ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drake University's Elle Tubbs (Clinton, Iowa) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Freshman Player of the Week, the league announced Monday, Nov. 21.
 
Tubbs recorded a tremendous end to her freshman season over the weekend by leading Drake with 17 blocks in a pair of road wins at Indiana State and Illinois State. She also added 12 kills and hit. 258 with a pair of aces.
 
In the Bulldogs' 3-1 win at Indiana State, she hit .412 with a career-high nine kills and nine blocks to account for 14.5 points. She had two kills in a 6-1 run that helped the Bulldogs rally take the first set and then had two of the Bulldogs' final three kills in a 34-32 win in set two against the Sycamores.
 
She followed that performance with eight blocks in a 3-1 win at Illinois State to give the Bulldogs their first season sweep of the Redbirds since 2009.
 
Tubbs ended her freshman season with 33 blocks in 14 matches with six starts for the Bulldogs. She also added 30 kills while hitting .274. She helped the Bulldogs finish 17-15 on the season for the program's first winning record since 2010.