Category: Awards

  • Penn State setter Goas wins Fan Choice Player of the Month

    Penn State setter Edgardo Goas is the January winner of the Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month.

    Goas received 360 votes and 42.81 percent of the total vote out of almost 850 votes cast for this inaugural college men’s volleyball national award.
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  • Final day to vote in Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month

    Fans have less than 24 hours to vote for one of the seven finalists for the Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month award.

    The Player of the Month award recognizes the best individual performances from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players during the month and gives volleyball fans from around the world the chance to determine who was the best player.
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  • Voting now open for Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month

    Off the Block selected the seven finalists, and now it is up to the fans to determine who should win the Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month for January.

    The Player of the Month award recognizes the best individual performances from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players during the month and gives volleyball fans from around the world the chance to determine who was the best player.
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  • Finalists selected for January Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month

    Seven players have been selected as finalists for the Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Month.

    The Player of the Month award recognizes the best individual performances from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players during the month and gives volleyball fans from around the world the chance to determine who was the best player.

    Off the Block selected the finalists for the January award. The finalists include UCLA middle attacker Thomas Amberg, UC Irvine outside attacker Carson Clark, USC outside attacker Tony Ciarelli, Penn State setter Edgardo Goas, Lewis outside attacker Jay Petty, BYU outside attacker Taylor Sander and Ohio State outside attacker Shawn Sangrey.
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  • 2012 Off the Block Preseason All-American Teams released

    A nationwide voting committee selected 21 players to the Off the Block Preseason All-American Teams.

    The Off the Block Preseason All-American Teams recognizes the Division I-II men’s volleyball players projected to be the best in the nation during the upcoming season. Ten players were selected as Preseason First-Team All-Americans and 11 players were named Preseason Second-Team All-Americans.
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  • UCLA outside attacker Quiroga wins 2011 Off the Block Fan Choice Offseason Award

    UCLA outside attacker Gonzalo Quiroga is the inaugural winner of the Off the Block Fan Choice Offseason Award.

    Quiroga received 324 votes and 32.5 percent of the total vote out of almost 1,000 online votes cast for this national collegiate men’s volleyball award.

    The Offseason Award recognizes the best performances from current NCAA men’s volleyball players in international tournaments during the summer and gives volleyball fans from around the nation the chance to determine who had the best performance through online voting.
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  • Loyola’s Bunting wins 2011 Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Year award

    Loyola outside attacker Mike Bunting is the inaugural winner of the Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Year.

    Bunting defeated UC Irvine outside attacker Cory Yoder on Monday in the championship match of the Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Year tournament, a competition that lets the fans determine the winner through online voting.

    More than 1,000 votes were cast in the championship match with Bunting receiving 63.9 percent of the vote to beat Yoder 818-463.
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  • Winners announced for EIVA, MIVA, MPSF Reporters of the Year

    The Daily Trojan reporter Sean McCormick, The Daily Collegian reporter Joe McIntyre and The Ball State Daily News reporter Andrew Mishler were selected as the Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Conference Reporters of the Year.

    The Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Conference Reporters of the Year recognizes the best college newspaper reporters in the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF.
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  • Winner, finalists announced for Best Men’s Volleyball Online Coverage of the Year

    The Daily Collegian is the inaugural winner of the Off the Block Best Men’s Volleyball Online Coverage of the Year.

    Off the Block conducted a season-long analysis of the online coverage for college men’s volleyball on professional and college newspaper websites from around the nation.
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