Nebraska volleyball’s Andi Jackson, Bergen Reilly take home AVCA positional awards

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska volleyball’s Andi Jackson and Bergen Reilly received top positional awards at the AVCA Awards Banquet in Kansas City on Friday.

Jackson was named the Middle Blocker of the Year, while Reilly was named Setter of the Year.

Pitt junior Olivia Babcock was named the AVCA Player of the Year for the second straight season, while also winning Opposite of the Year.

Wisconsin’s Mimi Colyer took home Outside Hitter of the Year, and Iowa State libero Rachel Van Gorp was Libero of the Year.

Reilly set the Huskers to a school-record .351% hitting percentage, as Nebraska concluded its season with a 33-1 overall record and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play en route to a third straight conference title.

Reilly averaged 10.47 assists and 2.70 digs per set, while totaling 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces.

Reilly was named a first-team AVCA All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, AVCA Region Player of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team.

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A three-time AVCA All-American and one of four finalists for AVCA Player of the Year, Reilly ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally-scoring era with 3,723.

Her career assists per set average of 10.70 ranks No. 4 among active Division I players and No. 2 in school history in the rally-scoring era.

Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight year, as well as the All-Big Ten First Team.

She was also an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region Team for the third straight year.

The junior middle blocker averaged 2.74 kills per set with a .467% hitting percentage, adding 1.12 blocks per set and 16 aces.

Her .467% hitting percentage led the nation and ranked as the No. 3 single-season mark in school history.

In conference-only matches, Jackson hit .559% to break the Big Ten record for hitting percentage in conference-only matches in a season.

Jackson ended her junior season with a career hitting percentage of .437%, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players.