Johnston Earns GAC Weekly Award

Arkansas Tech University’s Lexie Johnston was named Great American Conference volleyball offensive player of the week on Monday, Oct. 23.

Johnston made 24 kills and had a hitting percentage of .564 in league wins over Oklahoma Baptist University and Southern Nazarene University last week.

A freshman from Nixa, Mo., Johnston leads the GAC and ranks fifth in NCAA Division II in hitting percentage (.404) this season.

The nationally 12th-ranked Golden Suns (26-0 overall, 11-0 Great American Conference) will face Central Baptist College for a 6 p.m. non-conference match in Conway on Monday, Oct. 23.