{"id":231995,"date":"2026-04-09T11:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=231995"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:27:41","slug":"rosenthal-avca-poy-semifinalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/09\/rosenthal-avca-poy-semifinalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Warrior volleyball\u2019s Tread Rosenthal named AVCA<\/abbr> Player of the Year semifinalist"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Rainbow Warrior volleyball<\/a> setter Tread Rosenthal was named one of eight semifinalists for the AVCA<\/abbr> (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Men\u2019s Collegiate Player of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

A first-team AVCA<\/abbr> All-American last season, Rosenthal ranks second in the nation in assists per set (11.01) while leading the country\u2019s No.<\/abbr> 2-ranked offense. He also earned Big West Setter of the Week honors 10 times this season.<\/p>\n

Rosenthal is one of two players from the Big West Conference to make the list, joined by Skyler Varga of Long Beach State. UCLA<\/abbr> leads all schools with three semifinalists, while Pepperdine, Ball State and USC<\/abbr> each have one representative.<\/p>\n

Four finalists will be announced ahead of the 2026 National Collegiate Men\u2019s Volleyball Championship, with the winner revealed May 8 in Los Angeles during an awards banquet prior to the national semifinals.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Warriors have a strong history with the award, producing five previous winners. Costas Theocharidis is the program\u2019s only two-time recipient (2001, 2003), while Yuval Katz won in 1996. More recently, Rado Parapunov<\/a> (2021) and Jakob Thelle<\/a> (2023) have also claimed the honor.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rosenthal is among eight semifinalists for the AVCA<\/abbr> Men\u2019s Collegiate Player of the Year Award after a standout season leading one of the nation\u2019s top offenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":231998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-231995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","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