Three Huskers Among AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalists

The Nebraska volleyball program is well represented among the AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalists announced on Friday. 

Three Huskers are among the remaining 14 players eligible to be named AVCA Player of the Year. Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were all named semifinalists. 

Finalists will be announced on Dec. 15, and the Player of the Year Award will be presented in Kansas City at the AVCA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 19.

Jackson, a junior middle blocker, is averaging 2.56 kills per set on .438 hitting with 1.17 blocks per set. Her hitting percentage leads the Big Ten and ranks seventh nationally. Jackson has been heating up of late. In Big Ten play only, the reigning first-team AVCA All-American is averaging 2.71 kills per set with a blistering .553 hitting percentage. Jackson has a career hitting percentage of .425, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players.

Murray, a junior outside hitter, is having a sensational season. She leads the team with 3.62 kills per set and is hitting .310. Murray averages 2.21 digs per set and has a team-high 22 aces. Murray has 1,059 career kills, which ranks tied for 23rd in school history with Cathy Noth. A two-time AVCA All-American and All-Big Ten selection, Murray is tied with Lexi Sun for seventh in school history in the rally-scoring era in career aces with 97. 

Reilly, a junior setter, paces the Husker attack with 10.06 assists per set, and she also contributes a team-high 2.62 digs per set. Reilly orchestrates a Husker offense that ranks first nationally and is on school-record pace with a .344 hitting percentage. Reilly ranks No. 4 in school history in career assists in the rally scoring era with 3,318. She needs 15 more to pass Sydney Anderson (3,332) for third. A two-time Big Ten Setter of the Year and two-time AVCA All-American, Reilly has been named Big Ten Setter of the Week three times this season and 12 times in her career.