Nato Dickinson Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 3/17/2025 Sport Men's Volleyball School Long Beach State Year Position Opposite Hometown Corona Del Mar, Calif. High School Corona Del Mar HS Long Beach State’s Nato Dickinson was stout on the front line in a pair of sweeping victories to claim Big West Defensive Player of the Week for the first time. The senior from Corona Del Mar, Calif., averaged 1.67 blocks per set, leading the Beach netminders that finished with 19 total team blocks against No. 7 CSUN and No. 19 Pepperdine. In Friday’s match against the Matadors, Dickinson finished with three blocks, a digs and six kills on .500 hitting. Saturday, the opposite hitter followed up with a career-high seven blocks against the Tigers to go along with three assists and four kills.