Sept. 10, 2007

IRVING, Texas - Conference USA had solid team and individual volleyball performances across the board last week. Houston's Justine Farmer was named C-USA's Offensive Player of the Week after averaging five double-doubles and 5.14 KPG. East Carolina's freshman Katie Koop earned Setter of the Week merits with a 13.83 APG and Tulane's Jenn Miller was named Defensive Player of the Week after averaging 5.50 DPG.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JUSTINE FARMER, HOUSTON
5-10, Jr., OH, El Paso, Texas (Americas)
Farmer and the Cougars had a long week as they played five matches in five days. During that time span, Farmer produced five double-doubles and averaged 5.14 kills and 3.55 digs per game. She also established a school record for most attempts in a single match with 99 against UTSA. The junior leads C-USA in kills per game at 5.06 and moved up to seventh on Houston's all-time kills list with 1,241. The Cougars opened the week with Cal State Bakersfield at home on Wednesday, followed by a road match at UTSA on Thursday and a weekend tournament in San Marcos. Farmer paced the Cougars to a pair of 3-2 wins over CSBU and UTSA.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JENN MILLER, TULANE
5-9, SO., L, San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro)
Miller was named to the Loyola Marymount Hilton LAX Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 5.50 digs per game against tough competition, including a season-best 27 against host LMU. She also turned in 11 digs against No. 10 Wisconsin and posted a pair of service aces.

SETTER OF THE WEEK
KATIE KOOP, EAST CAROLINA
5-11, Fr., S, Spring, Texas (Klein)
Koop was named to the Holiday Inn Brownstone Volleyball Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.83 assists and 2.50 digs per game. The Texas native recorded a career-high 56 assists against North Carolina State, followed by a pair of 55 assist performances versus Akron and Dartmouth. The freshman ranks third in the league in assists per game with an average of 12.43. ECU went 3-1 on the week.