The International Player of the Year is presented to the best non-U.S. born player in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the regular season. The award is selected by a nationwide voting committee of college men’s volleyball coaches and media members.
A voter can select up to three players on their International Player of the Year ballot with a first-place vote worth three points, a second-place vote worth two points and a third-place vote valued at one point. The top three vote-getters are named finalists, and the player receiving the most votes is the recipient of the International Player of the Year.
Check out the player stats for voters to use before casting their ballots this year.
KILLS PER GAME AVERAGE
1. Stijn van Tilburg, Hawai’i — 4.24
2. Angelos Mandilaris, Barton — 3.99
3. Pelegrin Vargas, Fort Wayne — 3.81
4. Joao Victor Santos, Coker — 3.71
5. Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State — 3.69
6. Gabi Garcia Fernandez, BYU — 3.43
7. Rado Parapunov, Hawai’i — 3.38
8. Maxime Hervoir, Ohio State — 3.36
9. Alvaro Gimeno, NJIT — 3.34
10. Robert Poole, Mount Olive — 3.33
ATTACK PERCENTAGE
1. Daenan Gyimah, UCLA — .523
2. Simon Anderson, Long Beach State — .510
3. Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial — .398
4. Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State — .392
5. Stijn van Tilburg, Hawai’i — .366
6. Aaron Koubi, UC Irvine — .353
7. Maxime Hervoir, Ohio State — .326
8. Angelos Mandilaris, Barton — .311
9. Aleksa Brkovic, Barton — .306
10. Bjarne Huus, Long Beach State — .296
ACES PER GAME AVERAGE
1. Robert Poole, Mount Olive — 0.807
2. Joao Victor Santos, Coker — 0.570
3. Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State — 0.532
4. Alvaro Gimeno, NJIT — 0.513
5. Dimitar Kalchev, CSUN — 0.507
6. Gianluca Grasso, USC — 0.456
7. Francisco Salinger Cenzual, Limestone — 0.442
8. Gabi Garcia Fernandez, BYU — 0.436
9. Aleksa Brkovic, Barton — 0.418
10. Daenan Gyimah, UCLA — 0.376
ASSISTS PER GAME AVERAGE
1. Oscar Fiorentino, Barton — 9.82
2. Brian Negron, George Mason — 9.32
3. Aleksa Bijelic, Coker — 9.04
4. Ricardo Whitaker, NJIT — 8.24
BLOCKS PER GAME AVERAGE
1. Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial — 1.488
2. Aleksandar Perisic, Queens — 1.200
3. Daenan Gyimah, UCLA — 1.161
4. Luca Berger, NJIT — 1.075
5. Adriel Roberts, Charleston — 1.055
T-6. Tomas Gago, Fort Wayne — 1.000
T-6. Miki Jauhiainen, BYU — 1.000
8. Ackeem West, Emmanuel — 0.988
9. Simon Anderson, Long Beach State — 0.843
10. Gabi Garcia Fernandez, BYU — 0.840
DIGS PER GAME AVERAGE
1. Florian Ruhm, Limestone — 3.15
2. Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State — 2.09
3. Francisco Salinger Cenzual, Limestone — 1.82
T-4. Vasilis Mandilaris, Barton — 1.78
T-4. Aleksa Bijelic, Coker — 1.78