Joe Karlous

  • Award
    Setter of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/27/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Irvine
  • Year
    Graduate Student
  • Position
    Setter
  • Hometown
    Costa Mesa, Calif.
  • High School
    Newport Harbor

  • Joe Karlous guided No. 2 UC Irvine to a pair of victories over previously unbeaten No. 5 BYU to claim Big West Setter of the Week. This is a first weekly setter honor for the graduate student, and second career nod after picking up the weekly defensive award back on March 20, 2023.  

  • The Costa Mesa, Calif., native averaged 10.38 assists and 3.50 digs per set while the Anteaters hit a combined .335 on the week.  

  • Karlous had a season-high 53 set assists and 12 digs in the first meeting with the Cougars, a five-set victory for the home squad on Thursday.  

  • The setter then totaled 36 assists and tied a career-high with 16 digs in Friday’s sweep to cap the weekend. 

  • Karlous is now leading The Big West in digs with a 2.43 average, good for 11th nationally. The season assist average of 10.36 ranks third in the conference and eighth in the country.