Former Penn State great Alisha Glass, the starting setter for the U.S. Women’s National Team that won the championship in the 2010 World Grand Prix, received the “Best Setter” award in an awards ceremony following conclusion of the tournament. Former Stanford star Foluke Akinradewo was named the World Grand Prix MVP and Best Blocker.

Glass is competing in her first season with the U.S. Women’s National Team, which defeated Poland, Italy, Brazil and China in the final round, finishing with a sweep of Japan on Aug. 29th. The U.S. Women’s team had not won a medal in the World Grand Prix tournament since 2004, when they won a bronze medal.

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Best Setters: 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix

Rank	Name	Team	Running Sets	Faults	Still Sets	Total Attempts	Average per Set
1	Glass, Alisha	USA	249	9	258	516	13.11
2	Takeshita, Yoshie	JPN	263	3	325	591	12.52
3	Wei, Qiuyue	CHN	180		161	341	11.25
4	de Souza, Josefa Fabiola	BRA	213	4	238	455	10.65
5	Lo Bianco, Eleonora	ITA	190	2	187	379	10.56
6	Sadurek, Milena	POL	183	4	236	423	9.15
7	Rondon, Giulia	ITA	51		94	145	2.83
8	Skorupa, Katarzyna	POL	32	1	61	94	1.60
9	Bian, Yuqian	CHN	22		37	59	1.38
10	Lins, Danielle	BRA	16		21	37	0.80

And here’s an interview with Alisha, courtesy of the Big Ten Network, from 2009 after the NCAA Finals match with Texas: