Player Of The Week — Aug. 22-27

Ava Mohler, So., East Bay

Position: Middle hitter/outside hitter

Season stats: 35 kills, 10 aces

The lowdown: In the opening week of the season, Mohler recorded a combined 20 kills, nine aces and eight digs in wins over Jefferson and Middleton. Fans paid attention. Mohler had 23 percent of the votes (282) in the area player of the week poll to beat out Newsome’s Alyssa Clark, who had 20 percent (243 votes).