Junior men's volleyball player Matt Proper of Guys Mills has been named the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Player of the Week, league officials announced. This is the third EIVA Player of the Week honor for Proper this season; he also was named Player of the Week on Feb 1 and Feb. 8.

Proper averaged 5.17 kills per game last week in matches at No. 1 UCLA and at home against Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne. The junior opposite connected on 31 of 52 attempts and had just five errors to hit .500 and average 6.33 points per game.

Against the top-ranked Bruins, Proper posted 17 kills, including nine in the third game alone, to hit .433 on a team-high 30 swings with six digs and five blocks. Against the Mastodons, Proper led the team in attacks with 22, providing 14 kills and hitting .591 with two digs and four blocks. For the week, Proper averaged 1.33 digs per game and 1.50 blocks per game.

For the year, Proper is averaging a team-high 3.96 kills per game on .313 hitting with 0.28 service aces per game, 1.11 digs per game, 1.20 blocks per game and 4.89 points per game.

Penn State hosts Mercyhurst at 7 p.m. Friday at Rec Hall.