Football

Defensive end Cory Morrissey and kicker Cole Netten were honored by the Big 12 on Sept. 15 after their performances against Iowa on Sept. 13. 

Morrissey, who was an honorable mention All-Big 12 pick in 2013, was named defensive player of the week after turning in a career performance. Morrissey earned seven tackles, three of which were for losses, and two sacks. All of his tackles were career highs for Morrissey.

Morrissey’s 3.5 sacks on the season are the second most in the Big 12 and his multi-sack game against Iowa was the first for Iowa State since Jake McDonough accomplished the same feat against TCU in 2012.

Heading into the Iowa game, Netten’s career long field goal was 41 yards, but he would surpass that twice on the day. Netten kicked a career long 47-yard field goal in the first half and then sealed the victory for Iowa State with a 42-yard game-winning field goal with two seconds left on the clock. 

Netten was named the special teams player of the week by the Big 12.

Volleyball

For the second time in the season’s first three weeks, a member of the ISU volleyball team earned Big 12 defensive player of the week honors.

Freshman middle blocker and outside hitter Alexis Conaway is this week’s recipient of the award, the Big 12 announced Sept. 15.

The Orange City, Iowa, native put up career numbers in last weekend’s Diet Coke Classic and broke an ISU record in the process.

In Sept. 12’s match against University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Conaway registered one solo block and four block assists, but the best was yet to come.

Conaway’s 11 block assists against Tulsa on Sept. 13 set a new freshman record for Iowa State. It was the highest single-match output in the Big 12 this year. She followed up that performance with another six block assists against No. 19 Minnesota later that night.

Her average of 2.0 blocks per set also led the conference last week.

ISU libero Caitlin Nolan took home the same award on Sept. 1 for her play in the season’s opening weekend.