LA JOLLA, Calif.—For the second straight week, Molly McCluskey has been named Big West Freshman of the Week after leading UC San Diego women's volleyball offensively in a 2-1 weekend.
 
It is the third conference weekly honor for the Tritons this season and 13th all-time after joining the Big West in 2021.
 
The freshman opposite earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the Kristen Dickmann Invitational, hosted by Navy. It was her second all-tournament recognition after earning tournament MVP at the UC San Diego Invitational in the opening week. 
 
McCluskey paced the Tritons with 4.29 points and 3.67 kills per set, adding 1.67 digs per set. She totaled 51.5 points and 44 kills, with 20 digs, six blocks and four aces in 12 sets.
 
In the Friday night sweep of Navy, McCluskey tallied 10 kills, six digs and four blocks. On Saturday in a five-set match with Liberty, she set a new career high with 18 kills and 21 points to lead all players, adding five digs, two blocks and two aces. In the Sunday 3-1 victory over Cornell, McCluskey tallied 16 kills and 18 points, finishing one dig shy of a double-double and adding two aces.
 
McCluskey has been the Tritons' kill leader in five of the first six matches this season and currently ranks sixth in the Big West in points (4.21 per set) and 10th in kills (3.54 per set).

PAST WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
Molly McCluskey, Freshman (Sept. 9, 2024)
Paulina Baillie, Defensive (Sept. 2, 2024)
Molly McCluskey, Freshman (Sept. 2, 2024)
Jasmine Saran, Defensive (Nov. 6, 2023)
Lauren Brooker, Freshman (Oct. 23, 2023)
Jasmine Saran, Defensive (Oct. 23, 2023) 
Ava McInnes, Offensive (Sept. 18, 2023)
Lauren Brooker, Freshman (Sept. 18, 2023)
Emily McDaniel, Defensive (Aug. 28, 2023)
Lauren Brooker, Freshman (Aug. 28, 2023)
Ava McInnes, Offensive (Oct. 17, 2022)
Emily McDaniel, Freshman (Oct. 18, 2021)
Naya Dong, Defensive (Sept. 13, 2021)

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.