MALIBU, California – After an exceptional pair of matches against top-10 teams, David Wieczorek of the Pepperdine men's volleyball team earned the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation/Molten Offensive Player of the Week award today.
 
It's the first time this season and the sixth time in his career that Wieczorek (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy), a senior outside hitter who is a two-time All-American, has earned the MPSF weekly award.
 
In the Waves' three-set sweeps of then-#7 BYU and then-#9 Stanford, Wieczorek hit a combined .571 (26-2-42) over six sets and averaged 4.3 kills, 1.3 aces and 6.2 points per set. He had a remarkable 14 kills on 19 errorless swings against the Cardinal, setting a career best for hitting percentage (.737) in a match. He also hit .435 (12-2-23) against the Cougars.
 
Wieczorek's serving was also terrific, as he had five aces against BYU and three against Stanford.
 
Wiezorek leads the Waves with 3.92 kills/set and he's hitting .357 on the year. In the MPSF, he ranks second in aces (0.54), second in points (4.78), third in kills and seventh in hitting percentage. On Pepperdine's career lists, he's up to ninth in aces (112) and 17th in kills (1,036).
 
The Waves previously earned a pair of MPSF Defensive Player of the Week awards this season: graduate transfer middle blocker Kevin Vaz (Paris, France/Cal Baptist) on January 7 and junior libero Noah Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS) on January 21.
 
The #5 Waves (8-2, 2-0) next visit #11 CSUN on Wednesday (Feb. 13) and Grand Canyon on Friday (Feb. 15).