A nationwide voting committee selected 10 players to the annual Off the Block Freshman All-America Team that was unveiled Wednesday.
The Off the Block Freshman All-America Team honors the top NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball freshmen players from the regular season. This is the 13th year Off the Block has presented the national honor, which remains the only Freshman All-American Team presented in college men’s volleyball.
Players eligible for this award must have been listed as a freshman or redshirt freshman on the active roster for a NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball team.
A voting committee of more than 25 men’s volleyball coaches and volleyball media members determined the Freshman All-American Team. The 10 players garnering the most votes were named to the All-American Team..
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 annually presents college men’s volleyball national awards to recognize outstanding individual performances in the sport.
2025 Off the Block Freshman All-American Team
Setter: Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State
Opposite: Cole Hartke, Pepperdine
Opposite: Kristian Titriyski, Hawai’i
Outside attacker: Stanislaw Chacinski, Ohio State
Outside attacker: Sterling Foley, USC
Outside attacker: Adrien Roure, Hawai’i
Middle attacker: Stilian Delibosov, CSUN
Middle attacker: Micah Goss, UC Irvine
Middle attacker: Parker Tomkinson, USC
Libero: Johnny Dykstra, USC
Stanislaw Chacinski, Ohio State
Chacinski finished in the top 10 of the MIVA with both a 3.16 kills per game average and a .318 attack percentage. The outside attacker also was in the conference’s top 10 averaging 0.37 aces per game.
Stilian Delibosov, CSUN
Delibosov led the Big West and was in the nation’s top 15 with a 10.8 blocks per game average.The middle attacker also had a .503 attack percentage and had double-digit kills in six matches.
Johnny Dykstra, USC
Dykstra led the MPSF and was in the nation’s top 20 with a 2.24 digs per game average. The libero also had a team-high 571 service receptions and a 94.9 percent successful passing rating.
Sterling Foley, USC
Foley was among the team leaders with a 2.35 kills per game average and had double-digit kills in 11 matches. The outside attacker also had a 0.78 blocks per game average, including six blocks in a sweep against rival UCLA.
Micah Goss, UC Irvine
Goss was in the top five of the Big West and among the national leaders with a 0.95 blocks per game average. The middle attacker also hit .463 and had more than a .500 attack percentage in two postseason matches.
Cole Hartke, Pepperdine
Hartke was in the nation’s top 25 with a 3.59 kills per game average, including having a season-high 24 kills in a regular season meeting against Loyola. The freshman also had a combined 60 kills in five postseason matches as the Waves reached the NCAA Tournament finals.
Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State
Niklolov set a NCAA single-season record with 106 aces. The setter also guided Long Beach State to a nation-best .398 attack percentage as the Beach won the NCAA championship
Adrien Roure, Hawai’i
Roure finished in the top five of the Big West and among the national leaders with a 3.10 kills per game average on a .327 attack percentage. The pin-hitter from France has double-digit kills in three consecutive postseason matches, including 11 kills and zero errors on a .579 attack percentage in the Big West Tournament finals against Long Beach State.
Kristian Titriyski, Hawai’i
Titriyski was among the national leaders with a 4.24 kills per game average before being sidelined for the last seven matches. The Bulgarian freshman also had at least 15 kills in 13 matches, including 19 kills on a .571 attack percentage in a sweep against UC Irvine in March.
Parker Tomkinson, USC
Tomkinson led the MPSF and was seventh in the nation with a 1.15 blocks per game average. In addition, Tomkinson finished the season with a .460 attack percentage and had double-digit kills in five matches.