{"id":202050,"date":"2026-03-03T10:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202050\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:39:19","slug":"wojciech-gajek-named-big-west-freshman-of-the-week-after-standout-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202050\/","title":{"rendered":"Wojciech Gajek Named Big West Freshman Of The Week After Standout Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, Calif. &#8212; Long Beach State freshman opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/wojciech-gajek\/9946\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9946\" target=\"_blank\">Wojciech Gajek<\/a> has been named Big West Freshman of the Week after leading the Beach to a 2-0 sweep of CUI.<\/p>\n<p>Gajek delivered a dominant all-around performance across seven sets, totaling 24 kills while hitting .486 (24-7-35) and averaging 3.43 kills per set. He also averaged a team-best 4.79 points per set, adding eight service aces, five digs, and three total blocks in the pair of victories.<\/p>\n<p>In the 3-1 road win, Gajek recorded 12 kills and exploded for eight service aces, applying consistent service pressure that disrupted CUI&#8217;s offensive rhythm. He followed with another 12-kill performance in the 3-0 home sweep, hitting an exceptional .786 (12-1-14) while committing just one error on 14 swings. His efficiency in the finale helped Long Beach State post a .530 team attack percentage in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Across the two contests, Gajek accounted for 33.5 total points and played a central role in the Beach hitting .428 as a team while averaging 12.43 kills per set. His production came in all phases, scoring in transition, terminating in-system opportunities, and generating points from the service line.<\/p>\n<p>The honor marks the first Big West Freshman of the Week award of Gajek&#8217;s career and highlights his immediate impact in the Beach lineup.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. &#8212; Long Beach State freshman opposite Wojciech Gajek has been named Big West Freshman of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-202050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}