NASHVILLE, Tenn. – CU men's volleyball player Joudiel Poveymirow earned his second Libero of the Year award over the weekend when Off the Block and Molten named him the NAIA Libero of the Year.
 
Off the Block is a national award winning website and is the nation's leader in college men's volleyball coverage. Molten is the official volleyball supplier of the NAIA and is the 2019 sponsor of the NAIA Men's Volleyball National Awards.
 
Poveymirow led the nation with a 3.74 digs per game average and had double-digit digs in 20 matches. In addition, Poveymirow had 51 digs in three postseason matches as he helped the Tigers reach the Mid-South Conference Tournament finals.
 
About 15 NAIA head coaches comprised the voting committee for these national awards. The top-three vote-getters for each award were named finalists and the student-athlete receiving the most votes will be named the award winner.
 
Each national award recognizes the most outstanding NAIA player at their position during the regular season. While several other volleyball organizations present NAIA national honors, these are the first national position-based awards in the history of NAIA men's volleyball.
 
Poveymirow was also the Mid-South Conference Libero of the Year after helping the Tigers win the North Division Championship in the regular season.