Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

Penn State's Toby Ezeonu is the Offensive Player of the Week for Feb. 19, 2024. Toby put on a huge performance to help No. 9 Penn State sweep the opening weekend of EIVA matches from No. 15 Princeton in a rematch of the 2023 EIVA Tournament Championship. The senior middle blocker totaled 16 kills on .636 hitting with eight aces, seven blocks, two of them solo, and a dig. In the first contest Feb. 16, Ezeonu had 11 kills on an error-free 13 swings to hit .846. It marks the third time this season the nation’s leading hitter (.542) has had at least nine kills in a match without an error, and he has not had more than three errors in any match this year. He also had three aces and five blocks, one a solo denial, during the 3-1 victory. The next night he had a modest five kills on .333 hitting with a pair of blocks and a dig while he fired in a career-high five aces. Four of those service winners came during a 26-24 first set, propelling the Nittany Lions to a 3-0 sweep. This is Ezeonu’s second EIVA weekly award of the season and sixth of his career.