WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- CAL STATE, SAN BERNARDINO outside hitter Mary Thornton has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Women¹s Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of November 1-7.

Thornton, a 5-10 senior from Hesperia, Calif., kept the Coyotes in the hunt for a postseason berth by powering CSUSB to victories over Chico State and UC Davis last week. She averaged 5.0 kills, 2.86 digs and 0.86 blocks per game, hit .417 (35-7-67) and added six blocks and four service aces in seven games.

Thornton opened the week with 18 kills, 10 digs and three blocks, and hit .471 (18-2-34) in a three-game sweep of Chico State. She then tallied 17 kills, 10 digs, three blocks and three service aces while hitting .364 (17-5-33) in a four-game triumph over UC Davis. The Player of the Week honor is the first of Thornton¹s career and the second for the Coyotes in 1999.

1999 CCAA Women¹s Volleyball Players of the Week: 9/7 - Jamie Griffin, CSLA; 9/13 - Kasey Jungwirth, CSLA; 9/20 - Lisa Wilson, CSUB; 9/27 - Nicole Cyrus, GCU; 10/4 - Jamie Liefveld, CSUSB; 10/11 - Caryn Sale, CSLA; 10/18 - Michele Brown, CSUS; 10/26 - Jennifer Carr, CSUB; 11/1 - Amber LeTarte, GCU; 11/8 - Mary Thornton, CSUSB.