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Off the Block announced on Monday the recipients of the National Position Player of the Week Awards and the National Freshman of the Week.
The National Position Player of the Week Awards recognize the libero, middle attacker, opposite, outside attacker and setter who had the best performances in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the week. In addition, the National Player of the Week is presented to the top freshman from the week in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
The Off the Block staff determines each award recipient. The winners are announced every week during the regular season on the Off the Block website, offtheblockblog.com.
While there are other weekly national awards in college men’s volleyball, these are the only position-based and freshman-based weekly awards.
Off the Block at the end of the season presents the Lloy Ball Award to the nation’s top setter, Bryan Ivie Award to the nation’s top opposite, the Karch Kiraly Award to the nation’s top outside attacker, the Ryan Millar Award to the nation’s top middle attacker and the Erik Shoji Award to the nation’s top libero. It also presents the Freshmen All-American Team at the end of the regular season.
Off the Block is a national award winning website that launched in 2011 and is the nation’s leader in college men’s volleyball coverage.
Off the Block Weekly National Award recipients
National Setter of the Week: Sam Kobrine, UCLA
National Opposite of the Week: Cal Fisher, Penn State
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Ryan Coenen, Lewis
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Felix Egharevba, Ball State
National Libero of the Week: Gage Worsley, Hawai’i
National Freshman of the Week: Dominic Hagerty, Mount Olive
National Setter of the Week: Sam Kobrine, UCLA
Kobrine had 48 assists while guiding the offense to a .435 attack percentage and had a team-high seven digs in a five-game victory against No. 9/10 Grand Canyon on Friday. The setter also had match-high nine digs and helped the offense hit .256 as No. 6/8 UCLA beat Grand Canyon in four games on Saturday to complete the two-match series sweep.
National Opposite of the Week: Cal Fisher, Penn State
Fisher led all players with both 11 kills and three aces in a sweep against No. 15 George Mason on Friday to open a two-match series. He also had both a match-high 21 kills on a .404 attack percentage and three aces in a five-game loss to conclude the series on Saturday.
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Ryan Coenen, Lewis
Coenen finished with both a season-high 25 kills on a .382 attack percentage and 15 digs in a five-game victory against No. 10/9 Loyola on Friday. In addition, Coenen had a team-high 13 kills as No. 5/3 Lewis swept Loyola in the series opener on Thursday to clinch the MIVA regular season title.
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Felix Egharevba, Ball State
Egharevba set a single-match program record during the rally scoring era with 16 blocks in a five-game victory against No. 12 McKendree on Saturday. The middle attacker also had a combined 16 kills on a .500 attack percentage in the two-match series versus McKendree, including nine kills while hitting .533 in the series-opening loss Friday.
National Libero of the Week: Gage Worsley, Hawai’i
Worsley led all players with a season-high 17 kills as No. 1/1 Hawai’i beat No. 7/6 Long Beach State in five games on Saturday to complete the two-match series sweep. He also had a match-high 14 digs in the four-game victory to open the series Friday.
National Freshman of the Week: Dominic Hagerty, Mount Olive
Hagerty finished with 11 kills on a .320 attack percentage and added five digs as Mount Olive defeated Erskine in four games on Friday to clinch the ConfCarolinas regular season title.