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Owen Rose

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/13/2026
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Penn State University
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Hometown
    Long Island, N.Y.
  • High School
    Calhoun
Penn State's Owen Rose is the EIVA Defensive Player of the Week for April 13, 2026. Owen put up another defensive wall for the Nittany Lions in a pair of five-set comeback wins at Sacred Heart. In both matches, April 10 and 11, Penn State trailed 2-1 entering the fourth set before rallying to victory. The redshirt senior middle blocker began his weekend with eight kills on .412 hitting, two aces, one assist, three digs and 11 blocks, one solo. It was the third match this season Rose has posted double digits in blocks. In the second contest Rose delivered five kills on .300 hitting, three digs and seven blocks, two solo. His weekend total saw 13 kills on .370 hitting, two aces, one assist, six digs and 18 blocks, three solo. Rose has had at least five blocks in 10 matches this season, including four of the last five with 34 total over that stretch. Both Penn State and Rose led the nation in blocking entering the weekend. The Nittany Lions now average 2.86 blocks per set and Rose averages 1.48 blocks per set. He also reached 460 career blocks, No. 5 on the Nittany Lions’ list. This is the third EIVA weekly honor of Rose’s season and seventh for his career.