After piling up the awards as a freshman in 2009, it

didn’t take long for Seward County Lady Saints sophomore middle hitter

Sheina Fernandes to add to the list in 2010 as she was named the first

ever Verizon Wireless KJCCC Player of the Week for her performances

Friday and Saturday at the Lamar Kick Off Classic. She was a unanimous

selection among the four voters.

Fernandes won the conference player of the week award

more than any other player last season, garnering the distinction 3

times in 2009 and took home the inaugural award in 2010 thanks to a

weekend in which she led Seward to a 3-1 record and averaged nearly 3

kills per game. She hit .462 overall on the weekend, leading the team

in that category as well as her 2.93 kills per game. She led the Lady

Saints to wins over Trinidad State, Chandler-Gilbert, and Vernon on the

weekend with 6, 13, and 14 kills respectively as well as chalking up 10

blocks in the 3 matches.

Fernandes and her Lady Saints will look to keep up their

solid play as they face a tough early season test Wednesday night in the

Greenhouse when they take on 14th ranked Pratt to open up Jayhawk West

Conference play at 6:30.