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Ammerman becomes the 13th Anteater to earn National Player of the Week honors
March 9, 2009
Irvine, Calif. – UC Irvine setter Ryan Ammerman has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week as well as Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Player of the Week with Pepperdine's Paul Carroll.
Ammerman guided the second-ranked Anteaters to victories of Loyola-Chicago and No. 11 UCLA last week. In a sweep of Loyola-Chicago to begin the week, Ammerman recorded 29 assists, and added eight blocks, leading his squad to a .299 hitting percentage. In the match at UCLA, he tallied a career-high 66 assists in five games, adding a team-high 11 digs, while leading UCI to a .336 hitting percentage. His 66 assists are ranked eighth in the UCI rally scoring record books.
For the week, Ammerman averaged 11.88 assists per game, while adding nearly two digs and blocks per game, all while leading the Anteaters to an impressive .322 hitting percentage.
No. 2 UC Irvine will travel to No. 1 Cal State Northridge Friday (Mar. 13) at 7:00 p.m. in the Matadome.
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