CJ Raines

Curtis Raines

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/13/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    University of Charleston
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Ulysses, KS
  • High School
    Ulysses High School
Charleston's Curtis Raines is the EIVA's first Defensive Player of the Week for the 2025 season, earning the honor on Jan. 13, 2025. Curtis had the back row covered in a three-match week for the Eagles. The senior libero totaled 20 digs while making only one error in 58 service receptions, adding one assist. He had seven digs in a 3-0 season-opening sweep of Catawba on Jan. 7. In a two-match set at Queens on Jan. 11-12, he collected seven digs in a 3-1 loss and six digs in a 3-2 win. Raines finished the 2024 season ranked third in the EIVA with 182 digs and an average of 1.77 digs per set. This is the first weekly EIVA honor for Raines.