Shelby Martin - UCLA Student-Athlete of the WeekShelby Martin - UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week

Martin Selected UCLA Student-Athlete of Week, presented by Ready

Women's Volleyball

Graduate setter averaged 13 assists per set as women's volleyball team swept Utah, Colorado.

Setter Shelby Martin of the UCLA women's volleyball team has been selected the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Ready, for Oct. 4-10.

Martin was instrumental in UCLA's straight-set victories over No. 24 Colorado and No. 15 Utah last weekend, averaging 13 assists per set (78 total) at a .488 assist percentage across both sweeps. Martin now ranks fourth in the Pac-12 with 10.23 assists per set. Against Colorado, Martin recorded 42 assists (14 per set) at a .545 assist clip, tying for second-most by a Pac-12 player in three-set matches this season. Every Bruin attacker who recorded a kill in the match hit at least .368 or better. UCLA's 49 kills, averaging 16.33 per set, were the most by the Bruins in a three-set match and the highest set average this season. Martin opened the match with a set-high 18 assists. She added another 36 set assists in the Bruins' sweep of the Utes. Martin was also a point scorer for the Bruins with a combined five kills, two service aces and five block assists in both matches.

This is Martin's first UCLA student-athlete of the week award of the season and of her career.

Also nominated: Brittain Brown, Football; Kennedy Faulknor, W. Soccer; Tucker Lepley, M. Soccer; Alessia Nobilio, W. Golf; Nicolas Saveljic, M. Water Polo.