Minnesota, Oregon and USC Collect Big Ten Weekly Volleyball Awards

Player of the Week 
Julia Hanson, Minnesota 
Sr. – OH– Savage, Minn.  

• Named Golden Gopher Invitational Tournament MVP after producing 4.64 kills, 1.73 digs, 0.36 blocks and 0.09 aces per set in the Gophers’ 3-0 weekend against Cal Poly, Ball State and St. Thomas 

• Hit .370 for the weekend with 51 kills 

• Produced a season-high 21 kills behind .340 hitting on Friday vs. Cal Poly, adding five digs and a block  

• Posted 12 kills with a .632 hitting percentage on Saturday vs. Ball State, adding four digs and two solo blocks  

• Finished the weekend with her first double double of the year, tallying 18 kills and 10 digs with a block 

• Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Julia Hanson (Dec. 2, 2024) 

Defensive Player of the Week 
Leah Ford, USC 
RS-So. - MB – Keller, Texas 

• Produced her first-career double double in a 3-1 win over LMU  

• Had a career best 10 blocks (3 solo) and a career-high 11 kills (while hitting .625) in the victory, also reaching a career milestone of 18.5 points  

• Averaged 2.50 blocks per set and 4.63 points per set, helping limit the LMU offense to a .080 hitting percentage  

• Ford is the first USC player to record double-digit blocks in a match and a double-double with blocks since Lindsey Miller did on Aug. 31, 2023 

• Last USC Defensive Player of the Week: Leah Ford (Sept. 1, 2025) 

Setter of the Week  
Stella Swenson, Minnesota 
RS-Fr. – S – Minnetonka, Minn. 

• Named to Golden Gopher Invitational All-Tournament Team after recording 11.27 assists, 2.91 digs, 0.91 kills and 0.45 blocks per set in a 3-0 weekend for Minnesota  

• Posted a career-best 48 assists to go along with seven kills and 14 digs Friday vs. Cal Poly, setting a Minnesota offense to a .350 hitting percentage  

•  Followed it up with 39 assists, two kills and seven digs in a sweep over Ball State, where the Gophers hit .523. It was Minnesota’s first time hitting over .500 in a match since 2017  

• Had 37 assists, 11 digs, three blocks, a kill and an ace in a win over St. Thomas  

• Last Minnesota Setter of the Week: Melani Shaffmaster (Nov. 28, 2022) 

Freshman of the Week 
Alanah Clemente, Oregon 
OPP – Mission Hills, Calif.  

• Accounted for 5.67 points per set, 4.83 kills per set, 1.67 blocks per set and hit .684 (29-3-38) during Oregon’s 3-0 weekend at the EVEN Hotel Bobcat Invite in Bozeman, Mont. 

• In the opener, Clemente had 11 kills (.667) in two sets of the Ducks’ 3-1 win over South Dakota  

• Produced her second double-digit performance of the weekend with 13 kills (.647) in a sweep of host Montana State, adding six blocks in the victory 

• Provided a spark off the bench with five kills and two blocks in the fourth set of Saturday’s 3-1 win over Prairie View A&M 

• Last Oregon Freshman of the Week: Cristin Cline (Oct. 21, 2024) 

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