Student-Athlete of the Week presented by GEICO Sept. 17, 2007

Volleyball player Christina Nash (Princeton, Fla./Coral Reef) has been named the American University Student-Athlete of the Week presented by GEICO, the AU Department of Athletics and Recreation announced Monday.

Nash started three of the four matches for American and helped her team to a 4-0 record on its way to winning the American Volleyball Tournament. The junior tallied 175 assists and averaged 12.43 per game and was named the tournament's Best Setter. Her 61 assists in the championship match, against Penn, tied her career high and was her third-consecutive match with 40 assists or more. Nash also recorded a .458 hitting percentage throughout the tournament and blocked seven attacks.