Sept. 29, 2014

WACO, Texas - After helping the Baylor volleyball team pick up its first win in a Big 12 opener on the road since 1997 on Saturday, redshirt freshman Katie Staiger earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors Monday.

Staiger matched a career high with 20 kills and added a career-high four blocks in Baylor's five-set thriller in Manhattan, Kan. Saturday night. The Bears defeated Kansas State to move to 10-5 on the season and began the league schedule with a 1-0 record.

The last time Baylor opened the Big 12 season on the road and won was September 26, 1997 at Iowa State.

Staiger had just four attacking errors on 44 attempts and hit .364. A year removed from ACL surgery, Staiger is second on Baylor's squad with 3.29 kills per set, and she is hitting .243 on the year.

Baylor resumes Big 12 play Wednesday at the Ferrell Center when the Bears play host to Texas Tech at 7 p.m. It's BU's annual dig pink night to support the AVCA's efforts in the fight against breast cancer, and in addition, Baylor will give out 100 regulation size volleyballs to the first 100 Baylor students that sit along the endline.