Jackson, Reilly, Choboy Earn Big Ten Weekly Honors
The Nebraska volleyball team collected three Big Ten weekly awards on Monday.
Junior middle blocker Andi Jackson was named co-Player of the Week, while Bergen Reilly earned Setter of the Week and Laney Choboy was named Defensive Player of the Week.
Jackson's efficiency was off the charts in Nebraska's 3-0 wins over Illinois and No. 22 Minnesota last week. Jackson led all Division I players with a .733 hitting percentage on the week, finishing at 4.00 kills per set, the most by a Big Ten middle blocker.
Jackson had a perfect game on Thursday with a 1.000 hitting percentage (9-0-9), along with four blocks in the sweep of the Fighting Illini. She followed up with a season-high 15 kills on .619 hitting with three digs and a block in the sweep at No. 22 Minnesota on Saturday. Before her first hitting error of the week in the second set at Minnesota, Jackson had killed 14 consecutive swings.
Reilly continued to improve her already strong résumé with a league-leading 12.33 assists per set and a .458 combined hitting percentage in Nebraska's sweeps. In addition to her 12.33 assists per set, Reilly averaged 2.17 digs per set and 1.00 blocks per set.
Behind Reilly's setting, the Big Red hit .488 against Illinois and .434 at Minnesota, which extended their streak of hitting over .300 to 15 straight matches. Nebraska's .488 performance against the Fighting Illini was its best since 2018. Reilly had 29 assists, seven digs, five blocks, one kill and one ace. She followed on Saturday at No. 22 Minnesota with 45 assists, six digs, three kills, one block and one ace. Her 45 assists were a career high in a three-set match.
Choboy averaged 5.83 digs per set. She had a career-high 20 digs along with two aces and three set assists in the Huskers' win against Illinois in which they held the Fighting Illini to a .095 hitting percentage. At Minnesota on Saturday, Choboy logged 15 digs with three more set assists.
Jackson earned her first-ever Big Ten Player of the Week honor after previously earning two defensive awards. Reilly was honored for the second straight week, the fourth time this season and 13th time in her career. Choboy collected her first-ever weekly Big Ten honor.