Georgi Zahariev, George Mason

Georgi Zahariev

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/20/2023
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    George Mason University
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Setter
  • Hometown
    Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
  • High School
    Geo Milev High School
George Madson's Georgi Zahariev  is the EIVA's Defensive Player of the Week for March 20, 2023. Georgi directed the George Mason offense to a pair of weekend wins, but his defensive play also played a key role as the Patriots pushed their win streak to seven. The freshman setter gave out 65 assists as GMU hit .296 in 3-1 and 3-0 victories against Fairleigh Dickinson on March 17-18, and he added six kills on an error-free 12 swings to hit .500. Defensively he posted eight blocks with one a solo denial and picked up 17 digs. He had four blocks in each match, his career high, while recording nine digs in the first meeting and eight in the second. Zahariev ranks fourth in the EIVA with 9.07 assists per set. This is the first weekly EIVA award of the season and career for Zahariev.