Wieczorek Earns AVCA All-American Honors

May 1, 2017

AVCA RELEASE

MALIBU, Calif.: - Redshirt sophomore David Wieczorek, of the 8^th-ranked Pepperdine men's volleyball team, earned AVCA All-American honorable mention acclaim this season as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday afternoon.

The honor is Wieczorek's (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy) first-career from the AVCA. He is a two-year All-MPSF honoree with a first team nod in 2017 and second team recognition in the 2016. He also garnered MPSF All-Freshman team status, MPSF All-Academic team and was voted OffTheBlock/Springbak, Inc. Fan Choice National Player of the Year last season.

The 2017 selections were made by the AVCA Division I-II Men's Volleyball All-America Committee: chairperson Dan Friend (Lewis); Jay Hosack (George Mason), Danny Goncalves (NJIT), Mike Rumbaugh (Saint Francis), Ryan Perotte (Fort Wayne), Mark Hulse (Loyola-Chicago), Alan Knipe (Long Beach State), Charlie Wade (Hawai'i), Jeff Nygaard (USC), David Heller (Mount Olive), Brandon Skweres (Limestone), Ryan Booher (King).

Wieczorek has been a key component to the Waves attack this season, leading the team in kills in 15-matches, hitting percentage in 13-matches, aces in seven-matches, digs in three-matches and blocks on one occasion. In the Waves 21-matches played this season, he has played in all of them and started 19, amassing one double-double this season with 18-kills and 10-blocks at USC on February 18. He has marked 17-matches with double-figure kills this season for the Waves, with a career-total of 30 matches with double-figure kills. He tabbed his career-best attack performance on April 8 with 28-smashes on a .591 success rate at 5^th-ranked UC Irvine. This season, Wieczorek leads the team with 3.86 kills/set on a .354 attack output, adding 18 aces for 0.21 aces/set, 94 digs for 1.11 digs/set and 50 blocks including three solo stuffs for 0.59 blocks/set.

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AVCA Division I-II Men's First-Team All-America

Name	Institution	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
TJ DeFalco*	Long Beach State University	OH	So.	Huntington Beach, Calif.
Jennings Franciskovic	University of Hawai'i	S	Sr.	Westlake Village, Calif.
Jeff Jendryk+^	Loyola University Chicago	MB	Jr.	Wheaton, Ill.
Miles Johnson*	Ohio State University	RS	Sr.	Carlsbad, Calif.
Jake Langlois+	Brigham Young University	OH	Sr.	San Jose, Calif.
Amir Lugo-Rodriguez	Long Beach State University	MB	Sr.	South Pasadena, Calif.
Andrew Sato	Long Beach State University	L	Sr.	Calabasas, Calif.
Nicolas Szerszen*	Ohio State University	OH	Jr.	Conflans Ste Hne, France
Josh Tuaniga+	Long Beach State University	S	So.	Long Beach, Calif.
Stijn van Tilburg	University of Hawai'i	RS	So.	Amsterdam. Netherlands

AVCA Division I-II Men's Second-Team All-America

Name	Institution	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Jake Arnitz+	UCLA	OH	Jr.	Yorba Linda, Calif.
Christy Blough+	Ohio State University	S	Sr.	Ontario, N.Y.
Ryan Coenen	Lewis University	OH	RS-Fr.	Franklin, Wis.
Kyle Ensing	Long Beach State University	RS	So.	Valencia, Calif.
Jabarry Goodridge	New Jersey Institute of Technology	OH	Sr.	Bridgetown, Barbados
Tamir Hershko%	UC Irvine	OH	Sr.	Hod Ha'Sharon, Israel
Chris Nugent	Penn State University	OH	Sr.	Fair Lawn, N.J.
Michael Saeta	UC Irvine	S	Sr.	South Pasadena, Calif.
Larry Tuileta	University of Hawai'i	L	So.	Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i
Lucas Yoder	University of Southern California	OH	Sr.	San Clemente, Calif.

TeamSnap/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Player of the Year: Announced at NCAA Championship Banquet on May 3.

AVCA Division I-II Men's Newcomer of the Year: Ryan Coenen, Lewis, OH

* - 2016 AVCA Division I-II Men's First-Team All-America selection

+ - 2016 AVCA Division I-II Men's Second-Team All-America selection

^ - 2015 AVCA Division I-II Men's First-Team All-America selection

% -2015 AVCA Division I-II Men's Second-Team All-America selection

$ - 2014 AVCA Division I-II Men's First-Team All-American selection

! - 2014 AVCA Division I-II Men's Second-Team All-America selection

AVCA Division I-II Honorable Mention

Name	Institution	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Joshua Ayzenberg	Sacred Heart University	L	Jr.	Long Beach, N.Y.
Andy Benesh	University of Southern California	MB	Sr.	Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Gabriel Domecus	Ohio State University	L	Sr.	Vallejo, Calif.
Leo Durkin	Brigham Young University	S	Jr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
Evan Enriques	Stanford University	L	Jr.	Punalu'u, Hawai'i
Arvis Greene	CSUN	RS	Jr.	Los Angeles, Calif.
Driss Guessous	Ohio State University	MB	RS-Sr.	Pasadena, Calif.
Thomas Hodges	UC Irvine	OH	Sr.	Melbourne, Australia
Dillon Hoffman	UC Irvine	L	Sr.	San Clemente, Calif.
Price Jarman	Brigham Young University	MB	Jr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
Vasilis Mandilaris	Barton College	OH	So.	Chalkida, Greece
Calvin Mende	Penn State University	RS	RS-Fr.	Redlands, Calif.
Hendrik Mol	University of Hawai'i	MB	Sr.	Sand, Norway
Mitch Perinar	Lewis University	RS	RS-So.	Channahon, Ill.
Kevin Rakestraw	Stanford University	MB	RS-Jr.	Newport Beach, Calif.
Brenden Sander	Brigham Young University	OH	Jr.	Huntington Beach, Calif.
Michael Simmons	Lewis University	L	RS-So.	Aurora, Ill.
Jeff Sprayberry	King University (TN)	OH	Jr.	Oak Forest, Ill.
Scott Stadick	UC Irvine	MB	Fr.	Watertown, Wis.
Mitch Stahl	UCLA	MB	Sr.	Chambersburg, Pa.
Matt Szews	Ball State University	RS	Fr.	Brookfield, Wis.
Matt Walsh	Ball State University	MB	Jr.	Chicago, Ill.
David Wieczorek	Pepperdine University	OH	RS-So.	Chicago, Ill.
Matt Yoshimoto	Lewis University	S	So.	Ventura, Calif.
Bryce Yould	Long Beach State University	MB	Sr.	Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Players Mentioned

David Wieczorek

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