Josh Schellinger Award Freshman of the Week Week Of 2/27/2023 Sport Men's Volleyball School UC San Diego Year Position Outside Hitter Hometown Bloomingdale, Ill. High School Lake Park Josh Schellinger averaged 3.19 points and 3.13 kills per set over two matches for UC San Diego, good enough for a third Big West Freshman of the Week award already. The redshirt freshman outside hitter had 13 kills in a 3-1 setback at former Division II rival Concordia Irvine of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation on Tuesday night, hitting .417 (13-3-24) with two digs. Schellinger then produced 12 more kills in a first-ever Big West contest as the Tritons opened the conference schedule with another 3-1 loss, this time at home to No. 14 CSUN on Friday. The native of Illinois also got hands to a career-high-tying seven digs, one block assist and a set assist. Schellinger’s 55 total attacks (25-9-55 for a .291 hitting percentage) over the two contests were second-most on the team. The Triton has appeared in all 14 matches, drawing 10 starts, and has reached double figures in kills eight times, all coming over UC San Diego’s last nine dates. Schellinger is now a league-best three-time Big West Freshman of the Week, with prior awards on Jan. 23 and Feb. 20. Teammate Evan Boyle was the season’s first recipient back on Jan. 9 to give the program four.