Meredith Shipman Award Player of the Week Week Of 11/9/2009 Sport Women's Volleyball School NYU-Poly Year Junior Position Outside Hitter Hometown Sugarland, Texas High School Elkins Polytechnic Institute of NYU junior outside hitter Meredith Shipman was named Most Valuable Player of the Skyline Conference women’s volleyball tournament after leading the Fighting Blue Jays to their first conference title and the school’s first-ever NCAA tournament bid. Shipman averaged 4.88 kills per set while hitting .473 (39-4-74) in the two matches. In the championship against Sage, she had 25 kills and just three errors. Her biggest kills came in the deciding fifth set with the NYU-Poly trailing 14-11 and facing three match points. The Blue Jays scored three straight points and six of the next seven to rally for the championship.