Jakob Thelle

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/10/2022
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Hawai'i
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Setter
  • Hometown
    Tonsberg, Norway
  • High School
    ToppVolley

  • Hawai’i junior Jakob Thelle directed the Rainbow Warriors to a pair of wins over No. 7 Loyola-Chicago to open their national title defense.  

  • The setter from Tonsburg, Norway tallied 72 total assists, or 10.29 per set, and led Hawai’i to a team hitting percentage of .367 in the two matches. 

  • Thelle added a career-high six aces and tied a career high with four blocks in the season opener. He finished with 10 digs, nine aces, five blocks and five kills on the weekend.  

  • He was also named AVCA Division I-II National Player of the Week for his efforts. This is Thelle’s first career Big West weekly award.