Nebraska volleyball’s Bergen Reilly named AVCA Player of the Year finalist

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska volleyball’s Bergen Reilly was named one of four finalists for the AVCA Division I Player of the Year award.

The other three finalists include Pitt’s Olivia Babcock, Wisconsin’s Mimi Colyer and Kentucky’s Eva Hudson.

Reilly set the Huskers to a school-record .351% hitting percentage, as the Big Red finished the season with a 33-1 overall record and a 20-0 mark in the Big Ten.

She averaged 10.47 assists per set and 2.70 digs per set. She also totaled 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces.

Reilly was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, and was named to the All-Big Ten First Team for the third time.

NU’s .351% hitting percentage ranks first nationally and is the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State.

Reilly set Nebraska to a .400 or better hitting percentage nine times this season, a school record in the rally-scoring era.

She had double-doubles in all six of the Husker matches that went longer than three sets, and she had four double-doubles in sweeps.

A two-time AVCA All-American, 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.