GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Deklan Wingo of Tusculum University men’s volleyball was named the 2024 Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (IVA) Offensive Player of the Year, announced in the yearly awards on Tuesday, April 16. Additionally, he was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Wingo, a native of Chester, Virginia, won the league’s offensive player of the week honors an incredible four times throughout the season. The junior outside hitter averaged 3.47 kills per set on a .231 hitting percentage. Wingo has accumulated 371 kills, 20 assists, 16 service aces, 150 digs, and 33 total blocks (15 solo, 18 assists). He notched a career-high 24 kills in the five-set loss to Thomas More on the Pioneers’ Senior Night, tallying at least 20 kills in four matches.
To earn the All-Tournament honor at the IVAs, Wingo totaled 29 kills, 15 digs, and three aces in the two weekend matches.
For his career, Wingo is second in kills (723), kills per set (2.70), attack attempts (1,680), hitting percentage (.221), points (855.5), points per set (3.19), and each blocking total: solo (34), assists (89), and total (123). He also ranks third in aces (54) and service attempts (877) and fourth in digs (277), sets played (268), and matches played (76).
The Pioneers (8-23) rounded out the season with a third-place finish at the IVA Tournament on April 13.
2024 All-IVA Team
Tate Colebaugh, L, Lincoln Memorial
Jacob Fischer, MB, Maryville
Matthew Gentry, MB, Lincoln Memorial
Luke Kraft, OPP, Maryville
Kohl Kutsch, S, Lincoln Memorial
Caleb Lipscomb, MB, Thomas More
Makai Scott, OH, Maryville
Justin Sharfenaker, OPP, Lincoln Memorial
Deklan Wingo, OH, Tusculum
Offensive Player of the Year
Deklan Wingo, Tusculum
Defensive Player of the Year
Matthew Gentry, Lincoln Memorial
Freshman of the Year
Griffin Wheatley, Lincoln Memorial
Coach of the Year
Brian Hogg, Lincoln Memorial
