proceeded to hit .471 with 19 kills on 34 swings. She also had a solo block and three assisted blocks.
When the season is all said and done, Van Wienen will be the conference single-season record holder in hitting percentage by a significant margin.
Versus Malone, she put down 16 kills on 35 attack attempts for a .457 hitting percentage.
She has earned conference offensive player of the week honors seven different times this year.