GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Deklan Wingo of Tusculum University men’s volleyball was named the 2025 Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (IVA) Player of the Year, announced in the yearly awards on Thursday, April 24. This marks the second-straight year that Wingo has won the biggest honor among the independent teams.
Wingo, a native of Chester, Virginia, won the league’s offensive player of the week honors twice this season. The senior outside hitter also racked up IVA All-Tournament Team and an AVCA National Player of the Week laurel, the first in program history. He landed a program-record 32 kills in his final match as a Pioneer.
Wingo reset the marks for single-season kills (525), kills per set (5.05), attempts (1051), attempts per set (10.11), and digs (164). He finished second with a .348 hitting percentage, 39 service aces, and 1.58 digs per set. Wingo currently leads the nation in attempts per set, kills per set, and points per set (5.77).
In his career, Wingo owns the kills (1248), kills per set (3.35), attempts (2731), attempts per set (7.34), ace (93), points (1456.0), and points per set (3.91) record for the program. He finished second in service aces per set (0.25), digs (441), solo blocks (58), block assists (114), total blocks (172), sets played (372), and matches played (104).
The Pioneers (15-13) set a program record for single-season wins and earned the No. 3 seed in the IVA Tournament.
Player of the Year
Deklan Wingo, Tusculum
Newcomer of the Year
Eli Zdonek, Catawba
Coach of the Year
Brian Hogg, Lincoln Memorial
