Hilir Henno Award Freshman of the Week Week Of 3/14/2022 Sport Men's Volleyball School UC Irvine Year Freshman Position Outside Hitter Hometown Pornichet, France High School Lycee Jean Mermoz Outside hitter Hilir Henno aided UC Irvine to a 2-1 week, including a split with then-second-ranked Long Beach State, to get the Anteaters back into the national poll at No. 13. In Thursday’s upset of the Beach to open conference action, Henno put down 17 kills to go along with a match- and season-high six aces, with the latter number tied for third-best in the Big West thus far in 2022. Henno went on to provide 11 kills and seven digs the next night in Long Beach. He rounded out the week with 15 kills on .393 (15-4-28) hitting in a four-set home win over George Mason, adding two aces, six digs and three block assists. The native of France averaged 3.58 kills, 4.50 points, 1.33 digs, 0.50 blocks and 0.67 aces per set. Henno has registered double-figure kills in 10 consecutive matches. Henno is a four-time Freshman of the Week in addition to one Offensive (Jan. 17) and one Defensive (Jan. 10) Player of the Week distinction to show for his first season of college volleyball.