Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men's Player of the Week

 

 

PROFILE

NAME Ben Ponnet
SCHOOL Grand Canyon
POSITION Outside Hitter
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Merchtem, Belgium

            Ben Patton2

Ponnet tied a single match career-high with 23 kills against Lindenwood (Photo courtesy GCU Athletics).

           Ponnet cracks career 1000-kill club


April 16th - Ben Ponnet, a 6-4 junior outside hitter for Grand Canyon University, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Men's Division I-II National Player of the Week.  As just a junior, last week Ponnet became the first player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills after recording 23 in their sweep over Lindenwood.  In addition to matching his single-match career high, he hit .326 while tallying eight digs and three blocks.  The MIVA Player of the Week had another 20+ kill match two days later against the same opponent, this time nailing 22 kills on .333 hitting with six digs.  The Belgian native enters Saturday's MIVA quarterfinal at Ohio State with 1,040 career kills.  For the week, he averaged five kills, 1.56 digs and 6.25 points per set.  This is the first time an athlete from Grand Canyon has taken home Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week honors.  The Antelopes are coached by Jeremy Price.

 

2013 SPORTS IMPORTS/AVCA MEN'S DIVISION I-II PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 January 8  Jeremy Dejno  UC Irvine  OH  JR
 January 15  Robert Feathers  USC  MB   SO
 January 22  Taylor Sander  BYU  OH  JR
 January 29  Taylor Hughes  Pacific  OH  RS-SR
 February 5  Dalton Ammerman  Long Beach State  OH  JR
 February 12  Eric Fitterer  Lewis  Opp  SO
 February 19  DJ White  Harvard  OH  SO
 February 26  Ben Patch   BYU  OH  FR
 March 5  Ben Patch  BYU  OH  FR
 March 12  Sinisa Zarkovic  Hawai'i  OH  FR
 March 19  Dane Worley  UCLA  OH  JR
 March 26  Ryan Boyce  BYU  S  SR
 April 2  Gonzalo Quiroga  UCLA  OH  JR
 April 9  Kyle Russell  UC Irvine  OH  RS-FR
 April 16  Ben Ponnet  Grand Canyon  OH  Jr.

 

Sports Imports/AVCA Men's Division I-II National Player of the Week Archive