Ella Gamble Award Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/16/2024 Sport Women's Volleyball School Gallaudet University Year Junior Position Setter Hometown Cullowhee, N.C. High School Smoky Mountain Defensive Player of the Week Ella Gamble / Jr / Gallaudet University / Cullowhee, N.C. / Smoky Mountain HS / Carson-Newman University Gamble had a busy week for the Bison as she passed out 184 assists, served up 18 aces and was among the leaders for digs (49) and blocks (seven) in five matches (21 sets) as Gallaudet went 3-2. Gamble had 33 or more assists in every match and tallied double-doubles in three of the four matches at the Bonnie May Invitational hosted by Smith College. Gamble now has five double doubles this season. Gamble served up two or more aces in every match including four against the Saints last Wednesday as GU defeated Marymount for the first time since 2012. GU went 2-2 at the Bonnie May Invitational, with wins over host Smith College and Salem State and defeats to Middlebury and No. 18 Wesleyan (Conn.) University in a rematch of last year's NCAA tournament first round. Gamble has recorded 33 or more assists in 11 of the 12 matches Gallaudet has played so far this season. Gamble added one block in every match, including a season-high three against Smith where GU won in five, 3-2. Gamble had a career-high nine service aces against Salem St. as GU won in four, 3-1. This is the sixth Athlete of the Week award for Gamble who previously won for the weeks of November 6, 2023, October 30, 2023, October 16, 2023, October 9, 2023, and September 18, 2023. In the 2023 season, Gamble earned the United East Volt Division Offensive Player of the Year, a First Team All-Conference honoree, All-ECAC First Team, and an AVCA All-Region honorable mention award.