2024 Men's Volleyball Roster
Torwie, Simon
Jersey Number 11
Simon Torwie
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- International Business
- Hometown:
- Artà, Balearic Islands, Spain
- Prev School:
- Carl-Con-Weinberg-Schule
Bio
2024 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2024 BIG WEST ALL-FIRST TEAM
2023 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2023 BIG WEST ALL-FIRST TEAM
2021 BIG WEST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
2024: Chosen AVCA Second Team All-American and first-team All-Conference ... Finished the regular season as the nation's leader in blocks per set with 1.37 ... Contributed 0.34 aces per set to rank in the Big West Top 10 ... Led the Beach in blocks 13 times and recorded a season-high 10 blocks against Hawaii (3/16) ... Averaged 1.32 kills per set on a .417 (108-22-206) attack percentage ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023: Named 2023 AVCA Second Team All-American … Named 2023 Big West All-First Team … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week on five separate occasions … Led the nation with 1.60 blocks per set … Ranked in the Top 10 in The Big West with 0.28 aces per set … Recorded a career-high 10 blocks at UC San Diego (3/31) … Registered a career-high 13 kills on a .765 clip (13-0-17) versus then-No. 12 Loyola Chicago (2/3) … Led LBSU in blocks 19 times … Recorded three double-figure kill performances.
2022: Saw action in 24 matches and made 10 starts … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (4/11) … Concluded the season averaging 0.77 blocks per set, 0.49 kills per set, 0.31 aces per set, and 0.22 digs per set … Recorded a career-high eight blocks on two separate occasions, first against then-No. 4 Hawaii (4/2) then at then-No. 10 UC San Diego (4/9) … Knocked down a season-high eight kills versus then-No. 10 UC San Diego (4/8) … Hit an incredible .833 (5-0-6) versus then-No. 9 Ohio State (1/28) … Led the Beach in blocks seven times.
2021: Played in 11 matches while making four starts in his rookie season … Finished the year with 1.51 kills per set on .210 hitting … Posted 16 blocks to average 0.46 per set to go along with 0.97 digs per set, while adding three aces … Recorded a pair of double-digit kill performances … Notched a double-double (11 kills, 11 digs) against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (3/21) … Recorded a career-high 12 kills versus No. 13 UC Irvine (3/26) … Logged a career-best 11 digs against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (3/21) … Hit a career-high .471 (9-1-17) while posted a career-best four blocks and two aces against CSUN (4/17).
High School: Born in Spain and moved to Frankfurt, Germany as a teenager, Torwie played for the German National Team ... Won the 2018 U18 Men's Volleyball European Championship in Zlin, Czech Republic ... Played three years at Carl-Con-Weinberg-Schule High School in Frankfurt, Germany ... Earned multiple MVP medals ... Owns championship experience having played three Youth Spanish Championships … Won three silver medals while in Spain and one in Germany at each country’s national championships ... Saw action in the Olympic Youth Festival in Baku and in the World Championship in Tunis in 2019.
Personal: Son of Heinrich Joseph and Christine Torwie ... Has an older sister, Olivia, who also plays volleyball ... Majoring in international business.
2024 BIG WEST ALL-FIRST TEAM
2023 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2023 BIG WEST ALL-FIRST TEAM
2021 BIG WEST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
2024: Chosen AVCA Second Team All-American and first-team All-Conference ... Finished the regular season as the nation's leader in blocks per set with 1.37 ... Contributed 0.34 aces per set to rank in the Big West Top 10 ... Led the Beach in blocks 13 times and recorded a season-high 10 blocks against Hawaii (3/16) ... Averaged 1.32 kills per set on a .417 (108-22-206) attack percentage ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023: Named 2023 AVCA Second Team All-American … Named 2023 Big West All-First Team … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week on five separate occasions … Led the nation with 1.60 blocks per set … Ranked in the Top 10 in The Big West with 0.28 aces per set … Recorded a career-high 10 blocks at UC San Diego (3/31) … Registered a career-high 13 kills on a .765 clip (13-0-17) versus then-No. 12 Loyola Chicago (2/3) … Led LBSU in blocks 19 times … Recorded three double-figure kill performances.
2022: Saw action in 24 matches and made 10 starts … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (4/11) … Concluded the season averaging 0.77 blocks per set, 0.49 kills per set, 0.31 aces per set, and 0.22 digs per set … Recorded a career-high eight blocks on two separate occasions, first against then-No. 4 Hawaii (4/2) then at then-No. 10 UC San Diego (4/9) … Knocked down a season-high eight kills versus then-No. 10 UC San Diego (4/8) … Hit an incredible .833 (5-0-6) versus then-No. 9 Ohio State (1/28) … Led the Beach in blocks seven times.
2021: Played in 11 matches while making four starts in his rookie season … Finished the year with 1.51 kills per set on .210 hitting … Posted 16 blocks to average 0.46 per set to go along with 0.97 digs per set, while adding three aces … Recorded a pair of double-digit kill performances … Notched a double-double (11 kills, 11 digs) against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (3/21) … Recorded a career-high 12 kills versus No. 13 UC Irvine (3/26) … Logged a career-best 11 digs against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (3/21) … Hit a career-high .471 (9-1-17) while posted a career-best four blocks and two aces against CSUN (4/17).
High School: Born in Spain and moved to Frankfurt, Germany as a teenager, Torwie played for the German National Team ... Won the 2018 U18 Men's Volleyball European Championship in Zlin, Czech Republic ... Played three years at Carl-Con-Weinberg-Schule High School in Frankfurt, Germany ... Earned multiple MVP medals ... Owns championship experience having played three Youth Spanish Championships … Won three silver medals while in Spain and one in Germany at each country’s national championships ... Saw action in the Olympic Youth Festival in Baku and in the World Championship in Tunis in 2019.
Personal: Son of Heinrich Joseph and Christine Torwie ... Has an older sister, Olivia, who also plays volleyball ... Majoring in international business.
NCAA National Collegiate Championship Post Match Press Conference (Finals)- #1 UCLA
Sunday, May 05
NCAA National Collegiate Championship Post-Match Press Conference (Finals) #2 Long Beach State
Sunday, May 05
#1 UCLA Practice Day 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Press Conference
Friday, May 03
#2 Long Beach State Practice Day 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Press Conference
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