Four Nebraska volleyball players named to Preseason All-Big Ten team
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Four Nebraska volleyball players were named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team on Thursday.
After a vote by the league’s 18 head coaches, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were three of just five unanimous selections to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team.
They were joined on the 20-player team by senior Rebekah Allick.
The coaches picked Nebraska as the top team in the preseason poll as well.
The Huskers won their fifth Big Ten title in 2024 with a 19-1 conference record to share the crown with Penn State.
Nebraska finished the season at 33-3 and reached the NCAA Semifinals. Penn State, Wisconsin, Minnesota and UCLA rounded out the top five.
Jackson had a breakout year in 2024, earning AVCA All-America First Team and unanimous All-Big Ten First Team honors.
Jackson averaged 2.62 kills per set with a .439 hitting percentage, which ranked sixth in the nation and fourth in school history. She also put up 1.18 blocks per set.
Murray was an AVCA Second Team All-American last year after earning third-team honors as a freshman.
Murray led the Huskers in 2024 with 3.40 kills per set and a team-high 39 service aces. She is a two-time All-Big Ten First Team selection.
She was selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team last season and was the NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player.
Reilly is the first player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year as both a freshman and sophomore, and she is coming off her second straight AVCA All-America Second Team honor.
She averaged 11.08 assists per set in 2024 while leading the Huskers to a .284 hitting percentage, their best since 2016.
Allick recorded 1.82 kills per set in 2024 with a career-best .357 hitting percentage.
She had a team-high 1.43 blocks per set, which ranked third among Big Ten players and 14th nationally.
Allick ranks sixth in school history with 415 career blocks entering the 2025 season. She was an All-Big Ten Second Team selection in 2022 and 2023.
The full 20-person roster can be seen below:
- Allison Jacobs, Michigan
- Julia Hanson, Minnesota
- Mckenna Wucherer, Minnesota
- Harper Murray, Nebraska
- Andi Jackson, Nebraska
- Bergen Reilly, Nebraska
- Rebekah Allick, Nebraska
- Kennedy Martin, Penn State
- Izzy Starck, Penn State
- Gillian Grimes, Penn State
- Cheridyn Leverette, UCLA
- Maggie Li, UCLA
- Marianna Singletary, UCLA
- Phekran Kong, UCLA
- Adonia Faumuina, USC
- Kierstyn Barton, Washington
- Julia Hunt, Washington
- Carter Booth, Wisconsin
- Mimi Colyer, Wisconsin
- Charlie Fuerbringer, Wisconsin
The Preseason Big Ten Poll is as follows:
- Nebraska
- Penn State
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- UCLA
- USC
- Purdue
- Washington
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Indiana
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Michigan State
- Northwestern
- Maryland
- Iowa
- Rutgers
