Izzy Diehl became the first Washington College Women’s Volleyball player to receive the Centennial Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week award since 2025. The senior outside hitter earned the honor for the week of September 14-20, receiving the conference award for the first time.
Diehl hit .472 and averaged 5.22 kills per set across two matches, recording 47 total kills. That total included the most kills by a Washington College volleyball player in the 25-point set era, which began in 2008.
Izzy Diehl Records Career-High 26 Kills
Against St. Mary’s (Md.), Diehl hit .571 and recorded a career-high 26 kills on 42 hitting attempts. She became the first Shorewoman to reach 26 kills in a match since Katherine O’Brien ’08 did so against Goucher on September 27, 2007.
Diehl followed with 21 kills and a .383 hitting percentage in Washington College’s four-set victory over Rutgers-Camden. Across the two matches, she recorded five errors on 89 attack attempts.
Washington College Women’s Volleyball Earns Consecutive Honors
Diehl’s selection followed Allison McKechnie ’26 being named Centennial Conference co-player of the week on September 23, 2025. Bethany Haughton won the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week award the previous week, giving Washington College consecutive conference weekly honorees.
MSB Analysis
Diehl’s first Centennial Conference weekly award recognized a two-match stretch that included 47 kills, a career-high 26-kill performance and a four-set victory over Rutgers-Camden. Her 26-kill match also established the highest total by a Washington College volleyball player in the 25-point set era.
Read Washington College’s official announcement.
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