Carthage College outside hitter Randy Hansen (Sr., Oak Lawn, Ill.) was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III “Player of the Week” and the Continental Volleyball Conference “Player of the Week” on Jan. 31. 

Hansen averaged 5.27 kills per set with a .436 attack percentage, as the No. 3 Red Men swept the Jan. 27-28 Nazareth College “Golden Flyers Invitational” at the Robert A. Kidera Gymnasium in Rochester, N.Y.  In Carthage's second match of the tournament, the Red Men defeated top-ranked Nazareth, 3-1.  Carthage also won contests over No. 5 Juniata, No. 14 Philadelphia Biblical and unranked Southern Vermont.
 
In the win over Southern Vermont, Hansen led the Red Men with 16 kills and a .700 attack percentage (16-2-20).  Hansen's .700 attack percentage broke a school record for 20 or more attempts.  In the victory over Nazareth, Hansen collected 23 kills  and hit .310.  He tied his own match record of 23 kills in four sets.  In the title-match win over Juniata, Hansen collected 27 kills and hit .404 with a block solo and three block assists. 

Carthage (4-1, 13 first-place votes) was ranked first in the Jan. 31 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, followed by Springfield College (2-4, 3 first-place votes) second, the University of California-Santa Cruz (2-1) third, Juniata College (7-3) fourth, Nazareth College (2-2) fifth, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4-1) sixth, Rivier College (1-1) seventh, New York University (1-2) eighth, the Stevens Institute of Technology (0-0) ninth, Medaille College (3-1) 10th, Vassar College (2-1) 11th, Baruch College (2-2) 12th, Emmanuel College (0-0) 13th, Ramapo College (4-0) 14th and the State University of New York-New Paltz (4-1) ranked 15th.