Daniil Hershtynovich Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 2/10/2025 Sport Men's Volleyball School Long Beach State Year Sophomore Position Opposite Hometown Toronto, Ontario High School Hodan Nalayeh Long Beach State’s Daniil Hershtynovich picked up a first career Big West weekly honor after helping the top-ranked Beach dispatch No. 3 UCLA in four sets to move to 9-0 on the year. Hershtynovich was named Defensive Player of the Week for the efforts in LBSU’s lone match of the week. Hershtynovich made two blocks and six digs against the Bruins, to go along with 10 kills in the rematch of last season’s National Collegiate Championship at Walter Pyramid. Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Hershtynovich is hitting .400 on the season, which stands as fourth in The Big West and 14th nationally.