WINGARD RECEIVES SECOND GNAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK NOD

Emmanuel College freshman Barrett Wingard (Dallastown, Pa.) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Volleyball Rookie of the Week for the second time this season. Wingard received the honor after leading Emmanuel to a 4-2 week, which included a win over #13 MIT.

The 6'5 rookie outside hitter hit an incredible .545 with a match-high 21 kills in 33 swings to lead the Saints over Wentworth last Tuesday.  He then had another match-high in kills with 10, as well as 4 blocks, against Division I Harvard University on Thursday night.

Over the weekend, Wingard powered the Saints to three wins at the Endicott College March Mania Tournament.  In a 3-1 win over Kean University, Wingard slammed down a match-high of 12 kills.  He recorded 8 kills and a team-high 8 digs in the Saints' 3-1 win over MIT.  He then recorded a match-high 19 kills, hitting .483, in a sweep of Elms College, before rattling off another team-high of 12 kills in Emmanuel's loss to Endicott.

Wingard, who has started in all 19 of his matches played, is currently averaging 2.45 kills and 1.04 digs per set in his rookie season for the Saints. 

This marks the fourth time an Emmanuel player has received GNAC Rookie of the Week honors this season, as Julian Hess was tabbed the top freshman in the league on two consecutive weeks earlier in the year.