Junior setter Ashley Lee was named the Big West Player of the Week for Nov. 30, completing a stretch that has seen three different 49ers win the award in the last three weeks, joining Naomi Washington and Caitlin Ledoux. All three were earlier named first-team All-Big West.

Lee handed out 182 assists over four matches, averaging 11.38 per set as the 49ers went 3-1 at the Mizuno Thanksgiving Classic. Along with assists, Lee also helped with the offense in points, making nine aces and 21 kills over the four matches.

Against TCU to start the weekend, Lee made five kills, 11 digs and 51 assists in a four-set loss to the NCAA-Tournament bound Horned Frogs, and then guided an offense featuring four new players toa a four-set win over UNLV with a career-high four aces and .364 hitting.

On the second day of the tournament, Lee hit .385 with 28 assists and 14 digs in a sweep of LMU, and then closed out the tournament by hitting .417 with five kills while setting 54 assists and making 14 digs in a win over Utah.

In all, Lee had a double-double in all four matches of the weekend and led Long Beach State in hitting percentage at .362.

The award is the first for Lee in her career, and the fourth for Long Beach State this season. Caitlin Ledouxwon the award two weeks ago, and Naomi Washington was last week’s winner. Washington also won on Sept. 14 after an All-Tournament performance at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic. 

With Reports From LBSU