{"id":115332,"date":"2020-04-06T14:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T00:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=115332"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T00:22:25","slug":"big-west-top-player-and-team-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/06\/big-west-top-player-and-team-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Parapunov named Big West top player, Warriors selected for first and freshman teams"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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A University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa men\u2019s volleyball<\/a> player has been selected as the Big West Conference\u2019s player of the year. Senior opposite Rado Parapunov<\/strong> and three other Rainbow Warriors were also named to the all-Big West first team, and three were chosen for the seven-member all-freshman team.<\/p>\n

Parapunov is UH<\/abbr>‘s first conference player of the year since Costas Theocharidis<\/strong> won Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors in 2001 and 2003. The Sofia, Bulgaria native led the Big West and ranked No. 2 nationally in kills per set (4.47) while hitting .377, which ranked No. 15 nationally. Parapunov posted career-high averages in kills and digs per set (1.44) while also averaging 0.84 blocks per set along with 16 service aces. He tallied a career-high 30 kills in a five-set, come-from-behind victory over No. 2 BYU<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Middle blocker Patrick Gasman<\/strong>, libero Gage Worsley<\/strong> and outside hitter Colton Cowell<\/strong> were picked to the first team as the Rainbow Warriors led all Big West teams with four first-team honorees among the 14 selections. Gasman is the conference’s first three-time first-team honoree while Worsley and Parapunov each picked up their second award.<\/p>\n

In addition, setter Brett Sheward<\/strong>, middle blocker Guilherme Voss<\/strong> and outside hitter Chaz Galloway<\/strong> were selected to the all-freshman team.<\/p>\n

For more, visit the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rado Parapunov was named Big West\u2019s top player and seven Rainbow Warriors were named to first and freshman teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,9,550],"class_list":["post-115332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t