Milwaukee, Wis. - Karla Trautmann Mendez of Illinois Tech Women's Volleyball earned Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Student-Athlete of the Week honors for Women's Volleyball - Offensive Player, for her performance for the Scarlet Hawks this past week.

Trautmann Mendez, a senior outside hitter and Architecture major from Utuado, Puerto Rico, continued to be the offensive backbone for Illinois Tech. Karla recorded 10 kills and 3 service aces in a 3-0 away win against Dominican University on Oct 15. She came back on Saturday and delivered 17 kills, 1 service ace and 3 total blocks in a 3-1 home win against Milwaukee School of Engineering . Later that evening she had another double digit kill output with 12 kills, 2 service aces and 5 digs in a 1-3 home loss against Wheaton College. Her 39 kills on the week with a .230 hitting percentage helped the Scarlet Hawks continue to move up the NACC standings, now sitting in 4th place.