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Posted at 11:58 a.m., Monday, March 3, 2003

UH volleyball's Theocharidis wins national award

Advertiser Staff

In a clean sweep, University of Hawai'i outside hitter Costas Theocharidis today was named the national and conference Player of the Week.

Theocharidis, a 6-foot-3 left-side hitter, hammered a season-high 29 kills in the Warriors' four-game victory over top-ranked Pepperdine last Friday.

Three hours after being named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation's Player of the Week, Theocharidis won the national award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association/Sports Imports.

"I'm happy for him," UH coach Mike Wilton said. "You figured, sooner or later, he was going to get that (national award). He played great lately, but so did the team."

The Warriors play host to Loyola-Chicago in nonconference matches Wednesday and Friday.