BOULDER -- Chidobe Awuzie, Jr. (football) and Naghede Abu (volleyball) are the Athletes of the Week for the week of Oct. 19-25. Awuzie had an interception securing the win against Oregon State for the Buffs on Saturday, and Abu earned a career-high 11 blocks in a four-set road win against No. 14 Arizona.
Two of Abu’s 11 blocks were solo blocks and she also added 4 kills and hit .500 on eight errorless attacks. On Saturday against No. 13 ASU, she posted seven blocks, five solo and two assists, while adding four kills and one error on seven attacks (.