Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

Charleston's Paul Stommel is the Offensive Player of the Week for March 31, 2025. Paul directed the Eagle offense to a milestone victory as part of a split weekend in EIVA conference play at Penn State. The senior setter totaled 94 assists with four kills, three blocks and seven digs. In the first match March 28, he had 32 assists with one kill, one block and one dig in a 3-0 loss. The next day he gave out 62 assists with three kills on four swings, six digs and a pair of blocks in a 3-1 victory. It marked the program’s first triumph vs. the Nittany Lions after winning a total of three sets in 20 previous meetings. Charleston hit .329 during the weekend as a team, with 73 kills on .384 hitting in the victory. The offense featured a pair of Eagles with 20 or more kills in the second contest. Stommel’s 62 assists are the most in an EIVA match since former Eagle Diego Villafane gave out 63 assists vs. Mount Olive on March 10, 2023, and the team’s 73 kills and 70 assists also are EIVA single-match highs for 2025. Stommel’s 10.15 assists-per-set average leads the EIVA and ranks ninth nationally, while the team’s 12.13 assists per set also tops the EIVA and ranks No. 4 in the nation. This is Stommel’s first career EIVA weekly honor.