Michael Valenzi, Penn State

Michael Valenzi

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/29/2024
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    Penn State University
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Outside Hitter
  • Hometown
    Boca Raton, Fla.
  • High School
    Cardinal Gibbons High School
Penn State's Michael Valenzi is the EIVA Offensive Player of the Week for Jan. 29, 2024. Michael played a major role in the No. 9 Nittany Lions’ 2-0 week against No. 1 Ohio State. The senior outside hitter put down 13 kills on .379 hitting with two aces and six digs in a 3-1 road victory Jan. 25, then fired in 14 kills on .393 hitting with six digs and three blocks Jan. 28. In the latter match, Penn State rallied for the win with the reverse-sweep as Valenzi knocked in six of his kills in the fifth set, four of them after PSU trailed 8-7. He totaled 27 kills on .386 hitting with 12 digs and four blocks. He also was big factor in Penn State’s serve-pass game, getting under 35 of 36 service receptions while delivering two aces with only three errors on team-highs of 42 service attempts for a rate of .929. This is Valenzi’s first EIVA weekly award of the season and second of his career.