Clarke Godbold

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/30/2023
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Long Beach State
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    San Pedro, Calif.
  • High School
    Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
  • Clarke Godbold is The Big West Offensive Player of the Week for the first time on the strength of a career-high-tying 17 kills in a come-from-behind 3-1 win for No. 3 Long Beach State at No. 4 Penn State last Wednesday night.
  • Godbold hit .286 (17-7-35) to share the match high in kills, and also contributed four block assists and a set assist for a career-best 19.0 total points to lead all players. The result kept the Beach’s record unblemished at 5-0 following a perfect three-match road trip to the East Coast. It also marked the Nittany Lions’ (6-1) first loss of 2023 and snapped their regular-season home win streak at 21.
  • Godbold’s other 17-kill output came in a 3-0 home sweep over No. 2 UCLA on Feb. 11, 2022. The third-year junior opposite from San Pedro was the 2021 Big West Freshman of the Year and a 2022 All-Big West First Team and AVCA All-America Second Team selection.
  • Godbold was previously The Big West Defensive Player of the Week on Jan. 24, 2022, and the back-to-back-to-back Big West Freshman of the Week on March 29, April 5, and April 12 of the 2021 season. This is LBSU’s first offensive honor of the new campaign.