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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 9/2/2024, Last updated: 9/2/2024
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Purdue, Nebraska and Penn State Earn First Big Ten Weekly Volleyball Awards of 2024

Boilermakers’ Hudson, Huskers’ Allick and Reilly and Nittany Lions’ Starck earn first weekly honors of 2024 season

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Player of the Week 
Eva Hudson, Purdue 
Jr. - OH – Fort Wayne, Ind. - Major: Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Medicine 

  • Led the Big Ten offensively in opening week with 46 kills and 50.5 points during a 3-0 week for the Boilermakers. Hudson was a key factor in Purdue leading the Big Ten in kills/set and a .337 hitting percentage throughout week one  

  • Averaged 4.60 kills/set, hitting over .430 in back-to-back matches. Hudson hit .500 or better in each of the final two sets vs. UC Davis, totaling 12 kills during that span 

  • Posted a double-double in Purdue’s season-opener with 16 kills and 12 digs. Tied a career-high with five blocks vs. Kansas State. Had a 15-kill, nine dig effort vs. UC Davis and hit .467 vs. UMBC with 15 kills and one error on 30 swings 

  • Earns the fifth Player of the Week honor of her career
  • Last Purdue Player of the Week: Eva Hudson (Nov. 20, 2023) 

 

Defensive Player of the Week 
Rebekah Allick, Nebraska  
Jr. - MB – Lincoln, Neb. - Major: Business Management  

  • Named Most Valuable Player and Best Middle Blocker at the season-opening AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky.  

  • Allick had 11 kills (.667%) and career-high-matching 12 blocks to lead the Huskers to a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky in the season-opener. As a team, Nebraska posted 18 blocks, the most for the Huskers since 2018, holding Kentucky to a .139 hitting percentage  

  • Allick combined for 19.0 blocks throughout the Huskers’ 3-0 opening week, averaging 1.90 blocks/set 

  • Allick averaged 2.40 kills and 1.90 blocks/set with a .415 hitting percentage in the Huskers’ three wins against Kentucky, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and TCU 

  • Earns her third career weekly award 

  • Last Nebraska Defensive Player of the Week: Lexi Rodriguez (Nov. 20, 2023)   

 

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

  • Led the Huskers to three victories in week one with 10.73 assists/set and 3.18 digs per set 

  • Named Best Setter at the AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky., as she led Nebraska to a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky with 39 assists and 11 digs 

  • Reilly had three double-doubles on the week, including 43 assists and 14 digs in a 3-1 win over TCU 

  • Reilly set a career-high with five service aces in a sweep of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, oepning the match on a 10-0 behind the service line  

  • Reilly set the Huskers to a .286 hitting percentage in the three wins  

  • Earns her seventh career weekly honor 

  • Last Nebraska Setter of the Week: Bergen Reilly (Nov. 6, 2023) 

 

Freshman of the Week 
Izzy Starck, Penn State  
S – Viera, Fla. – Major: Undeclared  

  • Recorded a double-double in her collegiate debut with 42 assists and 12 digs while leading No. 7 Penn State to a .343 hitting percentage in a 3-1 road win at No. 15 Tennessee to open the season 

  • Followed up that performance with 27 assists and five digs after splitting the setting duties in a 3-0 win at Temple 

  • Starck was the first freshman setter to start for the Nittany Lions since Micha Hancock did in 2011 

  • Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: Alexa Markley (Nov. 21, 2022) 

 

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