Shane Benetz Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 3/7/2022 Sport Men's Volleyball School UC San Diego Year Senior Position Middle Blocker Hometown Santa Clara, Calif. High School The King's Academy Shane Benetz averaged a team-leading 1.13 blocks per set while hitting .609 over two home matches against then-third-ranked defending national champion Hawai’i. In No. 10 UC San Diego’s five-set victory on Wednesday night, the program’s first home success over UH since 2011, he posted career highs of 14 kills and 18.5 points while hitting .632 and adding six blocks, one of them solo, and an ace. On Friday night, Benetz attacked at a .500 clip with two solo stuffs among three total blocks.