Francisco Pomar of Erskine Named OTB National Setter of the Week
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Off the Block announced on Monday the recipients of the National Position Player of the Week Awards and Francisco Pomar of Erskine earned Setter of the Week honors.
The Conference Carolinas Specialist of the Week, Pomar guided the offense to a season-high .380 attack percentage and had back-to-back blocks late in the fourth game to secure a victory against North Greenville on Tuesday. The redshirt junior setter from Ponce, Puerto Rico also had a season-high 61 assists and helped the team hit .338 in a four-game road win against Belmont Abbey. He averaged 14.3 assists and 2.3 digs per set on the week.
This is the second national men’s volleyball honor for Conference Carolinas this season.
The National Position Player of the Week Awards recognizes the libero, middle attacker, opposite, outside attacker and setter who had the best performances in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the week. In addition, the National Player of the Week is presented to the top freshman from the week in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
The Off the Block staff determines each award recipient. The winners are announced every week during the regular season on the Off the Block website, offtheblockblog.com.
While there are other weekly national awards in college men’s volleyball, these are the only position-based weekly awards.
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.
The complete release can be found here.
2023 Conference Carolinas National Weekly Award Winners
Feb. 13 - Kellan Kennedy, King - Middle Hitter of the Week
Feb. 27 - Francisco Pomar, Erskine - Setter of the Week