BOSTON, Mass. (September 15, 2026) – Emerson College junior Chloe Hokenson has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III Player of the Week the organization announced this afternoon.
Hokenson, who collected her first Offensive Player of the Week selection from the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) on Monday, is the first Emerson student-athlete to receive national recognition from the AVCA in program history. She led the Lions to a 3-1 week that featured a pair of five set victories, including a 3-2 triumph at No. 25-ranked New York University on Saturday, recording back-to-back triple doubles and two additional double-doubles for the week. Hokenson averaged 2.84 kills with a .364 hitting percentage with 5.16 assists, 0.42 service aces, 2.84 digs and 0.63 blocks per set while scoring a team-high 70 points for the week.
Hokenson is Emerson's first AVCA National Player of the Week. |
Hokenson opened the week with 11 kills and 12 assists for her second-straight double-double, adding five service aces, seven digs and four blocks in Tuesday night's 3-1 win at Endicott College. She posted a .457 hitting percentage with her season-high 18 kills on 35 total attacks and just two errors in Friday night's 3-2 win over University of Saint Thomas (Texas), with 31 assists and career-best 26 digs, two service aces and four blocks for her first triple-double of the weekend. Hokenson continued to fill the boxscore with her second-straight triple-double (sixth career), against Montclair State University on Saturday with 14 kills and a .393 hitting percentage with just three errors on 28 total attempts with 29 assists, 15 digs and two blocks. She capped the week with her third double-double of the season in Saturday's five set triumph at #25 NYU by recording 11 kills with just two errors on 29 total attacks for a .310 hitting percentage to her 26 assists, six digs and two solo blocks in the contest.
Hokenson has started all seven matches for Emerson this season and ranks seventh among NEWMAC leaders with her team-leading .335 hitting percentage, while ranking seventh with 6.03 assists per set, also contributing 2.47 kills (20th NEWMAC), 0.47 service aces, 2.57 digs (18th) and 0.43 blocks per set, having totaled 96.5 points (5th) over 30 sets played. She has totaled three double-doubles and the two triple doubles that rank second nationally in Division III.
Hokenson, an All-NEWMAC second team selection as a sophomore, has played 232 sets over her 61 career matches played at Emerson and has totaled 403 kills, 1,386 assists, 117 aces, 520 digs and 106 blocks, averaging 1.74 kills. 5.97 assists, 0.50 aces, 2.24 digs and 0.46 blocks per set over her career. She has logged 20 double-doubles and six triple doubles over her career. She has been named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team and earned Academic All-District® honors from College Sports Communicators.
Emerson (6-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) returns to action tonight when it opens a four match homestand by hosting Dean College for a non-conference matchup at Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium at 7 p.m. The Lions host Muhlenberg University and Rhode Island College for a tri-match on Boylston Street on Saturday for a tri-match starting at 10 a.m.
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