A nationwide voting committee selected 14 players to the annual Off the Block Freshman All-America Team that was unveiled Tuesday.
The Off the Block Freshman All-America Team honors the top NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball freshmen players from the regular season. This is the 11th year Off the Block has presented the national honor, which remains the only Freshman All-American Team presented in college men’s volleyball.
Players eligible for this award must have been listed as a freshman or redshirt freshman on the active roster for a NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball team.
A voting committee of more than 30 men’s volleyball coaches and volleyball media members determined the Freshman All-American Team. A player making the Freshman All-America Team had to be among the top vote-getters and appear on at least one-fourth of all the fully submitted voting ballots.
UCLA setter Andrew Rowan received the most votes from the nationwide voting committee.
Off the Block is a national award winning website that launched in 2011 and is the nation’s leader in college men’s volleyball coverage. Off the Block annually presents college men’s volleyball national awards to recognize outstanding individual performances in the sport.
2023 Off the Block Freshman All-American Team
Setter: Andrew Rowan, UCLA
Opposite: Jamal Ellis Caballo, Fairleigh Dickinson
Opposite: Ian Schuller, Lindenwood
Opposite: Theo Snoey, Stanford
Opposite: Bryce Wetjen, McKendree
Opposite: Shane Wetzel, Ohio State
Outside attacker: Isiah Fedd, Fort Valley State
Outside attacker: Dillion Klein, USC
Outside attacker: Nate Meyer, Missouri S&T
Outside attacker: Patrick Rogers, St. Francis Brooklyn
Outside attacker: Shay Spadaro, Lincoln Memorial
Middle attacker: Cameron Thorne, Grand Canyon
Libero: Ryan Merk, Penn State
Libero: Kyle Standage, Merrimack
Jamal Ellis Caballo, Fairleigh Dickinson
Caballo led the NEC and was third in the nation with a 4.27 kills per game average and had back-to-back matches with 30 kills late in the regular season. The opposite also hit more than .300 in each of the final five matches of the season and ended the year hitting .303.
Isiah Fedd, Fort Valley State
Fedd was among the national leaders with a 3.43 attack percentage, including twice having 30 or more kills in a match. The outside attacker also led the SIAC and was ninth in the nation with a 0.49 aces per game average.
Dillion Klein, USC
Klein led USC and was in the nation’s top…
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