After a standout weekend against a pair of top-10 teams from Southern California, Stanford outside hitter Brad Lawson was named the AVCA National Player of the Week. The junior has now earned the award three times in his career.

Lawson was critical to Stanford’s sweep last weekend, posting 18 kills and six digs in four-set victory over then-No. 8 UCLA. Against the third-ranked Gauchos from UC-Santa Barbara a day later, the Hawaii native powered his team out of a 2-0 set deficit with 25 kills, eight digs and a .564 hitting percentage.

No. 4 Stanford (12-4 MPSF, 9-4) will head south this weekend, taking on UC-Irvine on Friday and UC-San Diego on Saturday.