Brett Sheward Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 1/16/2023 Sport Men's Volleyball School Hawai'i Year Junior Position Libero/Setter Hometown Newport Beach, Calif. High School Orange Lutheran HS Fifth-year junior Hawai’i libero Brett Sheward averaged 3.00 digs per set in a two-match series sweep of No. 6 Ball State en route to a first career Big West Defensive Player of the Week selection. The product of Newport Beach contributed a career- and match-high 17 digs to go with two assists in a come-from-behind four-set win on Friday inside SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center on O’ahu. Sheward had seven digs and one assist in Thursday night’s season-opening victory, also in four frames, and ultimately did not record a reception error over 47 total attempts for the weekend. Sheward’s current teammate, middle blocker Guilherme Voss, was a two-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week a year ago for UH.