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Offensive Player of the Week  William D'Arcy, UC Irvine | Senior • Opposite • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Leading UC Irvine to a road upset of then-No. 3 Pepperdine, William D’Arcy has claimed a first career Big West Offensive Player of the Week award. D’Arcy twice earned freshman honors back in 2023.  

• Off the bench in every set against the Waves, the senior opposite hitter had UCI’s final three kills in a 25-23 set one win then after trailing by as many as nine, D’Arcy took over the critical second set scoring five points in the final 10-3 run to win 26-24. 

• D’Arcy closed the win with 19 kills on .630 hitting (19-2-27) with three aces and a season-high five kills.  

• The native of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, opened the week with three kills on five swings with no errors and a pair of blocks in the home-opening sweep against then-No. 18 Princeton.  

• D’Arcy is currently leading The Big West and ranks seventh in national collegiate volleyball with a .491 hitting percentage. 

Also nominated: George Bruening (UC Santa Barbara); Leo Pravednikov (UC San Diego); Skyler Varga (Long Beach State); Kainoa Wade (Hawai’i)

Defensive Player of the Week  Ben Braun, Long Beach State | Senior • Middle Blocker • Rancho Mirage, Calif.

• Guarding the net with aplomb in a 3-0 week for Long Beach State, senior Ben Braun has been named Big West Defensive Player of the Week for the first career occasion. 

• Playing in road matches at Goerge Mason and Ohio State, Braun compiled 13 total blocks or 1.86 per set.  

• Braun contributed seven blocks and four kills in the sweeping effort at Mason on Friday. 

• Saturday was highlighted by six blocks coupled with 10 kills on .600 hitting (10-1-15) in a 3-1 win against the Buckeyes.  

• The middle blocker from Rancho Mirage, Calif., is posting 1.462 blocks per set to stand in second in The Big West and seventh nationally.  

Also nominated: Shane Aitken (UC Irvine); Quintin Greenidge (Hawai’i); Cole Schobel (UC Santa Barbara); Peter Selcho (UC San Diego)

Setter of the Week  Tread Rosenthal, Hawai'i | Junior • Setter • Austin, Texas

• Junior Tread Rosenthal directed Hawai’i to a series sweep of Rockhurst to land a seventh career nod as Big West Setter of the Week. The award is the second of its kind in the 2026 campaign.  

• Rosenthal started both of UH's wins over Rockhurst, tallying a combined 81 assists in seven sets (11.57 per set) while also adding four aces, four digs, six kills, and three blocks.  

• The product of Austin, Texas, compiled 44 assists in the four-set opener and 37 assists with four kills in the rematch. Rosenthal served up a pair of aces in each match.  

• All told, the Rainbow Warriors hit a combined .439 in the series including a season-high .500 in Friday’s finale.  

• Rosenthal leads the conference and rates fourth nationally with a 10.65 assists per set average. 

Also nominated: Owen Douphner (CSUN); Kameron Kosty (UC Irvine); Jake Pazanti (Long Beach State); Cole Schobel (UC Santa Barbara); Cameron Wurl (UC San Diego)

Freshman of the Week  Andrej Jokanovic, UC Irvine | Freshman • Outside Hitter • Cannes, France

• UC Irvine first-year player Andrej Jokanovic shone bright in a pair of Anteater victories to earn a first career Big West Freshman of the Week award.  

• Jokanovic averaged 3.71 kills, 1.00 digs and 4.07 points as UCI swept Princeton at home and secured a four-set upset against Pepperdine in Malibu.  

• The outside hitter led the Anteaters with nine kills to go along with an ace and a dig against the Tigers to open the home slate.  

• Against the Waves, the native of Cannes, France put down a career-high 17 kills on .371 hitting plus six digs.  

• Jokanovic ranks in The Big West’s top three and the national top 20 in both kills per set (3.50) and hitting percentage (.431). 

Also nominated: Noah Douphner (CSUN); Magnus Hettervic (Hawai’i); Jake Pazanti (Long Beach State); Dylan Pilkvist (UC Santa Barbara)