COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University freshman Molly Whalen claimed the final Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season, conference officials announced on Monday afternoon.
 
The award is Whalen's second of the season and the Mavs' third this season.
 
It came after Whalen recorded 27 combined kills, an average of 4.50 per set, while hitting .345 from her outside hitter position in the Mavs' 3-0 sweeps of Black Hills State and South Dakota Mines to close out the regular season.
 
The Litchfield Park, Arizona native and 2026 Canyon View High School graduate, had a match-high 15 kills on .414 hitting in Friday's win over Black Hills State.  She then tallied 12 kills while hitting .276 to co-lead the Mavericks in Saturday's victory over South Dakota Mines.
 
Whalen, who had also been named as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 12, also had two blocks in each of the recent victories.
 
CMU ended the regular season with a 21-5 overall record and earned the No. 3 seed in this week's RMAC Tournament with a 12-2 conference record. 
 
The Mavs will begin the post-season on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when they host the sixth-seeded Fort Lewis College Skyhawks (15-11, 8-6 RMAC) in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament.