Josh Schellinger Award Freshman of the Week Week Of 4/17/2023 Sport Men's Volleyball School UC San Diego Year Position Outside Hitter Hometown Bloomingdale, Ill. High School Lake Park Josh Schellinger averaged 3.43 points and 3.00 kills per set for UC San Diego in two losses at No. 1 Hawai’i, netting the outside hitter a league-high fourth Big West Freshman of the Week honor. The redshirt freshman put down a match-high 12 kills over three frames in Saturday night’s rematch, attacking at a .292 (12-5-24) rate while adding six digs, a solo block and one set assist for 13.0 total points. In Friday night’s initial meeting, Schellinger collected nine kills, five digs, two block assists and a service ace for 11.0 points. The product of Bloomingdale, Ill., has played in 23 of 24 contests, drawing 18 starts, and has reached double digits in kills 10 times. Schellinger’s fourth Big West Freshman of the Week nod broke a tie with UC Irvine’s Maxim Grigoriev, with prior awards on Jan. 23, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27. The selection actually broke a second tie, as UC San Diego totaled six of the 15 rookie awards from three different players (Evan Boyle on Jan. 9 and Jim Garrison on April 10), to top UCI’s five.