Kara Wright

Kara Wright

  • Award
    MVP
  • Week Of
    11/1/2018
  • Sport
    Volleyball
  • School
    University of Dubuque
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Stockton, Ill.
  • High School
    Stockton
Most Valuable Player
Kara Wright, University of Dubuque
Jr., OH, Stockton, Ill./Stockton)


The American Rivers Conference announced that University of Dubuque senior outside hitter, Kara Wright (Stockton, Ill./Stockton) has been selected as the league’s Most Valuable Player. Wright was crucial to the Spartan’s runner-up conference finish this season, posting a league-high 127 total kills and ranking second in kills/set at 3.85. Defensively she ranked 11th in the conference with a 4.09 digs/set average in league play. The junior standout’s overall season kills total of 387 ranks 33rd in NCAA Division III and her kills/set average of 3.79 ranks 47th. Wright is the third Spartan player to earn MVP honors in program history and the first since 1983.