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 3/1/2014 Toria Williams Women's Track & Field 2/1/2014 Raeann Stilwell Women's Basketball 2/1/2014 Gerald Beverly Men's Basketball 1/1/2014 Lindsay Stoddard Women's Basketball 1/1/2014 Uchechi Ogbonna Men's Basketball 12/2/2013 Uchechi Ogbonna Men's Basketball 12/2/2013 Brittany Anthon Women's Volleyball 11/5/2013 Kaley Vazquez Women's Volleyball 11/5/2013 Matt Cregan Men's Cross Country 10/1/2013 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Cross Country 10/1/2013 Alex Reid Men's Soccer 5/1/2013 Ashley Pinette Women's Track & Field 5/1/2013 Kyle Harman Men's Golf 4/1/2013 Sam Rugg Men's Track & Field 4/1/2013 Shaylah Iverson Women's Tennis 3/1/2013 Casey Sheehan Men's Basketball 3/1/2013 Monica Kosior Women's Basketball 1/31/2013 Monica Kosior Women's Basketball 1/31/2013 Jim Regan Men's Basketball 1/1/2013 Casey Sheehan Men's Basketball Previous...678Next
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.