ISAAC SELTZER, THE MASTER’S UNIVERSITY, RS, SR.

• Seltzer continues the Player of the Year run for The Master’s, as he is the school’s fourth recipient in a row.
• The senior has helped the Mustangs to a 22-1 record, which includes five wins over NCAA Division II schools.
• He is a key reason The Master’s has been ranked No. 1 throughout most of the season in the NAIA Poll.
• Seltzer heads into the 2026 NAIA Championship ranked seventh in hitting percentage (.439), and he’s helped the Mustangs rank second in the category as a team (.400).
• He’s reached double-digits in kills in 20 of the team’s 23 matches this season and averages 4.66 kills per set and 5.44 points per set—both of those marks are fourth on the NAIA stat lists.
• The award adds to his other 2026 honors, as he is an AVCA NAIA First-Team All-American and this year’s GSAC Player of the Year.

2026 Stats (as of April 26): 23 Matches Played, .439 Hitting %, 5.44 P/S, 317 Kills, 4.66 K/S, 113 Digs

 

AVCA NAIA MEN’S PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

2010: Blair Penner, California Baptist University
2011: Levi Cabral, California Baptist University
2012: Dan Dowjotas, St. Ambrose University
2013: Naseri Tumanuvao, Concordia University Irvine
2014: Pedro Cardoso, Grand View University
2015: Caio Souza, Park University
2016: Kyle Foley, Missouri Baptist University
2017: Kyle Foley, Missouri Baptist University
2018: Kyle Foley, Missouri Baptist University
2019: Felix Chapman, Grand View University
2020: Felix Chapman, Grand View University
2021: Felix Chapman, Grand View University
2022: Landon Krause, William Penn University
2023: Nolan Flexen, The Master’s University
2024: Patrick Paragas, The Master’s University
2025: Braden Van Groningen, The Master’s University
2026: Isaac Seltzer, The Master’s University