Simon Torwie

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/20/2023
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Long Beach State
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Artà, Balearic Islands, Spain
  • High School
    Carl-Con-Weinberg-Schule

  • Simon Torwie led No. 4 Long Beach State with a pair of huge blocking games to pick up Big West Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, and third in a career. 

  • The junior averaged 2.50 blocks per set in a pair of sweeps over NJIT, limiting the visitors to a .093 attack percentage.  

  • Friday night, Torwie matched a career-high with eight total blocks as the Highlanders hit just .193. The native of Arta, Balearic Islands, Spain, was also effective on the attack, adding seven kills to go along with two digs in the match. 

  • Saturday, the middle blocker added seven more blocks as NJIT was negative on the attack (-.014) for the night. Torwie added seven more kills on .600 hitting in the tidy three-set win.  

  • Torwie leads The Big West – and the nation in blocks per set with a 1.735 average.