Lincoln Memorial outside named Independent Teams Player of Week

An outside attacker who helped lead Lincoln Memorial to a milestone win is now earning a college men’s volleyball honor.

Off the Block announced Monday that Johansen Negron was selected as the Off the Block Independent Teams Player of the Week.

Negron finished with a match-high 13 kills on a .667 attack percentage as Lincoln Memorial swept No. 11 Loyola on Friday for the Railsplitters’ first all-time win against a nationally ranked team. The sophomore also had nine kills and a match-high two aces in a four-game victory against McKendree on Saturday.

The 11 independent teams in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball this season are Alderson Broaddus, American International, Daemen, D’Youville, Fairleigh Dickinson Limestone, Lincoln Memorial, Long Island, Maryville Queens and Tusculum.

Off the Block determines the Independent Teams Player of the Week based on a variety of factors, including a player’s individual performance and how a player’s team fared during the week.

The winner of the Independent Teams Player of the Week is unveiled every week during the regular season on the Off the Block website, offtheblockblog.com.

Off the Block is a national award winning website that started in 2011 and is the nation’s leader in college men’s volleyball coverage.