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The Three Torches 4/10: Klein is a Semifinalist for Player of the Year

The Three Torches 4/10: Klein is a Semifinalist for Player of the Year

Men's volleyball player Dillon Klein is a semifinalist for the AVCA’s National Player of the Year award.

April 10, 2026

Good Morning, Trojans. We’ve got so many home events this week! Make sure to come and support the Trojans.

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

🏐 Semifinalist
👟 2 Big Ten honors
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Selected. Men’s volleyball player Dillon Klein was selected as a semifinalist for the AVCA’s National Player of the Year award. Klein—a first-team AVCA All-American in 2025—ranks second in both the MPSF and the NCAA for kills (4.20 kps) and in points (4.97 pps). He also ranks second in the league in hitting percentage (.398) which is ninth in the nation and is second for attacks per set (7.77 aps). His 0.37 service aces per set rank ninth in the MPSF.

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🔼 Rule the Track. The track and field team had two athletes earn Big Ten weekly honors. Madison Whyte was named the Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. Her times in the 200m and 400m rank No. 3 in the 200m (22.73) and No. 2 in the 400m (50.06) this season in the NCAA. Oluwatosin Awoleye was named the Freshman of the Week. Her debut time of 2:02.21 in the 800m broke the USC freshman record set 28 years ago.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is Max Exsted. Exsted earned his fourth Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. Through the spring season, Exsted leads USC in Big Ten singles wins (7) and owns the team's highest overall singles winning percentage at 13-2 (.866), highlighting his consistency and impact in his debut campaign.

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Senior Day!

Which team will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down for the answer!

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, April 10

🤽 Women’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament
🏐 Women’s Beach Volleyball at Stanford/TCU @ 10am/12:30pm PT
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Northwestern @ 2:30pm PT
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Northwestern @ 3pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at BYU @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Iowa @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday, April 11

Sunday, April 12

🤽 Women’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Illinois @ 10am PT
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Illinois @ 11am PT | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Iowa @ 1pm PT | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Women’s lacrosse!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!