Francesco Sani Award Offensive Player of the Week Week Of 4/11/2022 Sport Men's Volleyball School UC Irvine Year Sophomore Position Outside Hitter Hometown Bethesda, Maryland High School Walter Johnson HS Sophomore outside hitter Francesco Sani led No. 14 UC Irvine to the sweep of its home-and-home series with CSUN over the weekend, averaging 5.93 points, 5.00 kills, 1.00 digs and 0.57 aces per set while hitting .359 (35-12-64). Sani recorded a team-high 21 kills in Friday’s four-setter in Northridge, marking his sixth 20-plus-kill performance of the season, with three coming over the last five contests. The Maryland product hit .317 (21-8-41) and added two aces, three digs, two blocks (one solo) and one set assist for a match-best 24.5 total points. On Saturday in Irvine, Sani paced the ‘Eaters again with 14 kills at a .435 rate (14-4-23) with two more aces, four digs and two block assists for a match-high 17 points in the sweep. This is Sani’s first Big West weekly award of the 2022 season, after a pair of Freshman of the Week distinctions a year ago.