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

 

 

PROFILE

NAME Kevin Tillie
SCHOOL UC Irvine
POSITION Outside Hitter
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Cagnes-sur Mer, France

            Kevin Tillie

Tillie recorded 20 kills in their win over No. 5 UCLA. (Photo courtesy UCI Athletics)

    Tillie helps Anteaters to first round MPSF win


April 24th - Kevin Tille, a 6-6 junior outside hitter for No. 2 UC Irvine, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Men's Division I-II National Player of the Week.  The Anteaters are coming off a first round MPSF Tournament victory over No. 5 UCLA in four sets.  He smashed 20 kills and hit .432, including the match winner after UCLA scored two straight to narrow the lead to 24-23.  They will face off against Southern California in the MPSF Semifinal, and it will mark the second time this year these two teams will face off as the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the country.   This is the 20th time a UCI men's volleyball player has been named a Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week, and the second time this season after he won it the week of January 31st.  The Anteaters are coached by John Speraw.  

 

2012 SPORTS IMPORTS/AVCA MEN'S DIVISION I-II PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 January 17  Taylor Sander  BYU  OH  So.
 January 24   Greg Petty  Lewis   OH   Fr.
 January 31  Kevin Tillie  UCI   OH   Jr.
 February 7  Ivan Matos  IPFW  OH  Sr.
 February 14  Brad Lawson  Stanford     OH  Sr.
 February 21  John La Rusch  Long Beach St.  OPP  Fr.
 February 28  Tony Ciarelli  USC  OH  Sr.
 March 6  Shawn Sangrey  OSU  OPP  Sr.
 March 13  Jack Tutty  Mt. Olive  MB  So.
 March 20  Carson Clark  UC Irvine  OPP  Sr.
 March 27  Joseph Smalzer  Loyola Chicago  OPP  RS So.
 April 3  Vaun Lennon  UC San Diego  OH  So.
 April 10  Erik Shoji  Stanford  Lib.  Sr.
 April 17  Brad Lawson  Stanford  OH  Sr.
 April 24  Kevin Tillie  UCI  OH  Jr.

 

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