CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Following back-to-back dominant performances, sophomore Morgan Gaerte earned her second ACC Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season, closing out the 2025 season with a well-deserved conference accolade. Gaerte was named Co-Offensive Player of the Week for the ACC back on September 8th following her school record 34 kills against Illinois. She’s the first Irish volleyball player since Lauren Brewster in 2005 to earn multiple Player of the Week honors and the first time it’s happened while Notre Dame has been in the ACC.
Gaerte posted 56 kills over eight sets (7.0 k/s) and 59.5 points (7.44 p/s) in the wins at Virginia Tech and over Wake Forest last week as Notre Dame finished the 2025 season with back-to-back wins.
Last Saturday, she had 31 kills on .403 hitting percentage in the win over Wake Forest to close the regular season, her third game of 30 or more kills this season. Gaerte also added two service aces, three block assists and eight digs for 34.5 points. At Virginia Tech on Wednesday, she totaled 25 kills on .333 hitting to lead Notre Dame to a road win while adding eight digs to her stat line
Gaerte ended her sophomore campaign with five-straight matches with 20 or more kills, two of them going for 30+. She broke her own school record from earlier this year for most consecutive matches with 20 or more kills and had double-digit kills in 27 of 28 matches, including 22-straight to begin the season.