Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes. These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, September 15:Volleyball: Whitney BillingsSenior Whitney Billings began the week with 11 digs in a win over Louisville to become the sixth player in program history to amass 1,000 career kills and digs, and the first since the inception of the 25-point rally scoring era. She contributed nine kills in the win narrowly missing out on a double-double effort. In the upset-victory over No.4 Minnesota (the highest ranked opponent defeated in the Craig Skinner era), Billings was unstoppable. She went off for 25 kills on a blistering .467 hitting percentage. The hitting percentage is the highest in her career for a five-set match where she tallied 15 or more kills. With the 25 hammers she became the first player in the 25-point rally scoring era to have two matches of 25 or more kills in a single season. She also picked up 12 digs in the victory for her 35th career double-double effort. She had a season-high five blocks and was perfect from the serve-receive line as the Gophers attacked her 23 times. In the loss to Pepperdine, she reached double-figures in the digs column for the sixth time this season, while also posting a season-best three service aces. Women’s soccer: Arin GillilandArin Gilliland scored seven points on the weekend, netting two goals and adding three assists in the two matches. Gilliland scored 10 seconds into the Wildcats 4-2 win over WVU, and also added another goal and two assists. Gilliland was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, and also named to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week.Volleyball: Jackie NapperJunior libero Jackie Napper has found her rhythm in her new position as she led the Wildcats in digs for the week with 3.85 per set. She logged a .966 serve-receive stat line, while registering double-figure dig efforts in every contest. She opened the week with 15 scoops against her hometown rival, Louisville. She also added four assists and an ace. Against Pepperdine she totaled 11 digs. She saved her best for last in helping UK to the biggest upset since 1993 with a career-high 24 dig performance. She coupled that with five assists and an ace. The Gophers served at her 28 times and she registered a perfect 1.000 serve-receive percentage. With the 50 digs on the weekend, she has now tallied 656 career digs which is the fourth-highest total in the 25-point rally scoring era for UK. Volleyball: Anni ThomassonFreshman Anni Thomasson continued to provide a spark on the floor for the Wildcats as UK upset No. 4 ranked Minnesota and Louisville who is receiving votes in the AVCA poll. The week began with a career-high 13 kill, 16-dig performance in the victory over in-state rival Louisville. She then continued her streak of 10-or more dig matches with 10 scoops in the loss to Pepperdine. In the upset victory over the Golden Gophers, Thoamsson registered her fourth double-double in five matches with 10 kills and 10 digs, while also adding a pair of blocks. She was served at 41 times in the three matches, and did not make a single error. She averaged 2.08 kills per set, good for third on the team. Here 3.08 digs per frame was second only to UK’s starting libero. Her 2.58 points per game ranked third on the squad.