Four Huskers Named AVCA All-Americans
Four Huskers Named AVCA All-Americans
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Four Nebraska volleyball players were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Teams on Wednesday.
Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were selected to the AVCA All-America First Team. Rebekah Allick was chosen to the AVCA All-America Second Team.
The Huskers' four All-America selections brings their nation-leading total to 111 all-time.
Murray and Reilly are now three-time AVCA All-Americans, but both earned first-team honors for the first time in their careers.
Jackson earned a second straight nod on the first team, while Allick was named an All-American for the first time.
AVCA All-America First Team
Andi Jackson, Jr., MB, Brighton, Colo.
• Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight year, as well as the All-Big Ten First Team. She was also an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist.
• Jackson averaged 2.74 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.12 blocks per set, and she served 16 aces.
• Jackson’s .467 hitting percentage leads the nation and was the No. 3 hitting percentage in school history for a single season.
• In conference-only matches, Jackson hit .559 to break the Big Ten record for hitting percentage in conference-only matches in a season, which was .541 by Arielle Wilson from Penn State in 2008.
• Jackson has a career hitting percentage of .437, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players.
• Jackson earned Big Ten Player of the Week, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and AVCA First Serve Match MVP honors this season.
Harper Murray, Jr., OH, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Murray earned AVCA All-America and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third straight year.
• Murray led the Huskers with a career-best 3.54 kills per set on a career-high .295 hitting percentage.
• A standout six-rotation player, Murray also contributed 2.16 digs per set and 0.60 blocks per set along with a team-high 34 aces. She totaled a career-high 4.21 points per set for the season.
• One of the best passers in the nation at her position, Murray passed a 2.52 throughout the season.
• Murray finished the season at 1,181 career kills, which ranks 19th all-time in school history and 10th in the rally-scoring era.
• Murray's career kills per set average of 3.38 ranks third at NU in the rally-scoring era behind only Sarah Pavan and Jordan Larson.
• Murray's 109 career aces are the sixth-most at NU in the rally-scoring era.
Bergen Reilly, Jr., S, Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Reilly has been an AVCA All-American each year of her Husker career but earned a first-team accolade for the first time after a record-breaking season.
• Reilly set the Huskers to a school-record .351 hitting percentage, shattering the previous record of .331 in 1986. NU's .351 hitting percentage ranks first nationally and is the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State.
• Reilly averaged 10.47 assists per set and 2.70 digs per set. She also totaled 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces.
• Reilly was named Big Ten Player of the Year and AVCA Region Player of the Year, as well as Big Ten Setter of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team for the third time.
• Reilly set Nebraska to a .400 or better hitting percentage nine times on the season, a school record in the rally-scoring era. She had double-doubles in all six of the Husker matches that went longer than three sets, and she had four double-doubles in sweeps.
• Reilly ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally-scoring era with 3,723. Her career assists per set average of 10.70 ranks No. 4 among active Division I players and No. 2 in school history in the rally-scoring era.
• Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this season, giving her 13 for her career.
AVCA All-America Second Team
Rebekah Allick, Sr., MB, Lincoln, Neb.
• Allick earned the first AVCA All-America honor of her career after being named All-Region three times. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team accolades for the first time.
• Allick had the best season of her standout career with 2.56 kills per set on .450 hitting with a team-high 1.27 blocks per set.
• Allick’s .450 hitting percentage ranks as the No. 4 single-season mark in school history, as well as the No. 4 mark in the country this season.
• Allick finished her Husker career at No. 5 in career blocks in the rally-scoring era with 543. Her career blocks per set average of 1.31 ranks fourth.
• Allick was named AVCA National Player of the Week, a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and to the AVCA All-First Serve Team.
• Allick was on the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List at the midway point of the season.
