Wisconsin, Michigan State and Nebraska Claim Big Ten Weekly Volleyball Awards

Badgers’ Franklin and Fuerbringer, Spartans’ Iosia and Huskers’ Reilly receive weekly honors

Player of the Week
Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin
Fifth-Year – OH – Lake Worth, Fla. – Major: Communications

Helped Wisconsin to a 2-0 week with wins over No. 23 USC and UCLA

Totaled 32 kills across the two matches, including a match-high 19 kills against UCLA where she hit .378 (19-2-45)

Recorded 13 kills against the nationally ranked Trojans, hitting .632 with one error on 19 attempts

Averaged 4.57 kills per set and hit .453 on the weekend, committing just three errors on 64 attempts

Added two aces, 0.57 assists per set, 1.43 digs per set, 0.43 blocks per set and averaged 5.07 points per set

Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Sarah Franklin (Nov. 11, 2024)

Defensive Player of the Week
Nalani Iosia, Michigan State
Sr. - L – Long Beach, Calif. - Major: Sociology

Helped Michigan State to a 2-0 week with a pair of wins over Michigan (3-1) and Iowa (3-0)

Recorded 23 digs vs. Michigan, averaging 5.75 digs/set, limiting the Wolverines to .134 hitting and added seven assists

Helped the Michigan State defense hold Iowa to a season-low –0.020 hitting percentage, the lowest opponent hitting percentage in a Big Ten match against Michigan State since 2014

Iosia tallied 12 digs, five assists and one ace against the Hawkeyes

Last Michigan State Defensive Player of the Week: Nalani Iosia (Sept. 9, 2024)

Setter of the Week
Bergen Reilly, Nebraska
So. – S – Sioux Falls, S.D. – Major: Business and Law

Led Nebraska to wins over No. 16 Minnesota and Indiana with 10.71 assists per set and 3.86 digs per set

In a 3-1 win over the Golden Gophers, Reilly has 40 assists and career-highs of 20 digs and six kills

Reilly became the first Husker setter to record at least 40 assists, 20 digs and five kills in a match in the rally scoring era (since 2001)

Capped the weekend with 35 assists and seven digs in a sweep of Indiana, guiding the Nebraska offense to .324 hitting

On the week, Reilly totaled 75 assists, 27 digs, eight kills, seven blocks and one ace

Last Nebraska Setter of the Week: Bergen Reilly (Oct. 14, 2024)

Freshman of the Week
Charlie Fuerbringer, Wisconsin
S – Hermosa Beach, Calif. – Major: Real Estate

Helped the Badgers to a 2-0 weekend with wins over No. 23 USC and UCLA

Averaged 11.71 assists per set, including a match-high 47 in a 3-1 win over the Bruins

Fuerbringer guided the Wisconsin offense to a .402 hitting percentage vs. UCLA and a .333 hitting percentage against USC

Tallied 35 assists in a 3-0 win over the nationally ranked Trojans

Across the two matches, Fuerbringer combined for 82 assists (11.71/set), 17 digs (2.43/set), four aces and four blocks

Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Charlie Fuerbringer (Oct. 7, 2024)

2024 Big Ten Players of the Week
Sept.2
P:Eva Hudson, Jr., PUR
D: Rebekah Allick, Jr., NEB
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Sept. 9
P: Raina Terry, Gr., ILL
D: Nalani Iosia, Sr., MSU
S: Taylor Anderson, So., PUR
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Sept. 16
P: Emily Londot, Gr., OSU
D: Raven Colvin, Sr., PUR
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Julia Hunt, WASH
Sept. 23
P: Sarah Franklin, Fifth-Year, WIS
D: Onye Ofoegbu, RS-Sr.., ORE
S: Mia Tuaniga, Sr., USC
Co-F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Co-F: Jadyn Livings, USC
Sept. 30
Co-P: Jess Mruzik, Gr., PSU
Co-P: Alissa Kinkela, RS-Jr., RU
D: Lexi Rodriguez, Sr., NEB
S: Izzy Starck, Fr., PSU
F: Malu Garcia, IOWA
Oct. 7
P: Jess Mruzik, Gr., PSU
Co-D: Rebekah Allick, Jr., NEB
Co-D: Ali Hornung, Sr., PUR
S: Morgan Burke, So., MICH
F: Charlie Fuerbringer, WIS
Oct. 14
P: Mimi Colyer, Jr., ORE
D: Phoebe Awoleye, RS-Sr., MINN
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Oct. 21
P: Jess Mruzik, Gr., PSU
D: Carter Booth, Jr., WIS
S: Izzy Starck, Fr., PSU
F: Cristin Cline, ORE
Oct. 28
P: Julia Hanson, Jr., MINN
D: Andi Jackson, So., NEB
S/F: Izzy Starck, Fr., PSU
Nov. 4
P: Ally Batenhorst, Gr., USC
D: Ali Hornung, Sr., PUR
S: Mia Tuaniga, Sr., USC
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Nov. 11
Co-P: Eva Hudson, Jr., PUR
Co-P: Sarah Franklin, Fifth-Year, WIS
D: Lexi Rodriguez, Gr., NEB
S: Charlie Fuerbringer, Fr., WIS
F: Ashlyn Philpot, ILL
Nov. 18
P: Sarah Franklin, Fifth-Year, WIS
D: Nalani Iosia, Sr., MSU
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Charlie Fuerbringer, WIS