Ella Zhou Award Athlete of the Week Week Of 10/6/2025 Sport Women's Volleyball School Massachusetts Institute of Technology Year Freshman Position Hometown Beijing, China High School Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University Offensive Athlete of the Week- Ella Zhou (Fy., OH), MIT First year Ella Zhou (Beijing, China) averaged 4.22 kills and 2.22 digs per set while hitting .545 (38 kills on 66 attempts with two errors) in a 3-0 week for No. 16 MIT. She led all players in kills (16) and digs (12) as she hit .500 and added two blocks in a 25-21, 25-18, 25-14 win over Wheaton on Tuesday. Zhou paced the Engineers' balanced attack with eight kills (.533 hitting percentage) and posted four digs, two aces, and a block in a 25-9, 25-12, 25-13 sweep of Mount Holyoke on Saturday. Later in the day, she amassed a match-high 14 kills while hitting .619 and contributed four digs and three aces in a 25-13, 25-13, 25-12 victory over Worcester State.