ALFRED, NY – Alfred University's Gillian Dickerson (Frisco, TX/Wakeland) was named the Empire 8 Women's Volleyball Rookie of the Week on Monday.
 
Dickerson had back-to-back double-digit set assists matches on Friday and Saturday. The first was a 12 assist outing at St. John Fisher University on Friday while also adding 13 digs, one ace and one kill. Dickerson then upped her collegiate career-high for a four-set match as she totaled 33 in a home win against Nazareth University. She finished Saturday's match with 6.0 points on three kills and three aces while digging attacks seven times. 
 
Dickerson was joined in the Empire 8 Weekly Honors by Alexis Gits (Irondequoit, NY/Irondequoit) as the Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the duo of Elizabeth Madsen (Portland, OR/Grant) and Camryn Moore (Prattsburgh, NY/Prattsburgh Central) as the Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week and Tommy Nyquist (Warren, PA/Warren Area) as the Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week.