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Off the Block announced on Monday the recipients of the National Position Player of the Week Awards.
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 men’s volleyball during the week.
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 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.
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: Tyler Herget, BYU
National Opposite of the Week: Clarke Godbold, Long Beach State
Co-National Outside Attacker of the Week: Jacob Pasteur, Ohio State
Co-National Outside Attacker of the Week: Will Rottman, Stanford
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Kyle Paulson, USC
National Libero of the Week: Trey Cole, Pepperdine
Tyler Herget, BYU
Herget guided the offense to a .327 attack percentage and had a team-high nine digs as No. 9/9 BYU defeated No. 15 UC Santa Barbara in four games on Friday. The setter also led the Cougars to hit .455 and had a match-high two aces in a series-finale sweep against the Gauchos on Saturday.
Clarke Godbold, Long Beach State
Godbold led all players with a season-high 21 kills on a .487 attack percentage and added four blocks in a four-game victory against NJIT. The opposite also had a match-high 18 kills and hit .567 in a four-game win against No. 17 George Mason.
Jacob Pasteur, Ohio State
Pasteur finished with a match-high 23 kills on a .500 attack percentage as No. 4/5 Ohio State upset No. 1/1 UCLA in five games on Friday. The outside attacker also had a match-high four aces and added 13 kills in a five-game win against No. 13 USC ;on Saturday.
Will Rottman, Stanford
Rottman led all players with a season-high 22 kills on a .409 attack percentage and added a match-high four aces in a four-game victory against No. 14 Ball State. The outside attacker also finished with nine kills and hit .308 in a sweep against No. 7/6 Penn State.
Kyle Paulson, USC
Paulson had a match-high eight blocks and added nine kills on an .800 attack percentage in a four-game victory against No. 14 Ball State. The middle attacker also led all players with a season-high 10 blocks in a five-game loss to No. 5/4 Ohio State.
Trey Cole, Pepperdine
Cole led all players with a season-high 19 digs as No. 10 Pepperdine defeated McKendree in four games on Friday to open a two-match series. The libero also had six digs and did not commit a reception error in the series finale sweep on Saturday.