WASHINGTON - With an incredible performance and a milestone reached in American University volleyball's one match last week, senior Helena Elbaek has been named the GEICO Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of March 8-14.

Elbaek passed the 1,000 career kills mark in AU's sweep of Lafayette on March 12, becoming the 14th player in program history to do so. She hit an incredible .595 in the match (24 kills, 2 errors, 37 attempts), and her 24 kills in the 3-set win were the most in three sets for a Patriot League player since 2015.

Coming into the match, Elbaek needed 15 kills to hit 1,000, which she did during a 10-kill second set and kept going from there. Just under 100 more kills this shortened season will get Elbaek into the top 10 all-time. Currently, Elbaek's 6.08 kills per set lead all players in NCAA Division I.