AMHERST, N.Y. -- Daemen University freshman middle blocker Etana Murray (Binghamton, N.Y.) was named the East Coast Conference Rookie of the Week, the league announced on Monday. It marks the first weekly award for Murray, and the fifth ECC Weekly Award for the Wildcats this season. 

Playing in just her fifth and sixth matches of the season, Murray shined in Daemen's 2-0 week, totaling nine blocks and eight kills. The freshman middle blocker posted a career-high seven blocks in the five-set win against D'Youville on Wednesday, adding four kills, two blocks and one assist. She followed that up with two blocks and four kills with zero errors on seven attacks for a .571 hitting percentage in the 3-1 victory over Roberts Wesleyan on Sunday. 

Murray has notched multiple kills and blocks in each of the last four matches and has 17 kills and 14 blocks on the year.