Bergen Reilly, Dani Busboom Kelly headline Big Ten volleyball postseason awards

Mark Fischer,
Bergen Reilly Dani Busboom Kelly Headline Big Ten Volleyball Postseason Awards
Courtesy Nebraska Athletics

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The No. 1-ranked Nebraska volleyball team was well-represented in the Big Ten Conference’s postseason honors.

The conference announced the awards on Tuesday after the Huskers completed the Big Ten’s first 20-0 campaign since 2009.

Junior setter Bergen Reilly was named Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Setter of the Year.


Head coach Dani Busboom Kelly was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the coaches and media in her first season as Nebraska’s head coach.

Reilly was accompanied on the All-Big Ten First Team by Rebekah Allick, Andi Jackson and Harper Murray.

Jackson, Murray and Reilly were three of nine unanimous selections.

Laney Choboy and Taylor Landfair were selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team.

Virginia Adriano was named to the All-freshman team, and Maisie Boesiger earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

Reilly became the first setter to win Big Ten Player of the Year since Minnesota’s Samantha Seliger-Swenson in 2018.

She is Nebraska’s second-ever Big Ten Player of the Year (Kelsey Robinson, 2013) and the first Husker setter to earn conference player of the year since Greichaly Cepero in 2002.

Reilly also became the second player in Big Ten history to be named Big Ten Setter of the Year three times (Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin).

In her first year as head coach at Nebraska, Busboom Kelly has made history with a 30-0 regular-season record and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play.

She was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year after becoming the first coach to win a Big Ten volleyball conference title in their first year as head coach at the school.

Busboom Kelly has won four conference coach of the year honors in the last six years, including three times as the ACC Coach of the Year at Louisville (2020, 2021, 2022).

She has had two undefeated regular seasons in her nine-year coaching career (2021 at Louisville).

Reilly and Murray are three-time All-Big Ten First Team selections. Jackson earned her third career All-Big Ten honor and second selection to the first team.

Allick earned her third career All-Big Ten honor, but her first selection to the first team.

Landfair is a four-time All-Big Ten honoree, while Choboy was named All-Big Ten for the first time in her career.

ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM

Rebekah Allick – Senior, middle blocker, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Having the best season of her standout career with 2.52 kills per set and a .431% hitting percentage.
  • Team-high 1.33 blocks per set
  • Blocks per set and hitting percentage both rank third in the Big Ten, and the latter ranks 11th nationally
  • Hitting percentage ranks as the No. 6 single-season mark in school history
  • Ranks No. 5 in career blocks at Nebraska in the rally scoring era with 531, which also ranks fourth among active DI players
  • Named AVCA National Player of the Week, a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and to the AVCA First Serve Team
  • Was on the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List at the midway point of the season

Andi Jackson – Junior, middle blocker, Brighton, Colorado

  • Averaging 2.75 kills and 1.13 blocks per set with a .471% hitting percentage
  • AVCA Player of the Year semifinalist
  • Hitting percentage leads the nation and ranks as the second-best single-season hitting percentage in school history behind Tracy Stalls (.473% in 2007)
  • Hit .559% in conference-only matches to break the Big Ten record, which was .541% by Arielle Wilson from Penn State in 2008
  • Reigning AVCA All-American has a career hitting percentage of .437%, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and No. 1 among active DI players
  • Earned Big Ten Player of the Week, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and AVCA First Serve Match MVP honors this season

Harper Murray – Junior, outside hitter, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Two-time AVCA All-American leads Huskers with career highs of 3.55 kills per set and a .304% hitting percentage
  • Averages 2.15 digs per set and has a team-high 28 aces along with 56 blocks for a team-leading 4.21 points per set
  • AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist.
  • 348 reception attempts on the season and is passing 2.50.
  • Big Ten Player of the Week honoree this season
  • 1,132 career kills, which ranks 21st in school history
  • Needs 18 more to move into the top 20 all-time at NU. 
  • Seventh in school history in the rally scoring era in career aces with 103.

Bergen Reilly – Junior, setter, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

  • 10.31 assists per set, despite playing partial sets several times, and she is an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist
  • Huskers are on pace for a single-season school record with a .352% team hitting percentage, which ranks first nationally and is the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State
  • Has set Nebraska to a .400% or better hitting percentage seven times this season. Only the 2005 Huskers had more matches over .400 (eight times)
  • Second on the team in digs (2.73 per set) and has 59 blocks
  • Has double-doubles in all five of the Husker matches that have gone longer than three sets, and she has three double-doubles in sweeps
  • Has 65 kills on a .400% attack percentage and has 14 aces  
  • Of Reilly’s top five attacking options, all five average at least 2.06 kills per set, and all five are having career-best years, hitting at least .287% or better. Four of the five have hitting percentages over .300%
  • Two-time Big Ten Setter of the Year and AVCA All-American
  • Named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this season and 13 times in her career
  • Ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally scoring era with 3,562
  • Career assists per set average of 10.66 ranks No. 4 among active Division I players and No. 2 in school history in the rally scoring era

ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM

Laney Choboy – Junior, defensive specialist/libero, Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Leads the Huskers in digs at 2.74 per set, as the Huskers rank first nationally in opponent hitting percentage at .125%
  • Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after a career-high 20 digs against Illinois and 15 digs at Minnesota
  • AVCA All-First Serve Team in August after 16 digs against Pittsburgh

Taylor Landfair – Senior, outside hitter, Plainfield, Illinois

  • Averages 2.06 kills per set and is hitting a career-best .320%
  • 2.08 kills per set with a .355% hitting percentage in Big Ten play
  • Has 1,517 career kills, which ranks 19th among active DI players.
  • Has played in 149 career matches, the most by any active DI player

ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN TEAM

Virginia Adriano – Freshman, opposite hitter, Turin, Italy

  • Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week
  • Averages 2.21 kills per set with a .287% hitting percentage
  • Contributes 0.62 blocks per set and has 13 service aces on the year
  • 2.34 kills per set on .318% hitting in Big Ten Play

2025 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL POSTSEASON HONORS

  • Player of the Year: Bergen Reilly, junior, setter, Nebraska
  • Setter of the Year: Bergen Reilly, junior, Nebraska
  • Libero of the Year: Gillian Grimes, senior, Penn State
  • Freshman of the Year: Alanah Clemente, opposite hitter, Oregon
  • Coach of the Year: Dani Busboom Kelly, Nebraska

ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM

  • Avry Tatum, senior, opposite hitter, Indiana 
  • Teodora Kričković, freshman, setter, Indiana 
  • Candela Alonso-Corcelles, senior, outside hitter, Indiana 
  • ALLISON JACOBS, senior, outside hitter, Michigan 
  • JULIA HANSON, senior, outside hitter, Minnesota 
  • Rebekah Allick, senior, middle blocker, Nebraska 
  • ANDI JACKSON, junior, middle blocker, Nebraska 
  • HARPER MURRAY, junior, outside hitter, Nebraska 
  • BERGEN REILLY, junior, setter, Nebraska 
  • Alanah Clemente, freshman, opposite hitter, Oregon 
  • Valentina Vaulet, junior, outside hitter, Oregon 
  • Gillian Grimes, senior, libero, Penn State 
  • KENNEDY MARTIN, junior, opposite hitter, Penn State 
  • Taylor Anderson, junior, setter, Purdue 
  • Grace Heaney, redshirt-sophomore, opposite hitter, Purdue 
  • KENNA WOLLARD, junior, outside hitter, Purdue 
  • Cheridyn Leverette, senior, outside hitter, UCLA 
  • Lola Schumacher, sophomore, libero, UCLA 
  • Marianna Singletary, junior, middle blocker, UCLA 
  • Reese Messer, freshman, setter, USC 
  • LONDON WIJAY, sophomore, outside hitter, USC 
  • Kierstyn Barton, junior, outside hitter, Washington 
  • Carter Booth, senior, middle blocker, Wisconsin 
  • MIMI COLYER, senior, outside hitter, Wisconsin 
  • Charlie Fuerbringer, sophomore, setter, Wisconsin 

ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM

  • Taylor de Boer, redshirt sophomore, outside hitter, Illinois 
  • Kenna Phelan, junior, setter, Illinois 
  • Jaidyn Jager, freshman, outside hitter, Indiana 
  • Claire Ammeraal, senior, setter, Iowa 
  • Milana Moisio, senior, libero, Iowa 
  • Serena Nyambio, senior, middle blocker, Michigan 
  • Karolina Staniszewska, junior, outside hitter, Michigan State 
  • Stella Swenson, redshirt freshman, setter, Minnesota 
  • Taylor Landfair, senior, outside hitter, Nebraska 
  • Laney Choboy, junior, libero, Nebraska 
  • Ayah Elnady, senior, outside hitter, Northwestern 
  • Maggie Mendelson, senior, middle blocker, Penn State 
  • Akasha Anderson, senior, outside hitter, Purdue 
  • Ryan McAleer, sophomore, libero, Purdue 
  • Leah Ford, redshirt sophomore, middle blocker, USC 
  • Taylor Deckert, freshman, libero, USC 
  • Zoria Heard, senior, libero, Washington

ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN TEAM

  • Alyssa Aguayo, outside hitter, Illinois 
  • Teodora Kričković, setter, Indiana 
  • JAIDYN JAGER, outside hitter, Indiana
  • Stella Swenson, setter, Minnesota 
  • Carly Gilk, opposite hitter, Minnesota 
  • Virginia Adriano, opposite hitter, Nebraska 
  • Alanah Clemente, opposite hitter, Oregon 
  • Reese Messer, setter, USC 
  • Abigail Mullen, opposite hitter, USC 
  • Kristen Simon, libero, Wisconsin

BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP HONOREES

  • Cari Bohm, senior, middle blocker, Illinois 
  • Luca Fickell, junior, setter, Indiana 
  • Milana Moisio, senior, libero, Iowa 
  • Alex McGillivray, junior, libero, Maryland 
  • Sydney Schnichels, redshirt sophomore, opposite hitter, Michigan 
  • Danyle Courtley, senior, outside hitter, Michigan State 
  • Lauren Crowl, redshirt senior, opposite hitter, Minnesota 
  • Maisie Boesiger, senior, libero, Nebraska
  • Drew Wright, junior, libero, Northwestern 
  • Kamiah Gibson, senior, setter, Ohio State 
  • Maya de los Reyes, senior, libero, Oregon 
  • Addie Lyon, senior, setter, Penn State 
  • Bianka Lulić, redshirt sophomore, middle blocker, Purdue 
  • Zora Hardison, junior, middle blocker, Rutgers 
  • Gala Trubint, senior, libero, USC 
  • Kate Duffey, sophomore, setter, UCLA 
  • Elise Hani, junior, middle blocker, Washington 
  • Alicia Andrew, senior, middle blocker, Wisconsin 
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