Leah Helman Award Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/23/2024 Sport Women's Volleyball School Lancaster Bible College Year Senior Position Libero Hometown Waynesboro, Pa. High School Waynesboro Defensive Player of the Week Leah Helman / Sr / Lancaster Bible College / Waynesboro, Pa. / Waynesboro HS Helman has led the Chargers to one of the best starts in program history at 12-3 overall. This week Helman and the Chargers went 3-1 with big wins over Hood, York (Pa.), and Elizabethtown. Helman tallied 91 total digs for the week at a 22.75 digs per set average. Three of those games were 20 or more digs including a 28-dig performance at York (Pa.). She also added 10 service aces and 33 assists. Helman currently sits in third for digs per set in the United East. This is the fifth Player of the Week for Helman, who previously received the award for the week(s) of: October 9, 2023, October 2, 2023, September 24, 2023, and October 3, 2022. Helman is a two-time United East Defensive Player of the Year, winning the award in both 2022 and 2023 in addition to All-Conference awards in those seasons.