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Off the Block selected the top players in college men’s volleyball and seeded them into a bracket. Now it is up to the fans to determine who should win the Off the Block//Frisco Mo Fan Choice National Player of the Year.
The Off the Block//Frisco Mo Fan Choice National Player of the Year recognizes the best individual performances from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players during the season and lets volleyball fans from around the world decide the winner through online voting.
The five-round bracket style tournament continues with the regional semifinals. The winners will advance to regional finals on Monday.
Check out today’s ballots below. Online voting for these first-round matches will end at 10 p.m. (CST) Sunday.
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No. 2 seed Wil Stanley, BYU
Stanley was in the nation’s top 10 with a 10.26 assists per game average and guided the BYU offense to the second-best attack percentage in the nation at .345. The All-American and finalist for the Lloy Ball Award helped the Cougars win the MPSF championship and reach the NCAA Tournament finals.
No. 11 seed Spencer Olivier, Long Beach State
Olivier was in the nation’s top 10 with a 4.02 kills per game average on a .303 attack percentage. The outside attacker also had a combined 36 kills and hit more than .400 in Long Beach State’s two Big West Tournament matches.
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No. 4 seed Keenan Sanders, UC Santa Barbara
Sanders was fifth in the nation with a .450 attack percentage and opened the season with double-digit kills in back-to-back matches. The All-American middle attacker and finalist for the Ryan Millar Award also was among the Big West leaders with a 0.84 blocks per game average as UC Santa Barbara reached the NCAA Tournament semifinals.
No. 9 seed Matteo Miselli, Belmont Abbey
Miselli was in the nation’s top 15 with a 3.94 kills per game average. The All-ConfCarolinas outside attack percentage also had back-to-back 20 kill performances in the ConfCarolinas Tournament to help the Crusaders reach the NCAA Tournament.
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No. 2 seed Gage Worsley, Hawai’i
Worsley was in the nation’s top 10 with a 2.35 digs per game average and was among the team leaders with a 96.2 percent successful service reception rate. He also won both the Erik Shoji Award as the nation’s top libero and the Steve Shondell Award as the nation’s top passer en route to helping the Rainbow Warriors win the NCAA championship.
No. 14 seed Luke Visgitis, Mount Olive
Visgitis was third in the nation with a .481 attack percentage and had double-digit kills in five matches. The All-ConfCarolinas senior also was among the conference leaders with a 0.91 blocks per game average as he helped Mount Olive win the ConfCarolinas regular season championship.
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No. 4 seed Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive
Azeez finished with a nation-best 4.58 kills per game average and had at least 20 kills in eight matches, including a season-high 33 kills on a .403 attack percentage in a late-season victory against Barton. The ConfCarolinas Player of the Year also was a finalist for the Karch Kiraly Award, Nicolas Szerszen Award and Division II National Player of the Year as he led the Trojans to the ConfCarolinas regular season title.
No. 16 seed Jon Igo, Limestone
Igo was fifth in the nation with a 1.27 blocks per game average. The All-Independent middle attacker also was in the nation’s top 20 with a .343 attack percentage, including having a season-high 14 kills on a .542 attack percentage in a late-season victory against Queens.
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No. 1 seed Gabi Garcia Fernandez, BYU
Fernandez finished in the nation’s top 25 with both a 3.77 kills per game average and a .331 attack percentage, including having 15 kills and zero errors while hitting .833 in an early-season sweep against Pepperdine. The MPSF Player of the Year and Bryan Ivie Award finalist also was fifth in the country averaging 0.52 aces per game as he helped the Cougars reach the NCAA Tournament finals.
No. 5 seed Roy McFarland, UC Santa Barbara
McFarland was in the top 15 of the Big West with both a .304 attack percentage and 2.78 kills per game average. The All-American outside attacker also had a season-high 21 kills on a .340 attack percentage in a NCAA Tournament opening round victory against Pepperdine.
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No. 7 seed Camden Gianni, Grand Canyon
Gianni was third in the nation with a 0.70 aces per game average, including having a season-high seven aces against USC. The All-MPSF outside attacker and National Server of the Year finalists also was in the nation’s top 15 with a 4.00 kills per game average.
No. 11 seed Merrick McHenry, UCLA
McHenry was in the nation’s top 15 with a .423 attack percentage and had double-digit kills in eight matches. The All-MPSF middle attacker also was in the nation’s top 20 with a 1.02 blocks per game average as he helped the Bruins finish in second place in the MPSF.
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No. 11 seed Kyle McCauley, UC San Diego
McCauley was in the nation’s top 25 with a 3.63 kills per game average and had double-digit kills in all but two matches. The All-Big West outside attacker also had 18 kills as UC San Diego upset Hawai’i in the Big West Tournament semifinals.
No. 15 seed Brad Creamer, George Mason
Creamer was third in the EIVA with a 0.84 blocks per game average. The All-EIVA middle attacker also had a .488 attack percentage as he helped George Mason reach the EIVA Tournament finals.
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No. 13 seed Adrian Iglesias, Barton
Barton was in the nation’s top 15 with a 4.02 kills per game average. The All-ConfCarolinas outside attacker had double-digit kills in 15 matches, including having 22 kills on a .621 attack percentage in a sweep against Belmont Abbey.
No. 16 seed Noah Melendez, King
Melendez led the ConfCarolinas and was second in the nation with a 2.69 digs per game average. The All-ConfCarolinas libero also had double-digit digs in 12 matches.