Check out all the national rankings and individuals who earned national and conference player of the week honors in college men’s volleyball this week.
National awards
Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week: Tamir Hershko, UC Irvine
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week: Angelos Mandilaris, Barton
Conference Carolinas
Player of the Week: Angelos Mandilaris, Barton
EIVA
Offensive Player of the Week: Jeff Hogan, St. Francis
Defensive Player of the Week: Doug Dzema, Sacred Heart
MIVA
Offensive Player of the Week: Adam Brewster, Lindenwood
Defensive Player of the Week: Ryan Vorderer, Lindenwood
MPSF
Player of the Week: Tamir Hershko, UC Irvine
VolleyMetrics Rally of the Week
St. Francis vs. Charleston
Awesome rally between @RedFlashMVB + @ucwv_athletics in the @VolleyMetrics Rally of the Week! pic.twitter.com/fQy58MDiPp
— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) February 27, 2017
AVCA NATIONAL COACHES POLL (Week 8)
1. Ohio State — 360 (24) points
2. Long Beach State — 335 points
3. BYU — 312 points
4. Hawai’i — 289 points
5. Lewis — 254 points
6. UC Irvine — 243 points
6. UCLA — 208 points
8. Stanford — 190 points
9. Loyola — 170 points
10. Pepperdine — 136 points
11. Ball State — 109 points
12. CSUN — 95 points
13. UC Santa Barbara — 78 points
14. USC — 62 points
15. Penn State — 37 points
Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 2
OFF THE BLOCK/SPRINGBAK, INC. NATIONAL MEDIA POLL (Week 8)
1. Ohio State — 100 (10) points
2. Long Beach State — 88 points
3. BYU — 81 points
4. Hawai’i — 70 points
5. Lewis — 56 points
6. UC Irvine — 45 points
7. UCLA — 42 points
8. Loyola — 33 points
9 Stanford — 19 points
10. Ball State — 6 points
Others receiving votes: Pepperdine 4; USC 4; CSUN 1; Sacred Heart 1
OFF THE BLOCK/SPRINGBAK, INC. DIVISION II NATIONAL COACHES POLL (Week 8)
1. Lewis — 40 (8) points
T-2. Cal Baptist — 25 points
T-2. UC San Diego — 25 points
4. Concordia-Irvine — 18 points
5. McKendree — 9 points
Others receiving votes: Barton 2; King 1