Spyros Chakas Award Offensive Player of the Week Week Of 1/16/2023 Sport Men's Volleyball School Hawai'i Year Junior Position Outside Hitter /Opposite Hometown Nea Smyrni, Greece High School The Moraitis School Spyros Chakas averaged 5.50 points and 5.13 kills per set and hit .485 (41-8-68) in a two-match home sweep over then-sixth-ranked Ball State to earn the true junior outside hitter for top-ranked Hawai’i a first career Big West Offensive Player of the Week award. Chakas, a 2022 All-American and native of Nea Smyrni, Greece, tallied a match-best 19 kills at an attack rate of .405 (19-4-37) during Thursday night’s season opener for the Rainbow Warriors, adding two digs, two set assists and an ace for 20.0 points. In Friday’s second consecutive four-set victory, this one of the come-from-behind variety after dropping the first frame, Chakas wound up with a match-high 22 kills on .581 (22-4-31) hitting, seven digs and two solo stuffs for 24.0 points to again lead all players. The series served as a rematch of the 2022 national semifinal that also went UH’s way in a thrilling five-set comeback. The 2022 National Collegiate Championship Most Outstanding Player was previously The Big West Freshman of the Week on March 1, 2021. Current teammates Dimitrios Mouchlias (twice) and Jakob Thelle picked up Big West Offensive Player of the Week honors in 2022.