Hawaii’s Rado Parapunov posted a kills/block double double and averaged 4.43 kills and 1.86 blocks, while hitting .404 in a pair of wins over UC Santa Barbara en route to VolleyMob Player of the Week honors. The sophomore opposite notched 11 kills, three blocks, two digs and an ace, while hitting .474 (11-2-19) in Friday’s sweep. The Sofia, Bulgaria, native tallied 20 kills, 10 blocks, two aces and a dig, while hitting .368 (20-6-38) in a four-set win on Saturday en route to Big West Co-Player of the Week honors.
Honorable Mention
Arvis Greene, Cal State Northridge – Sr., Opp.
Averaged 6.00 kills and 1.12 digs per set, while hitting at a .312 clip in a pair of losses to No. 4 UC Irvine; downed a match-high 40 kills, while hitting .384 and adding seven digs, four blocks and two aces in a five-set loss Friday; tallied eight kills, two digs and two blocks, while hitting .067 in a three-set loss Saturday; Big West Co-Player of the Week
Shalev Saada, Grand Canyon – Sr., OH
Averaged 4.86 kills and 1.14 digs per set, while hitting .426; tallied 14 kills, seven digs, while hitting .524 (14-3-21) in a sweep of Benedictine; notched 20 kills, two blocks and a dig, while hitting .424 (20-6-33) in a four-set win vs. USC
Colby Harriman, Pepperdine – Sr., OH
Averaged 4.17 kills and 1.17 blocks per set, while hitting .432; notched 12 kills (12-5-24) and five digs, while hitting .292 in a three-set loss to #2 BYU; tallied 13 kills, seven blocks and an ace, while hitting .600 (13-1-20) in a sweep of Stanford
Maxime Hervoir, Ohio State – Sr., OH
Averaged 4.00 kills and 1.75 digs per set, while hitting .377; tallied 16 kills, five digs and a block, while hitting .480 (16-4-25) in a sweep of #15 Fort Wayne; registered 16 kills, eight digs and three blocks, while hitting .306 (16-5-36) in a five-set loss to #12 Ball State
Daenan Gyimah, UCLA – So., MB
Averaged 3.85 kills and 1.42 blocks, while hitting .632; tallied 15 kills, four blocks and an ace, while hitting .636 in a four-set win over Stanford; notched 12 kills, six blocks and an ace, while hitting .625 in a sweep of #2 BYU
2018 VolleyMob Player of the Week Honorees
1/9 – Karl Apfelbach, UC Irvine
1/16 – Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach State
1/23 – Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego
1/30 – Jake Hanes, Ohio State
2/5 – Micah Ma’a, UCLA
2/13 – Brenden Sander, BYU
2/20 – Robert Poole, Mount Olive
2/27 – Stijn van Tilburg, Hawaii
3/6 – George Huhmann, Princeton
3/13 – Austin Matautia, Hawaii
3/20 – David Wieczorek, Pepperdine
3/27 – Ricky Gevis, Loyola
4/3 – Jaylen Jasper, Stanford
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