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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 second-round matches in the Matt Anderson Region and the Jeff Jendryk Region. The winners will advance to regional semifinals on Saturday.
Check out today’s ballots below. Online voting for these first-round matches will end at 10 p.m. (CST) Thursday.
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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. 10 seed Hayden Wagner, George Mason
Wanger was in the nation’s top 15 with a 3.88 kills per game average, including a season-high 21 kills in an upset victory against Penn State. The All-EIVA opposite also helped the Patriots advance to the EIVA Tournament finals.
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No. 3 seed Randy DeWeese, UC Santa Barbara
DeWeese was ninth in the nation with a 4.04 kills per game average, including having 21 kills while hitting .317 in a victory against Pepperdine in the NCAA Tournament opening round. The All-American opposite also had 13 kills as UC Santa Barbara beat UC San Diego to win the Big West championship.
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. 12 seed Billy Fauntleroy, USC
Fauntleroy was fifth in the nation with a 4.30 kills per game average, including having a season-high 31 kills against Grand Canyon. He also helped the Trojans reach the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals.
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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.
No. 16 seed Vicente Ibarra, Purdue Fort Wayne
Ibarra as a freshman finished in the nation’s top 25 with a 3.69 kills per game average. The All-MIVA outside attacker also had at least 20 kills in five matches, including 21 kills in the conference tournament quarterfinals.
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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. 7 seed Jackson Gilbert, North Greenville
Gilbert was sixth in the nation with a 4.26 kills per game average and had double-digit kills on all but one match this season. The All-ConfCarolinas senior also was fourth in the nation with a 0.56 aces per game average as he helped the Crusaders reach the ConfCarolinas Tournament semifinals.
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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. 12 seed Justin Sharfenaker, Lincoln Memorial
Sharfenaker led Lincoln Memorial and was among the national leaders with a 3.28 kills per game average and had double-digit kills in 15 matches. The Independent Teams Freshman of the Year also had a combined 23 kills in the IVA Tournament to help the Railsplitters win the tournament championship.
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No. 6 seed Jakob Thelle, Hawai’i
Thelle led Hawai’i to a nation-best .360 attack percentage and was fifth in the nation with a 10.69 assists per game average. The Lloy Ball Award finalist also earned NCAA All-Tournament as the setter helped Hawai’i 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. 9 seed JP Payne, Queens
Payne finished seventh in the nation with a .446 attack percentage and had double-digit kills in eight matches. The middle attacker also was named the Independent Teams Player of the Year as helped Queens advance to the IVA Tournament finals.
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.
First-Round Matches
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No. 4 seed Cal Fisher, Penn State
Fisher was second in the nation with a 0.75 aces per game average and was named the National Server of the Year. The All-American opposite was also among the national leaders with a 3.52 kills per game average and in the nation’s top 20 with a .354 attack percentage as he helped Penn State win the EIVA championship.
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.
Jon Igo ROCKS!
No. 16 seed Jon Igo, Limestone
Jon Igo
I didn’t even vote but my ballots looked like my votes were casted. What’s going on?
Hmmm. Not sure what happened there but the polls are closed
Is the voting closed? I am not able to vote and it’s not allowing me to. It says thank you for your vote in all of the players
Yes, these polls are closed. New second round matches are up: https://www.offtheblockblog.com/2021/05/otb-frisco-mo-fan-choice-national-player-of-year-second-round-2/