Three Nebraska volleyball players are among the 14 remaining AVCA Player of the Year semifinalists, the university announced Friday, citing the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly all made the list.
Finalists will be announced Dec. 14. The award will be presented in San Antonio at the AVCA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 18, Nebraska Athletics said.
The three Huskers
Jackson, a senior middle blocker, is averaging 2.84 kills per set on .471 hitting, with 1.27 blocks per set, per Nebraska Athletics. Her hitting percentage leads the Big Ten and ranks third nationally. The university said she is a two-time AVCA All-American and has an NCAA-leading 69 matches hitting at least .400, with a minimum of 10 attacks, since 2023. Her career hitting percentage is .444, which Nebraska said is the best mark in school history and fifth all-time in NCAA history.
Murray, a senior outside hitter, leads the team with 3.59 kills per set and is hitting .286. She is averaging 1.46 digs per set and has a team-high 25 aces. Murray has 1,465 career kills, ninth in program history, and 134 career aces, fifth in school history in the rally-scoring era, per Nebraska Athletics. She is a three-time AVCA All-American and All-Big Ten selection.
Reilly, a senior setter, is averaging 11.67 assists and 2.61 digs per set. Nebraska Athletics said she runs an offense that ranks first nationally and is on a school-record pace at .351 hitting. Reilly has 4,598 career assists, third in program history. She is a three-time Big Ten Setter of the Year and three-time AVCA All-American, and she has been named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this season and 17 times in her career, tied for second all-time in the conference, the university said.
Nebraska hosts Iowa tonight at 6 p.m. CST on B1G+ at John Cook Arena, on Senior Night, after clinching the outright Big Ten title on Thursday.
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