Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Nebraska Earn Weekly Volleyball Honors
The Big Ten Conference has announced this week’s Volleyball Weekly Awards for the week of October 24-30.
bigten.org
Player of the Week
OH - Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin (SR)
- Tallied 38 kills (6.33/set) in a pair of wins over Michigan State and Minnesota
- Hit .474 for the week (38-of-76), and added nine digs, five blocks and three service aces
- Piled up 21 kills in a straight-set win over rival Minnesota broadcast nationally on FOX
- Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Sarah Franklin (Oct. 16, 2023)
Defensive Player of the Week
MB - Raven Colvin, Purdue (JR)
- Posted a Big Ten-leading 2.00 blocks/set in matchups with Minnesota and Illinois, registering 14 total blocks in the contests
- Tied a season-high with 13 kills on Saturday against the Illini
- Now ranks seventh in the nation with a Big Ten best 122 blocks this season
- Last Purdue Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin (Oct. 23, 2023)
Setter of the Week
S - Camryn Haworth, Indiana (JR)
- Registered back-to-back triple-doubles in road matchups at Illinois and Northwestern, the first Hoosier in history to do so
- Totaled 100 assists, 23 kills and 20 digs in the pair of five-set matches
- Tallied five service aces on Sunday at Northwestern
- Last Indiana Setter of the Week: Camryn Haworth (Oct. 16, 2023)
Freshman of the Week
S - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska (FR)
- Averaged 11.33 assists/set and 2.00 digs/set in home sweeps of Maryland and Rutgers
- Posted her seventh double-double of the year against Maryland with 34 assists and 10 digs, along with three kills and two blocks
- Set the Cornhuskers to a .349 hitting percentage against the Terrapins, and 3.84 against the Scarlet Knights
- Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Harper Murray (Oct. 2, 2023)