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Off the Block announced on Monday the recipients of the National Position Player of the Week Awards and the National Freshman of the Week.
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 Division I-II men’s volleyball during the week. In addition, the National Player of the Week is presented to the top freshman from the week in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
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 and freshman-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. It also presents the Freshmen All-American Team at the end of the regular season.
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: Quinn Isaacson, Ball State
National Opposite of the Week: Kevin Kobrine, UCLA
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Guilherme Voss, Hawai’i
National Libero of the Week: Francisco Comas, McKendree
National Freshman of the Week: Ben Montplaisir, Loyola
National Setter of the Week: Quinn Isaacson, Ball State
Isaacson had 53 assists and guided the offense to a .388 attack percentage as Ball State defeated Ohio State in four games in the MIVA Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday. The setter also had a match-high 13 digs in the postseason victory.
National Opposite of the Week: Kevin Kobrine, UCLA
Kobrine finished with both a match-high 23 kills on a .500 attack percentage and 12 digs as No. 6/7 UCLA upset No. 2/2 BYU in four games on Saturday. He also led all players with 12 kills while hitting .304 in a series-opening loss to BYU on Friday.
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive
Azeez led all players with a season-high 33 kills on .403 attack percentage and contributed seven digs as Mount Olive defeated its rival Barton in five games on Tuesday.
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Guilherme Voss, Hawai’i
Voss had a match-high eight blocks along with seven kills on a perfect 1.000 attack percentage in a four-game victory on Friday to open a two-match series against CSUN. He also had a season-high nine kills and hit .667 in the series finale sweep.
National Libero of the Week: Francisco Comas, McKendree
Comas led all players with a season-high 21 digs as McKendree defeated Purdue Fort Wayne in five games in the MIVA Tournament quarterfinals.
National Freshman of the Week: Ben Montplaisir, Loyola
Montplaisir finished with a match-high 10 blocks as Loyola beat Lindenwood in four games in the MIVA Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday. The middle attacker also had a season-high eight kills and zero errors while hitting .667 in the postseason win.