APSU Athlete of the Week, Jada Stotts

Written by Colby Wilson
APSU Sports Information

Clarksville, TN – Sophomore Jada Stotts, of Austin Peay State University volleyball team, has been named the Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week.

Stotts was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week, Monday, for her work at last weekend’s Bama Bash. The Hoffman Estates, IL native led the Lady Govs with 67 kills and was named to the All-Tournament team.

She recorded a career-high and OVC single-match best 27 kills against tournament host Alabama, while notching a .305 attack percentage. It’s just the 11th time an Austin Peay player has recorded 27 or more kills in a match, and the most since Stephanie Champine’s 29-kill outing against Eastern Kentucky in 2009.

The Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week is selected by the APSU Sports Information staff each Tuesday during the academic year. Copies in a Flash, of Clarksville, sponsors the award.

Other notable performances by Austin Peay athletes included

• Senior Wes Kitts, of the football team, ran for a career-high 110 yards on 22 carries in the Govs’ loss to No. 15 Virginia Tech, Saturday. In doing so, Kitts became the first Governor to ever rush for 100-plus yards in back-to-back games against FBS opponents. His 110 yards on the ground is the most ever by an APSU back against an FBS opponent.
• Sophomore Cami Fields, of the volleyball team, was named OVC Setter of the Week for efforts at last weekend’s Bama Bash. She joined Stotts on the All-Tournament team, assisting on nearly 83 percent of the Lady Govs kills (140 assists). She had 52 assists and 10 digs for a double-double against Alabama.
• Junior Xiamar Richards, of the women’s cross country team, led three Lady Govs into the top 10 at Friday’s Powerade Invitational. Her sixth-place, 12:22.97 run in the two-mile event gives her six top-10’s in her career. She now ranks second all-time in APSU history in the two-mile run.
• Junior Earnest Smith, of the football team, was all over the place against the Hokies on Saturday. The Clarksville native recorded eight tackles (two solo), including a sack, one and a half tackles for loss and a forced fumble in defeat.