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Opposite Gabi Garcia Fernandez after helping lead BYU to a MPSF championship is the recipient of a college men’s volleyball postseason national award.
Off the Block announced Monday that Fernandez was selected as the Springbak/Off the Block National Freshman of the Conference Postseason.
The National Freshman of the Conference Postseason recognizes the best individual performance from a freshman in a NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball conference tournament. There were six conference tournaments this postseason — Big West, ConfCarolinas EIVA, IVA, MIVA and MPSF.
Fernandez had 12 kills and a team-high two aces, while defensively adding seven digs and four blocks as BYU beat UCLA in the MPSF Tournament finals on Saturday to clinch a NCAA Tournament berth. The opposite also finished with a match-high 12 kills on a .556 attack percentage and three aces in sweep against USC in the conference tournament semifinals on Thursday.
This is the third time this season that Fernandez has received a national freshman award. The 2018 MPSF Freshman of the Year during the regular season was a two-time recipient of the Springbak/Off the Block National Freshman of the Week.
Off the Block is a website that started in January 2011 and has become the nation’s leader in college men’s volleyball coverage.
Springbak, Inc. is the official sponsor of the 2018 Freshmen All-American Team, National Freshman of the Conference Postseason and National Freshman of the Week and produces high performance footwear used by professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB and U.S. Olympic teams and the top college teams in the nation.