MVB Sebastiano Sani

Sebastiano Sani

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/13/2026
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    UC San Diego
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Outside Hitter
  • Hometown
    Bethesda, Md.
  • High School
    Walter Johnson HS

  • Leading UC San Diego to a successful upset bid of No. 2 Hawai’i on Saturday, junior Sebastiano Sani has been named Big West Offensive Player of the Week for a first career award. 

  • The junior transfer from Long Beach State was instrumental in the Tritons handing the Rainbow Warriors their first Big West loss of the season, finishing with 18 kills while hitting .371 to go along with a career-high five blocks and two aces in the 3-1 victory at LionTree Arena.  

  • UCSD's win snapped an eight-match winning streak for the defending Big West champions, holding their bid for the regular-season title at bay until the final week of the action.  

  • In the two matches with Hawai'i, Sani totaled 29 kills on .434 hitting with 5.00 points per set. The outside hitter from Bethesda, Md., currently rates fourth in The Big West in both kills (3.62) and points (4.29) per set, both figures in the top 25 nationally. 

  • The Tritons have one more regular-season matchup before the postseason commences, hosting UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at 7 o’clock as both sides jockey for seeding position.