Lauterwasser Named MW Defensive Player of the Week

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., – Wyoming Volleyball’s Paige Lauterwasser was named the Old Trapper Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week Monday morning, as announced by the league office.

It is the second career league player of the week honor for Lauterwasser as she was named the Mountain West’s Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 28 of the last season.

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It is her first-career defensive nod. Lauterwasser joins Sarah Holcomb as Cowgirls to be named the conference's defensive player of the week this season.

Lauterwasser led the Cowgirls to a 2-0 week at home last week and notched a team-best 4.75 digs per set in the two victories. In both matches, Lauterwasser was one off a career-best for digs as she tallied 19 in wins against San Jose State and Fresno State.

Lauterwasser, who also had four blocks on the week, helped lead a Wyoming defense that held its opponents to just a .159 hitting percentage for the week.

Lauterwasser and the rest of the Cowgirls now begin a four-match road swing beginning this week. UW travels to face Boise State at 6:30 p.m., Thursday before heading to Utah State for a noon first serve Saturday.

From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things

Every state in our nation has chosen things that represent the state in one way or another to be official state things. Like a flower, or animal. Wyoming is no different.

The Equality State, or the Cowboy State, depending on which state slogan you want to go with, has a state flower. But did you know we also have a state tree and a state fish? Yes, we even have a state code.

To be an official thing, a member of the state legislature must write and submit a bill to the legislature declaring that a thing will be the official state thing. Then the legislature votes to pass the bill, or not, if it passes, the governor signs the bill into law and we have a new official state thing.

Here is what we have so far, all of Wyoming's official things. Now you can win big on Wyo Trivia Night if that's a thing that exists.

Gallery Credit: Ben Kuhns

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