WILEY NAMED TO 2024 OFF THE BLOCK FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

May 15, 2024

WILEY NAMED TO 2024 OFF THE BLOCK FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

Courtesy of Off The Block and Dominican University New York Athletics

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/16/24) Dominican University New York men's volleyball player, Phineas Wiley, has been named to the 2024 Off the Block Freshman All-American Team as was announced this past Monday.

A nationwide voting committee selected 11 players to the annual Off the Block Freshman All-America Team that was unveiled Monday.

The Off the Block Freshman All-America Team honors the top NCAA Division I-II men's volleyball freshmen players from the regular season. This is the 12th year Off the Block has presented the national honor, which remains the only Freshman All-American Team presented in college men's volleyball.

Players eligible for this award must have been listed as a freshman or redshirt freshman on the active roster for a NCAA Division I-II men's volleyball team.

A voting committee of more than 20 men's volleyball coaches and volleyball media members determined the Freshman All-American Team.

The 10 players garnering the most votes were named to the All-American Team. A tie in the voting resulted in 11 players making the team this season.

Off the Block is a national award winning website that launched in 2011 and is the nation's leader in college men's volleyball coverage. Off the Block annually presents college men's volleyball national awards to recognize outstanding individual performances in the sport.

Wiley, a freshman outside hitter from Cedarburg, Wis., is the only player from the East Coast Conference (ECC) to earn the honors. He was named the 2024 ECC Rookie of the Year and to the All-Conference Team. Wiley was a five-time ECC Player of the Week and four-time ECC Rookie of the Week, led the conference in total points, points per set, total kills, and kills per set. He had 15+ kills six times on the season, including 24 at John Jay and 23 at American International. Wiley finished third in the conference in hitting percentage.

2024 Off the Block Freshman All-American Team

Setter: Caleb Blanchette, USC
Setter: Lucas Machado, Ball State
Setter: Joseph Morris, Belmont Abbey
Setter: Tread Rosenthal, Hawai'i
Setter: Logan Taylor, North Greenville
Opposite: Jalen Phillips, CSUN
Outside attacker: Daniel Fabikovic, Loyola
Outside attacker: Phinehas Wiley, Dominican
Outside attacker: Griffin Wheatley, Lincoln Memorial
Middle attacker: Wesley Smith, USC
Libero: Alejandro Leon, Belmont Abbey

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.