LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — The PSAC announced its weekly volleyball award winners today, with Clarion’s Taylor Braunagel winning the Southwest Athlete of the Week award for the first time this year.

(Photo courtesy of Clarion University Athletics)

She is the third Golden Eagle to win the award this year, joining Olivia Olson and Julia Holden.

Braunagel led the Golden Eagles to a perfect 3-0 week in conference play last week, helping them to a 3-1 win over IUP and 3-2 wins over Slippery Rock and Edinboro. She led the team with a 4.14 kills per set average, including a 29-kill performance against Edinboro on Saturday. That was the highest kills total for a Golden Eagle player since Melanie Bull notched 30 kills 14 years to the day before, during the 2003 season. Braunagel finished with two kill-dig double-doubles last week, starting with a 19-kill, 20-dig performance against the Rock. She also hit .261 in the match, the team-high for all players with more than 10 attempts. On Saturday against the Fighting Scots, she went off for 29 kills, a .205 hitting percentage, and 16 digs.

With her strong weekend, Braunagel moved into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time kills list at Clarion with 1,393.