Moni Nikolov

Moni Nikolov

  • Award
    Freshman of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/24/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Long Beach State
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Setter
  • Hometown
    Sofia, Bulgaria
  • High School
    Vasil Levski Sport School

  • Helping Long Beach State stay perfect on the season, setter Moni Nikolov picked up consecutive Big West Freshman of the Week awards to total five on the year and a combined eight weekly honors including setter awards.  

  • Nikolov commanded all aspects of the floor during two wins over NJIT, finishing with 63 total assists while guiding Long Beach State to .380 combined hitting for the week. Nikolov also made valuable offensive contributions, hitting .619 while averaging 2.14 kills per set along with 1.57 blocks and 1.43 aces per set. 

  • The native of Sofia, Bulgaria, finished with 35 assists alongside seven kills, seven blocks and five aces in Friday’s four-set win.  

  • In Saturday’s sweep, Nikolov helped on 28 scoring plays while adding eight kills, five aces and four blocks to the stat sheet. 

  • Nikolov leads the country in aces per set at 1.154, the lone student-athlete in national collegiate volleyball eclipsing 1.000