JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The United Athletic Conference picked Eastern's Emilee Hill as the Player of the Week, and chose Hill and Cooper Abney as the Setter Pair of the Week.
 
Hill has earned four of the five player of the week awards this season.  Hill and Abney have been named setter pair of the week for three straight weeks.
 
EKU is off to an 12-2 start to the season.  The duo led the Colonels to a 2-0 start in conference play with wins at Central Arkansas (3-1) and Little Rock (3-0).
 
Hill averaged 4.36 points, 3.71 kills, 6.14 assists, 2.86 digs, 0.71 blocks and 0.29 aces per set with a .440 attack percentage.
 
The senior setter from Yorktown, Indiana posted a triple-double against Central Arkansas, raising her season total to an NCAA-best five and her career total to 20 triple-doubles.  She had 17 kills, 26 assists, 12 digs and four blocks. 
 
As a setter pair, Hill and Abney combined to average 12.71 assists per set and fueled a team .304 attack percentage.  Hill and Abney totaled 53 assists, 17 kills, 17 digs, two aces and four blocks at UCA.  They had 36 assists, nine kills, nine digs, three aces and one block in the sweep at Little Rock.
 
Abney is a junior setter from Marietta, Georgia.
 
In a match-up of UAC unbeaten teams, EKU will host Tarleton State on Thursday at Baptist Health Arena.  The match will begin at 6 p.m. ET.