Kyle McCauley, UC San Diego  Men’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week  Senior • Outside Hitter • Huntington Beach, Calif.

• Senior outside hitter Kyle McCauley led No. 14 UC San Diego to two five-set wins at No. 11 BYU, averaging 4.11 points, 1.79 digs and 0.5 aces per set, all team-bests, en route to Big West Offensive Player of the Week honors.  

• On Friday, the Tritons came back from two sets down to earn their first-ever victory over the Cougars. McCauley produced a team-high 20 kills to go along with eight blocks, seven digs, and two aces in Provo, Utah. Fittingly, he had the final kill of the historic match.  

• In Saturday’s rematch, McCauley totaled 11 kills with nine digs, and a trio of blocks aces and assists in their second five-set victory of the week. 

• This is McCauley’s third career Big West honor, also claiming Offensive Player of the Week twice in 2020 (Jan. 13, Feb. 17).    

Also nominated: Clarke Godbold (Long Beach State), Hilir Henno (UC Irvine), Chakas Spyros (Hawai’i), Ryan Wilcox (UC Santa Barbara)

Ryan Pecsok, UC Santa Barbara  Men’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week  Sophomore • Libero • Pacific Palisades, Calif.

• Sophomore libero Ryan Pecsok directed held down the defense for No. 6 UC Santa Barbara in a pair of road wins at No. 9 Grand Canyon to earn his first career Big West weekly honor.  

• The Pacific Palisades, Calif., native set a career-high in digs on Friday, popping up 18 balls and recording two assists in the five-setter.  

• He bested that number a night later, with a 24-dig evening as the Gauchos notched back-to-back five-set wins, averaging 4.2 digs per set on the weekend.  

• Pecsok has recorded three consecutive double-digit dig efforts to bump his season average up to 2.04 digs per set.

Also nominated: Mason Briggs (Long Beach State), Logan Clark (UC San Diego), Hilir Henno (UC Irvine), Cole Hogland (Hawai’i)

Hilir Henno, UC Irvine  Men’s Volleyball Freshman of the Week  Freshman • Opposite Hitter • Pornichet, France

• Freshman Hilir Henno led UC Irvine to an upset over No. 5 Pepperdine to claim his third Big West Freshman of the Week award of the season (Jan. 10, Jan. 17).  

• The opposite hitter pounded down 15 kills on .346 hitting with two aces, three digs and three totals blocks in the match. 

• After dropping the first set 25-13, Henno started UC Irvine’s winning ways with five kills in the second set as the Anteaters reeled of three-straight to claim victory. 

• In the fourth set, Pepperdine held set point and after an Anteaters’ kill, Henno had a solo block and kill to turn the tide, and UC Irvine went on to close the match with a 26-24 set win.  

• Henno is currently in the top-25 national rankings in points (4.32 - 16th) and kills (3.47 - 22nd) per set. 

Also nominated: Alex Nikolov (Long Beach State) 

2022 Big West Weekly Award Winners