RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – For the third time this season, junior outside hitter
Malia Leatherland has been honored as the Great American Conference's Offensive Player of the Week. She is the only player this season to earn the weekly award three times.
Leatherland, a native of Broken Arrow, helped lead OBU to the program's first outright GAC regular-season title last week, averaging 5.43 kills/set and 6.29 points/set while swinging .278. She laid down 15 kills against Southern Nazarene before closing out the regular season with a 23-kill performance against Northwestern Oklahoma State to clinch the GAC crown.
Oklahoma Baptist is headed to Hot Springs, Arkansas this week for the GAC Tournament. The No. 1-seeded Bison will face No. 8-seeded Arkansas Tech at 5 PM on Thursday, Nov. 21 inside Visit Hot Springs/Bank OZK Arena.
