Who's this week's Providence Journal Boys Volleyball Player of the Week? Vote now
Who were the best boys volleyball players last week?
Here's our first poll of the spring season and hats off to the coaches who've made it a priority to send in game results each weeknight. So how does a player get nominated for Player of the Week? It’s simple.
Scores and stats can either be called in at (401) 277-7340 – or emailed to PJSports@ProvidenceJournal.com by 10 p.m. on the day of the game. When compiling nominees for Player of the Week, we go over the games that were called in and pick the best of the best, then narrow that list down to five.
Who wins is up to you.
The award is meant to be an interactive way for the state’s volleyball community to get involved with coverage and the sport. There’s no prize for winning, other than clout. If you want to win, we encourage players, parents, coaches and schools to create social media campaigns to get friends, family, classmates and whoever else to vote, vote and vote some more.
Voting is free and you can vote as many times as you’d like between now and Thursday night. The winner will be posted to the Providence Journal website Friday morning.
So who will be this week’s Providence Journal Player of the Week? Check out our five nominees and starting voting now.
Ephraim Abhulime, La Salle
The La Salle all-stater had 17 kills and four digs on Tuesday in a sweep of Classical. And 18 kills, seven digs with four aces in a 3-1 win against Coventry on Wednesday. Abhulime was also named to VolleyballMag’s Fab 50 list of the top seniors in the country. It’s likely that Abhulime is the first Rhode Islander to make the list.
Jamilson Depina Almeida, Central Falls
Division III is like the Wild Wild West, but the Central Falls’ hitter had control of the league this week. On Wednesday against Exeter-West Greenwich, Almeida had a whopping 30 kills and six aces. And then two days later against Portsmouth, the junior tallied 28 kills and seven aces.
Quinlan Fahy, North Kingstown
North Kingstown is one of the state’s top program’s and Fahy is a big reason why. The middle blocker had five kills and 10 blocks for the Skippers (8-1) in a sweep of Chariho on Tuesday.
Chris Harvey, Cranston West
Cranston West has been in the driver’s seat of Division II all season as the Falcons (7-0) have only lost five sets all year. On Tuesday, in a sweep of West Warwick, Harveyled the Falcons with 15 kills and two blocks.
DJ Lepine, East Providence
What a week for the Townies’ star outside hitter. Lepine started the week with 20 kills, 15 digs and a pair of aces against defending champion, Lincoln. The senior then added 15 kills, 12 digs and five aces on Wednesday against Pilgrim. Lepine finished the sequence with a dozen kills and 10 digs in a sweep of West Warwick on Thursday.
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This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Providence Journal Boys Volleyball Player of the Week poll
