Middle blocker Felipe de Brito Ferreira was named the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week, the organization announced Monday.
In his first-ever two starts last week, Ferreira collected career highs to help BYU men’s volleyball remain perfect in MPSF play.
In a five-set come-from-behind win against No. 8 Pepperdine, he collected a career-high 10 blocks — two more than any BYU player in any match this season and four more than any teammate in the match. Ferreira also added a career-high six kills on a career-high .714 clip.
Then, in a sweep of No.