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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 Poulsen, McKendree
Co-National Opposite of the Week: Camden Gianni, Grand Canyon
Co-National Opposite of the Week: Ian Schuller, Lindenwood
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Hilir Henno, UC Irvine
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Toby Ezeonu, Penn State
National Libero of the Week: Matt Moore, Tusculum
Tyler Poulsen, McKendree
Poulsen guided the offense to a .527 attack percentage and added a match-high three aces in a sweep against Queens on Friday. The setter also had a team-high 10 digs and helped the team hit .284 in a four-game victory against Queens on Thursday.
Camden Gianni, Grand Canyon
Gianni had both a team-high 12 kills and two aces in a sweep against No. 6/8 BYU on Friday. The opposite also had a match-high 15 kills on a .333 attack percentage and added four blocks as No. 2/2 Grand Canyon beat BYU on Saturday to complete the two-match series sweep.
Ian Schuller, Lindenwood
Schuller finished with a match-high 16 kills on a .560 attack percentage in a four-game victory against No. 13 Lewis on Friday. The opposite also had both four aces and 10 digs in the upset win.
Hilir Henno, UC Irvine
Henno led all players with a season-high 28 kills on a .345 attack percentage in a four-game victory against No. 5/5 Stanford on Saturday. The outside attacker also had both a match-high 23 kills on a .422 attack percentage and added three aces in a series-opening win against the Cardinal on Friday.
Toby Ezeonu, Penn State
Ezeonu had both a team-high three aces and 11 kills with zero errors on a .846 attack percentage in a four-game victory against No. 15 Princeton on Friday. The middle attacker also had a match-high five aces and added five kills on a .333 attack percentage in a sweep against Princeton on Saturday.
Matt Moore, Tusculum
Moore led all players with a season-high 14 digs as Tusculum rallied from a two-game deficit to beat Thomas More on Friday. The libero also did not commit on an error on 22 service receptions in the comeback victory.