Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
HILBERT, Wisconsin – The Midwest Conference (MWC) announced its Performers of the Week award recipients for games played November 2-8, 2026, on Tuesday.
MWC sports information directors nominate student-athletes for the Performer of the Week honor by sport and vote as a committee to select the winners.
For the fall and winter seasons, Performers of the Week will be recognized every week on Monday (football, basketball) and Tuesday (volleyball, swim and dive) once their seasons have been triggered (three MWC institutions competing) and will conclude the week prior to the sport-specific Conference tournament/championship.
The Performer of the Week award winners are as follows:
Women’s Volleyball Offensive Performer of the Week
Ally Olmstead, Cornell College
Olmstead hit .319 and averaged 2.63 kills per set during Cornell's 1-1 week. The junior had 13 kills in a five-set loss to national-votes getter UW-Platteville.
Women’s Volleyball Defensive Performer of the Week
Rebeca Hernandez-Rivera, Knox College
Hernandez-Rivera had an incredible day in Knox's tri-match against Beloit and Alverno as she racked up 55 digs in two matches. Against Beloit, she tallied 31 digs and also picked up a pair of service aces. Taking on the Inferno, she finished with 24 digs. She finished the day with 6.11 digs per set, helping Knox take down Alverno in five sets.
Men’s Swim and Dive Performer of the Week
Spencer Pfaff, Grinnell College
Pfaff was a quadruple champ in Saturday’s 194-97 victory over Luther College. Individual titles came in the 50-yard freestyle (21.73 seconds) and 100 butterfly (50.98). He was also on the first-place 400 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams that had times of 3:31.24 and 3:14.05, respectively.
Women’s Swim and Dive Performer of the Week
Kate Callender, Grinnell College
Callender won three event titles in the Pioneers’ 176.5-120.5 win over Luther College Saturday. She won the 500- and 1000-yard freestyles in times of 5 minutes, 26.88 seconds and 11:10.46, respectively. Her clocking in the 1000 ranks 16th in GC history. Callender also swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay team that had a time of 3:45.52.