Indiana, Nebraska and Purdue Earn Big Ten Volleyball Weekly Honors

Player of the Week 
Kenna Wollard, Purdue 
Jr. – OH – Dunlap, Ill. 

• Led Purdue to a pair of top 25 road victories in a reverse sweep of No. 24 UCLA and a 3-0 win at No. 17 USC. Wollard averaged 6.13 kills per set on a combined .330 hitting efficiency  
• Recorded 33 kills with a .369 hitting percentage at UCLA, adding nine digs and three blocks  
• Became the first Boilermaker in the rally-scoring era to produce 33 kills in a match against a ranked opponent  
• At No. 17 USC, Wollard tallied 16 kills on a .263 clip, adding one dig and a pair of blocks in the sweep 
• Led the Big Ten with 49 total kills last week 
• Purdue improves to 4-1 against ranked opponents this season 
• Last Purdue Player of the Week: Kenna Wollard (Sept. 8, 2025) 

Defensive Player of the Week 
Ryan McAleer, Purdue 
So. - L – Overland Park, Kan. 

• Anchored the Boilermakers at libero as Purdue picked up a pair of ranked road victories with a reverse sweep at No. 24 UCLA and a sweep at No. 17 USC 
• Led the team with 16 digs at UCLA and added one ace and four assists 
• Totaled 17 digs in just three sets at USC, including eight digs in the second set alone 
• Her 17-dig performance was the most by a Big Ten player in a three-set match last week and helped hold USC to a season-low .167 hitting percentage  
• Last Purdue Defensive Player of the Week: Ryan McAleer (Sept. 15, 2025) 

Setter of the Week
Bergen Reilly, Nebraska  
Jr. – S – Sioux Falls, S.D. 

• Led the top-ranked Huskers to two more sweeps for a total of five in a row with a 3-0 win at No. 16 Penn State and a 3-0 win at Rutgers 
• Set Nebraska to a .412 hitting percentage across the two matches, and defensively Reilly helped the Huskers limit opponents to a combined -.022 hitting percentage  
• In the sweep at Penn State, Reilly tallied 26 assists, eight digs, three blocks, two kills and an ace as the Huskers hit a season-high .437  
• At Rutgers on Saturday, Reilly played just 1.5 sets and had 15 assists, two digs, two blocks and a kill before sharing playing time with Campbell Flynn at setter. The Huskers went on to hit .390 in that match 
• Last Nebraska Setter of the Week: Bergen Reilly (Aug. 26, 2025) 

Freshman of the Week 
Teodora Kričković, Indiana 
S – Novi Sad, Serbia  

• Guided Indiana to back-to-back regular season ranked wins for the first time in school history with a 3-1 win at No. 17 USC and a 3-1 victory at No. 24 UCLA 
• Against USC, tallied 33 assists, six digs and a career-high six kills, while guiding Indiana to a .252 hitting percentage  
• At UCLA, recorded second-career double-double with 44 assists and 10 digs, adding three blocks while the Hoosiers hit .262 as a team 
• Indiana is off to a 4-0 start in Big Ten play for the first time since 1985 
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Jaidyn Jager (Sept. 8, 2025) 

2025 Big Ten Players of the Week 

Aug. 26 
P: Kennedy Martin, Jr., PSU 
D: Rebekah Allick, Sr., NEB 
S: Bergen Reilly, Jr., NEB 
F: Virginia Adriano, NEB 
Sept. 1 
P: Julia Hanson, Sr., MINN 
D: Leah Ford, RS-So., USC 
S: Stella Swenson, RS-Fr., MINN 
F: Alanah Clemente, ORE 
Sept. 8 
Co-P: Allison Jacobs, Gr., MICH 
Co-P: Kenna Wollard, Jr., PUR 
D: Duru Gökçen, So., MD 
S: Teodora Kričković, Fr., IND 
F: Jaidyn Jager, IND 
Sept. 15 
P: Mimi Colyer, Sr., WIS 
D: Ryan McAleer, So., PUR 
S: Charlie Fuerbringer, So., WIS 
F: Malayah Long, MSU 
Sept. 22 
P: Mimi Colyer, Sr., WIS 
D: Carter Booth, Sr., WIS 
S: Charlie Fuerbringer, So., WIS 
F: Reese Messer, USC 
Sept. 29 
P: Kennedy Martin, Jr., PSU 
D: Lola Schumacher, So., UCLA 
S: Kenna Phelan, Jr., ILL 
F: Eliana Urzua, UCLA  
Oct. 6 
P: Kenna Wollard, Jr., PUR 
D: Ryan McAleer, So., PUR 
S: Bergen Reilly, Jr., NEB 
F: Teodora Kričković, IND