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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: Donovan Constable, CSUN
National Opposite of the Week: Jack Bolz, George Mason
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Tavion Ford, Edward Waters
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Guilherme Voss, Hawai’i
Co-National Libero of the Week: Fernando Juarez, St. Thomas Aquinas
Co-National Libero of the Week: Thomas Poole, Ohio State
Donovan Constable, CSUN
Constable had both a match-high 12 digs and seven blocks and guided the offense to a .277 attack percentage in an upset victory against No. 3/5 UC Irvine on Friday. The setter also led No. 16 CSUN to a .326 attack percentage and had a match-high three aces in a loss to UC Irvine on Saturday.
Jack Bolz, George Mason
Bolz led all players with a season-high 23 kills on a .476 attack percentage in a four-game victory against Sacred Heart on Friday. The opposite also had 12 kills and defensively contributed seven digs and three blocks in a five-game victory against No. 15 Princeton on Saturday.
Tavion Ford, Edward Waters
Ford led all players with a season-high 19 kills on a .593 attack percentage and had two aces in a sweep against Central State on Friday. The outside attacker also had a match-high 16 kills on .483 attack percentage and added three aces in a sweep against Kentucky State on Saturday.
Guilherme Voss, Hawai’i
Voss had a season-high 12 kills and zero errors on a .750 attack percentage and added six blocks in a five-game victory against No. 20 UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. The middle attacker also had nine kills on a .727 attack percentage in a sweep against the Gauchos on Friday.
Fernando Juarez, St. Thomas Aquinas
Juarez led all players with a season-high 13 digs in a sweep against Dominican on Thursday. The libero also did not commit an error in the win to help the first-year program extend its first-place lead in the ECC.
Thomas Poole, Ohio State
Poole finished with a match-high 15 digs in a five-game victory against No. 18 McKendree on Thursday. The libero also led all players with 13 digs and did not commit a reception error in a four-game loss to Lindenwood on Saturday.