2019 (Senior): Earned AVCA All-America first team honors for the third consecutive season…Google Cloud Academic All-America third team and All-District 8 first team…all-Big West first team…Off the Block’s Karch Kiraly Award finalist as the nation’s best outside hitter and International Player of the Year finalist…Big West Tournament Most Valuable Player…AVCA National Player of the Week (April 23)…OTB National Outside Attacker of the Week (March 11 & 25)…became just the second UH player to earn AVCA first-team honors three times…finished his career in the UH Top 10 in kills (7
th, 1,410) and kill attempts (6
th, 2,840)…appeared and started in all 31 matches…ranked No. 2 nationally in hitting percentage (.457)…second on the team with a 3.82 kills per set average…also averaged 1.05 digs and 0.52 blocks per set and tied for third on the team with 25 aces…had 18 double-figure kills matches and 77 in his career…season-high 25 kills, with no errors, in 46 attempts (.543) versus Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament championship match…became the second player to be named to the Outrigger Resorts Invitational all-tournament team four times…also selected to the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Warrior Classic all-tournament team for the second straight year…tallied 22 kills, hitting .576 against UC Santa Barbara (April 6) on Senior Night.....named academic all-Big West.
2019 Match-by-Match Statistics
2018 (Junior): Selected to the AVCA All-America first team for the second consecutive year, becoming just the sixth player in program history to earn multiple first team awards…also named to the all-Big West first team…one of three finalists for the OTB’s International Player of the Year award…ranked sixth nationally with a team-leading 3.93 kills per set average…hit .328 on the year and also ranked 15
thnationally with a 4.36 points per set average…also averaged 1.38 digs and 0.49 blocks per set along with 14 service aces…started and appeared in 26 matches at outside hitter…selected to the all-tournament team in all four of the team’s tournaments – Texaco Rainbow Warrior Classic, Grow the Game Challenge, Waikiki Beachcomber by Outrigger Classic, and Outrigger Resorts Invitational…tallied 17 matches with double figure kill totals… matched his career-high in kills with 27 in a loss to UC Irvine (Feb. 25)…two nights earlier, he had 21 kills in a four-set win over the Anteaters (Feb. 23)…following that weekend, was selected as VolleyMob’s National Player of the Week, Off the Block’s National Outside Attacker of the Week, and Big West Player of the Week…eclipsed 20 kills in four matches…hit .400 or better seven times, including a season-high .684 (14-1-19) against USC in the championship match of the Texaco Classic…career-high three aces in win over Long Beach State (April 14)…one night earlier, had career-high 11 digs along with 20 kills and four blocks against the 49ers (April 13)...named as UH’s Male Athlete of the Year at the annual H-Awards...named academic all-Big West.
2018 Match-by-Match Statistics
2017 (Sophomore): Named AVCA All-America first team…also selected all-MPSF first team…recipient of Off The Block’s Bryan Ivie Award, given to the nation’s best opposite…also one of three finalists for the OTB’s International Player of the Year award…picked to the NCAA Championship all-tournament team…ranked third nationally with 4.25 kills per set average…also ranked fifth nationally in points per set (4.78) and 11
th in hitting percentage (.370)…appeared in 32 matches with 29 starts at opposite…hit for double-figure kills in 24 matches with three 20-kill matches…averaged 1.21 digs and 0.69 blocks per set…tallied 13 service aces…season-high 24 kills (.381) in four-set win over UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 4)…first career double-double of 14 kills and 10 digs against Pepperdine in the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals (April 15)…had 20 kills, seven digs, and six blocks versus Penn State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (May 2)…posted 21 kills on .515 hitting in three-set win Stanford (May 10)…hit over .500 eight times, including season-high .737 (15-1-19) versus Pepperdine (Feb. 24)...earned Outrigger Resorts Invitational Most Outstanding Player award, becoming the tournament’s first two-time winner...academic all-MPSF.
2017 Match-by-Match Statistics
2016 (Freshman): Selected to all-MPSF honorable mention and to the all-freshman team…started all 28 matches at opposite…second on the team with a 3.26 kill average, hitting .255…also averaged 1.24 digs and 0.64 blocks per set…second on the team with 18 service aces…posted double-figure kill totals in 18 matches, including two over 20…season-high 27 kills, hitting .479 (27-4-48) in win over UC Irvine (March 26)…tallied 21 kills on .381 hitting (21-5-42) in win over UCLA (Feb. 5)…recorded 14 kills, with no errors in 15 attempts (.933) in UH debut versus King (Tenn.) in the opener of the Outrigger Resorts Invitational (Jan. 7)…posted 17 kills and season-high nine digs in UCLA rematch (Feb. 6)…season-high seven blocks against Grand Canyon (Jan. 22) and Cal Baptist (April 9)…served up two aces versus USC (Feb. 15), Long Beach State (Feb. 26), and CSUN (March 12)…hit .400 or higher in four of his first five matches.
2016 Match-by-Match Statistics
Prep: A 2014 graduate of Beekdal Lyceum in Arnhem, Netherlands…played four years with the Dutch Youth and Junior National teams…played for Talent Team Papendal Arnheim in the Dutch Eredivisie League, which is the highest league in the Netherlands….recorded 126 kills, 14 aces, and 12 blocks in 50 sets.
Personal: Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands…intends to major in business…has two sisters…parents are Theo van Tilburg and Brigitte Lambregts of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
CAREER HIGHS
K 27, 2x, last vs. UC Irvine (2/25/18)
E 10 vs. UCLA (2/6/16)
TA 59 vs. Long Beach State (4/13/18)
Hit% .933 (14-0-15) vs. King (1/7/16)
AST 3, 2x, last vs. CSUN (3/15/19)
SA 3, 3x, last vs. Lewis (5/2/19)
D 11 vs. Long Beach State (4/13/18)
BS 2 at Cal Baptist (2/11/17)
BA 7, 2x, last vs. Cal Baptist (4/9/16)
TB 7, 2x, last vs. Cal Baptist (4/9/16)
PTS 29.0 vs. UC Irvine (3/26/16)
