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No. 1 Volleyball’s O’Neal named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1 Texas Volleyball's Asjia O'Neal has been named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

O'Neal picked up her second career Big 12 weekly award, after she was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week during the 2019 season.

The Southlake, Texas product, together a tremendous blocking performance in a pair of road wins over Iowa State last week. She had back-to-back nine block efforts to tally 18 total blocks on the weekend. O'Neal also added 10 kills, three aces and three digs over the two matches.