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2024 AVCA National Collegiate Men’s Player of the Year

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Hilir Henno,

HILIR HENNO, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

  • Henno joins Jayson Jablonsky (2006) as the only Anteaters to earn the AVCA MVB National Collegiate Player of the Year award. He becomes one of six UC Irvine student-athletes across all sports to be tabbed National Player of the Year.
  • He is the catalyst behind UC Irvine making its eighth NCAA Championship appearance. The Anteaters have been in the top 5 of the AVCA/NVA Poll 12 weeks this season, including the last 10.
  • The most dynamic hitter in the nation, Henno owns a .386 hitting percentage, which is seventh overall and the best by a pin hitter. He has hit .400 or better 17 times this season.
  • The Big West Player of the Year is second in the kills (4.72) and points (5.47) per set nationally.
  • The junior has recorded double figure kills in every match this season and had 20 or more kills on 10 occasions. He put away a career-high 36 kills in a non-conference meeting with Hawai‘i, the second most kills in the country in 2024.
  • He recorded an ace in all but six matches and currently leads the Big West with a 0.43 assists-per-set average. He is the Big West career leader in aces with 179 and is second among current Division I players with a 0.605 career aces-per-set mark.

2024 Stats (as of 4-28): 5.51 P/S, 520 Kills, 4.77 K/S, .382 Hitting %, 152 Digs, 47 Aces

 

AVCA NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

1991: Bryan Ivie, USC, Sr.
1992: Brent Hilliard, Long Beach State, Jr.
1993: Canyon Ceman, Stanford, Jr.
1994: Jeff Nygaard, UCLA, Jr.
1995: Jeff Nygaard, UCLA, Sr.
1996: Yuval Katz, Hawai‘i, So., and Stein Metzger, UCLA, Sr.
1997: Ivan Contreras, Penn State, Sr.
1998: George Roumain, Pepperdine, Jr.
1999: George Roumain, Pepperdine, Sr.
2000: Donald Suxho, USC, Sr.
2001: Costas Theocharidis, Hawai‘i, So.
2002: Brad Keenan, Pepperdine, Jr.
2003: Costas Theocharidis, Hawai‘i, Sr.
2004: Carlos Moreno, BYU, Sr.
2005: Sean Rooney, Pepperdine, Sr.
2006: Jayson Jablonsky, UC Irvine, Jr.
2007: Jonathan Winder, Pepperdine, Jr.
2008: Matt Anderson, Penn State, Jr., and Paul Lotman, Long Beach State, Sr.
2009: Paul Carroll, Pepperdine, Sr.
2010: Kawika Shoji, Stanford, Sr.
2011: Murphy Troy, USC, Sr.
2012: Tony Ciarelli, USC, Sr.
2013: Taylor Crabb, Long Beach State, Jr.
2014: Taylor Sander, BYU, Sr.
2015: Thomas Jaeschke, Loyola-Chicago, Jr.
2016: Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State, So.
2017: TJ DeFalco, Long Beach State, So.
2018: Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach State, Jr.
2019: TJ DeFalco, Long Beach State, Sr.
2020: Gabi Garcia Fernandez, BYU, Sr.
2021: Rado Parapunov, Hawai‘i, Sr.
2022: Alex Nikolov, Long Beach State, Fr.
2023: Jakob Thelle, Hawai‘i, Sr.
2024: Hilir Henno, UC Irvine, Jr.

 

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