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Tristan Whitfield

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/20/2026
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Princeton University
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Hometown
    Virginia Beach, Va.
  • High School
    Cape Henry Collegiate
Princeton's Tristan Whitfield is the final EIVA Defensive Player of the Week for 2026. Tristan played a major role in two must-win matches for Princeton to keep its season alive. The junior middle blocker totaled 14 kills on .571 hitting with three assists, four digs and nine blocks as the Tigers swept Harvard 3-2 and 3-0 to secure the sixth and final berth in the EIVA Championship Tournament while knocking the Crimson out of the event. Whitfield had seven kills and one error in each match, hitting .545 in the first and .600 in the second. He had an assist, two digs and four blocks, one solo, in Match 1. He added two assists, two digs and five blocks, one solo, in Match 2. Whitfield is fourth in the EIVA averaging 1.03 blocks per set and he has at least five blocks in four of his last seven matches. This is the third EIVA weekly honor of Whitfield’s career and second this season.