Player of the Week: September 4, 2017
Each week of the spring and fall seasons, one player who was originally reported as a recruit by AVSR Global is named Player of the Week for an exceptional performance.
Fall Week #2: Liisel Nelis
Sacred Heart University
Northeast Conference, NCAA Division I.
Reported to AVSR Global subscribers in 2013.
Home: Saaremaa, Estonia.
Sophomore. 5'10" Outside Hitter.
2016: Three-time NEC Rookie of the Week.
See Liisel Nelis’s bio at the SHU website.
Last Week’s Action:
• Nelis earned a spot on the Harvard Invitational all-tournament team.
• She led Sacred Heart in three matches, scoring 46 kills and 27 digs, as SHU defeated Harvard and fell to Stony Brook and American.
• Nelis is SHU’s kills leader this year. Last fall she played in all 101 sets, and the Pioneers won the NEC regular-season championship.
• Nelis competed for Estonia’s junior national beach and indoor teams.
Excerpt from 2013 AVSR Global report:
“Liisel is easy to like as a lively, instinctive athlete and versatile recruit. She does everything well but hasn’t specialized at any position. … Can play LH or RH in mid-Division I or libero for a top-60 team.”
Update: Last Week’s Player of the Week
North Dakota State University, Summit League, NCAA-I.
Reported to subscribers in 2011 by AVSR Global.
Home: Siauliai, Lithuania.
Senior, 6'0" Outside Hitter.
Latest Action: Gelzinyte powered the Bison to three wins and was named to the NDSU Classic all-tournament team. She scored 35 kills and 31 digs in routs of Northern Colorado, San Francisco and Florida A&M.