Athlete Awards Athletes of the Month Choose Awards Type All Athlete Awards Athletes of the Month Zach Schneider Award Athletes of the Month Week Of 3/1/2024 Sport Men's Volleyball Bio View Full Bio Schneider was named Male February Athlete of the Month after helping lead the Wildcats to a 6-0 record in conference and a 9-1 record overall in the month including the Wildcats’ first ever AVCA Top-20 ranking and a big non-conference win over #12 UC Santa Barbara. The Wildcats only lost four total sets in the whole month.  The reigning 2023 Northeast Conference Player of the Year averaged 11.5 kills per match in February, with a .318 hitting percentage on only 54 errors in 13 matches. Schneider had a double-digit kill performance in eight of the ten games in the month, including all conference games. Schneider got his 1,000 career kill on Thursday, Feb. 29 at D’Youville on his seventh of 11 kills in the 3-0 victory over the Saints, becoming the first player in Daemen men’s volleyball history to reach the 1K mark. A 2023 First-Team All-NEC honoree, Schneider was named the NEC Player of the Week twice this month and also was named an NEC Prime Performer three times in February. Schneider leads the team in kills, averaging 3.85 kills per set. The Wildcats are 11-2 overall this season and 6-0 in NEC play. Athlete Awards Date Athlete Sport 2/3/2025 Justin Hemphill Men's Basketball 2/3/2025 Ne'vaeh Buntley Women's Basketball 12/11/2024 Benjamin Bill Men's Basketball 12/11/2024 Jasmine Brundage Women's Volleyball 11/4/2024 Becca Schultz Women's Soccer 11/4/2024 Aidan Kincaid Men's Cross Country 10/4/2024 Kitsa Scime Women's Tennis 10/4/2024 Arturo Bustamante Men's Soccer 5/7/2024 Alexis Rodriguez Women's Track & Field 5/7/2024 John Jaworski Men's Track & Field 4/3/2024 Alahna Paige Women's Basketball 4/3/2024 Dylan Fasoyiro Men's Basketball 3/1/2024 Zach Schneider Men's Volleyball 3/1/2024 Alahna Paige Women's Basketball 2/1/2024 Becca Schultz Women's Track & Field 2/1/2024 Nick MacDonald Men's Basketball 1/5/2024 Dylan Fasoyiro Men's Basketball 1/5/2024 Alahna Paige Women's Basketball 12/8/2023 Jasmine Brundage Women's Volleyball 12/8/2023 Joey Atkins Men's Basketball Previous12345...Next
Zach Schneider Award Athletes of the Month Week Of 3/1/2024 Sport Men's Volleyball Bio View Full Bio Schneider was named Male February Athlete of the Month after helping lead the Wildcats to a 6-0 record in conference and a 9-1 record overall in the month including the Wildcats’ first ever AVCA Top-20 ranking and a big non-conference win over #12 UC Santa Barbara. The Wildcats only lost four total sets in the whole month.  The reigning 2023 Northeast Conference Player of the Year averaged 11.5 kills per match in February, with a .318 hitting percentage on only 54 errors in 13 matches. Schneider had a double-digit kill performance in eight of the ten games in the month, including all conference games. Schneider got his 1,000 career kill on Thursday, Feb. 29 at D’Youville on his seventh of 11 kills in the 3-0 victory over the Saints, becoming the first player in Daemen men’s volleyball history to reach the 1K mark. A 2023 First-Team All-NEC honoree, Schneider was named the NEC Player of the Week twice this month and also was named an NEC Prime Performer three times in February. Schneider leads the team in kills, averaging 3.85 kills per set. The Wildcats are 11-2 overall this season and 6-0 in NEC play.