Shane Aitken Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 4/14/2025 Sport Men's Volleyball School UC Irvine Year Position Libero Hometown San Clemente, Calif. High School St. Margaret's Helping to anchor the UC Irvine defense to a pair of victorious efforts against UC Santa Barbara, Shane Aitken has been named Big West Defensive Player of the Week. This is a first weekly honor for the freshman from San Clemente, Calif. Aitkin scooped up a career-high 13 digs with six assists in Thursday’s five-set road win over the Gauchos. Back in the Bren on Saturday, the libero added six more digs in the sweep to average 2.38 digs per set on the weekend. Aitken passed 32 balls without a reception error over the two matches.