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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: Simon Gallas, USC
National Outside Attacker of the Week: Zach Schneider, Daemen
National Middle Attacker of the Week: Guy Genis, UCLA
National Libero of the Week: Mason Briggs, Long Beach State
National Freshman of the Week: Alex Nikolov, Long Beach State
Quinn Isaacson, Ball State
Isaacson had 40 assists and guided the offense to a .457 attack percentage as Ball State swept George Mason on Friday.
Simon Gallas, USC
Gallas led all players with a career-high 30 kills on a.583 attack percentage to help No. 12/10 USC upset No. 3/2 Penn State on Friday. The opposite also had 11 kills and nine digs in a loss to No. 11 Ohio State on Saturday.
Zach Schneider, Daemen
Schneider finished with both a team-high 19 kills and four aces as Daemen defeated Princeton in five games on Sunday for the program’s first all-time win against a team receiving votes in the national coaches poll. The two-time All-Independent Team selection also had match-high 22 kills on a .415 attack percentage and three aces in a loss to Sacred Heart on Saturday.
Guy Genis, UCLA
Genis had seven kills and zero errors while hitting .778 in a five-game victory against No. 11 Ohio State on Friday. The middle attacker also had eight kills and zero errors on a .667 attack percentage along with a team-high five blocks in a four-game victory against No. 3/2 Penn State on Saturday.
Mason Briggs, Long Beach State
Briggs led all players with a career-high 19 digs as No. 5/5 Long Beach State defeated No. 7/6 Lewis on Friday.
Alex Nikolov, Long Beach State
Nikolov finished with a match-high 12 kills on a .429 attack percentage and added five digs in a sweep against No. 9/8 Loyola. The outside attacker also led all players with 16 kills while hitting .364 in a four-game victory against No. 7/6 Lewis.