Completed Event: Men's Volleyball versus #6 BYU on March 21, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 3
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2012 Men's Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 8
Ben Ponnet
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Merchtem, Belgium
- High School:
- OLVC
Bio
GCU
2013 – Started in all 27 matches he played…Had 312 kills during the season, averaging 3.09 kills per set...Had 33 service aces…Had 181 Digs and 43 block assists…Had 368.5 points during the season, averaging 3.65 points per set…Named MIVA Offensive Player of the Week on April 15…Earned the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week on April 16…Named second team All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association…Was named to the MIVA All-Academic team...Is the first GCU player to reach 1,000 kills in his career. 2012 – Named first-team All-MIVA … ranked fourth in MIVA and No. 13 in nation in kills per set (3.63) … GCU’s first player with 400 (421) kills in one season … Earned MIVA All-Academic honors … was nominee for Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Year … ranked fourth in MIVA in points per set (4.17) and eighth in service aces (.25) … Became GCU’s first MIVA Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 20 with 34 kills and .517 hitting percentage in two wins over Quincy … had 23 and 21 kills, respectively, in games at University of Hawai’i Jan. 27-28 … had 17 kills and 14 digs in five-set match at Ohio State on April 5 … tallied double figures in kills 23 times and had 20 or more three times . 2011 – MIVA All-Academic team...named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week on April 11...led team in kills, with school record total of 321, kills per set (2.74) and service aces (31)...ranked eighth in MIVA in kills per set, service aces, points per set (3.30) and 17th in digs (1.40)...had school-record 821 total attacks...had 10 or more kills in 18 times, including season-high 18 in Feb. 26 win at NJIT...Beginning with 18-kill match at NJIT, had six straight contests with double-figure kills...had three service aces in a match three times...tallied 10 digs twice...had season-high five total blocks in Jan. 30 match against Carthage.
Club
2011 – Ninth at Men’s Junior World Championships for Belgium National Team...2009 – second at 8 Nations Tournament...sixth at European Youth Olympics...seventh at European Championships. 2008 – Winner of Belgian Championships...Third at 8 Nations Tournament.
2013 – Started in all 27 matches he played…Had 312 kills during the season, averaging 3.09 kills per set...Had 33 service aces…Had 181 Digs and 43 block assists…Had 368.5 points during the season, averaging 3.65 points per set…Named MIVA Offensive Player of the Week on April 15…Earned the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week on April 16…Named second team All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association…Was named to the MIVA All-Academic team...Is the first GCU player to reach 1,000 kills in his career. 2012 – Named first-team All-MIVA … ranked fourth in MIVA and No. 13 in nation in kills per set (3.63) … GCU’s first player with 400 (421) kills in one season … Earned MIVA All-Academic honors … was nominee for Off the Block Fan Choice Player of the Year … ranked fourth in MIVA in points per set (4.17) and eighth in service aces (.25) … Became GCU’s first MIVA Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 20 with 34 kills and .517 hitting percentage in two wins over Quincy … had 23 and 21 kills, respectively, in games at University of Hawai’i Jan. 27-28 … had 17 kills and 14 digs in five-set match at Ohio State on April 5 … tallied double figures in kills 23 times and had 20 or more three times . 2011 – MIVA All-Academic team...named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week on April 11...led team in kills, with school record total of 321, kills per set (2.74) and service aces (31)...ranked eighth in MIVA in kills per set, service aces, points per set (3.30) and 17th in digs (1.40)...had school-record 821 total attacks...had 10 or more kills in 18 times, including season-high 18 in Feb. 26 win at NJIT...Beginning with 18-kill match at NJIT, had six straight contests with double-figure kills...had three service aces in a match three times...tallied 10 digs twice...had season-high five total blocks in Jan. 30 match against Carthage.
Club
2011 – Ninth at Men’s Junior World Championships for Belgium National Team...2009 – second at 8 Nations Tournament...sixth at European Youth Olympics...seventh at European Championships. 2008 – Winner of Belgian Championships...Third at 8 Nations Tournament.
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