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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: Tread Rosenthal, Hawai’i
National Opposite of the Week: Cole Kertzynski, Pepperdine
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Hilir Henno, UC Irvine
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Rolen Lively, McKendree
National Libero of the Week: Mason Briggs, Long Beach State
Tread Rosenthal, Hawai’i
Rosenthal guided the offense to more than a .400 attack percentage in sweeps against No. 1/1 Grand Canyon and No. 14 Lewis at the Outrigger Invitational. The setter also had a season-high seven blocks and four kills in a five-game victory against No. 5/5 UC Irvine on Sunday.
Cole Kertzynski, Pepperdine
Kertzynski led all players with a season-high 24 kills on a .477 attack percentage and added three aces in a four-game victory against North Greenville on Friday. The opposite also had a match-high 17 kills and hit .375 in a sweep against Belmont Abbey on Thursday.
Hilir Henno, UC Irvine
Henno had a combined 89 kills and hit .411 in three matches at the Outrigger Invitational, including a career-high 36 kills against No. 3/3 Hawai’i on Sunday. The outside attacker also had 29 kills and eight digs in a five-game victory against No. 1/1 Grand Canyon on Thursday.
Rolen Lively, McKendree
Lively finished with a season-high 13 kills and zero errors on a .684 attack percentage and added a match-high four aces in a four-game victory against Maryville on Saturday. The middle attacker also had a combined 11 kills and no errors on a .647 attack percentage along with six blocks in sweeps against Erskine and Missouri S&T.
Mason Briggs, Long Beach State
Briggs finished with a season-high 17 digs in a five-game road victory against No. 19 UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. The libero also had a team-high 11 digs as No. 2/2 Long Beach State beat UC Santa Barbara in four games on Friday.