Taylor Wilson Sweeps Player of the Week Honors
Junior earns first career National Player of the Week distinction
Jan. 28, 2008
Irvine, Calif. -- UC Irvine's Taylor Wilson, a 6-7 right side/opposite, swept the men's volleyball honors this week, earning Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men's Volleyball National Player of the Week as well as Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week distinction.
Wilson led his team to two road wins over nationally-ranked opponents last week, including an upset of then-No. 2 Pepperdine.
In the Anteaters' 3-1 defeat of the Waves, Wilson put away a career-high 24 kills in 47 attempts and only eight errors for a .340 hitting percentage. The junior also had four digs and three total blocks in the win. He recorded 19 kills, five digs and three total blocks in UCI's 3-1 win over No. 11 USC.
For the week, Wilson averaged 5.38 kills, 1.12 digs and 6.13 points per game. It is Wilson first National honor and the first for an Anteater player this year. Wilson becomes the eighth UC Irvine player to have earned the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Player of the Week distinction.
The ninth-ranked Anteaters (5-5, 3-3) will host UC Santa Cruz in a non-conference match Tuesday (Jan. 29) at 7:00 p.m. before traveling to No. 4 UCLA Friday for a 7:00 p.m. match in Pauley Pavilion.
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