ANDREW ROWAN, S, SR.

• Rowan picks up the Player of the Year award after a remarkable 2026 season as UCLA’s setter.
• The senior helped the Bruins to a 29-2 record, which included the team being  ranked No. 1 in every AVCA National Collegiate Men’s Poll during the regular season.
• He averages a NCAA-best 11.37 assists per set and has guided the Bruin offense to a .380 hitting percentage, which is second on the national list in the category.
• As part of a well-round 2026 campaign, Rowan also had 57 aces, 123 digs, and 56 blocks.
• In addition to being the 2026 AVCA and MPSF Player of the Year, he also was a first-team AVCA All-American. This was his fourth year as a first-team pick, making him one of only the fourth players to make the first team four times.
• Rowan joins Stein Metzger and Jeff Nygaard as UCLA’s AVCA Players of the Year. Metzger won the award in 1996, and Nygaard received the honor in 1994 and 1995.

2026 Stats: 109 Sets Played, 1,239 Assists, 11.37 Assists/Set,  57 Aces, .380 Team Hitting %, 123 Digs, 56 Blocks

 

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.
2025: Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State, Fr.
2026: Andrew Rowan, UCLA, Sr.