Reilly, Busboom Kelly Headline All-Region Honors

Nebraska junior setter Bergen Reilly was named AVCA West Region Player of the Year, and Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly earned AVCA West Region Coach of the Year to highlight the AVCA All-Region awards announced on Tuesday. 

Reilly was one of five Huskers on the AVCA West All-Region Team. Joining her were Rebekah Allick, Laney Choboy, Andi Jackson and Harper Murray.

Virginia Adriano and Taylor Landfair both received honorable mention. Nebraska's seven honorees were the most for any school.

Reilly is the fourth Husker overall and third in a row to be named AVCA Region Player of the Year, joining Kelly Hunter (2017), Merritt Beason (2023) and Lexi Rodriguez (2024). 

Busboom Kelly earned her fifth career AVCA Region Coach of the Year accolade (2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 at Louisville). In her first year as head coach at Nebraska, Busboom Kelly 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 the first year as head coach at the school. 

Jackson, Murray and Reilly have been named to the AVCA All-Region Team each of the past three years. Allick earned her third career selection, while Choboy was named to the team for the first time. 

AVCA All-America teams will be announced Wednesday, Dec. 17.

AVCA WEST ALL-REGION TEAM
Rebekah Allick, Sr., MB, Lincoln, Neb.
• Senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick is having the best season of her standout career with 2.53 kills per set on .437 hitting with a team-high 1.30 blocks per set. She earned All-Big Ten First Team accolades for the first time.
• Allick’s .437 hitting percentage ranks as the No. 5 single-season mark in the rally-scoring era in school history, as well as the No. 8 mark in the country this season. 
• Allick ranks No. 5 in career blocks at Nebraska in the rally-scoring era with 536, which also ranks No. 5 among active Division I players.
• Allick has been named AVCA National Player of the Week, a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and to the AVCA All-First Serve Team.
• Allick was on the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List at the midway point of the season. 

Andi Jackson, Jr., MB, Brighton, Colo.
• Junior middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.79 kills per set on .483 hitting with 1.14 blocks per set and is an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist. Jackson was chosen to the All-Big Ten First Team for the second straight year.
• Jackson’s hitting percentage leads the nation and ranks as the best single-season hitting percentage 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, which was .541 by Arielle Wilson from Penn State in 2008.
• The reigning AVCA All-American has a career hitting percentage of .441, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players. 
• Jackson 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, Jr., OH, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Outside hitter Harper Murray is having a sensational junior season. The two-time AVCA All-American leads the balanced Huskers with career highs of 3.51 kills per set and a .299 hitting percentage. She earned All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third time. 
• Murray averages 2.14 digs per set and has a team-high 30 aces along with 58 blocks for a team-leading 4.16 points per set, and she is an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist.
• Murray is one of the best passers in the nation at her position, passing a 2.50 during the regular season. 
• A Big Ten Player of the Week honoree this season, Murray has 1,149 career kills, which ranks 21st in school history. She needs one more to move into the top 20 all-time at NU. 
• Murray is seventh in school history in the rally-scoring era in career aces with 105 and with three more can move into a tie for sixth. 

Bergen Reilly, Jr., S, Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Junior setter Bergen Reilly orchestrates the balanced Husker attack with 10.42 assists per set and is an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist. Reilly was named Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Setter of the Year, as well as All-Big Ten First Team for the third time. 
• Behind Reilly’s setting, the Huskers are on pace for a single-season school record with a .353 team hitting percentage, which ranks first nationally and is the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State.
• Reilly has set Nebraska to a .400 or better hitting percentage eight times this season, tied with the 2005 team for the most in the rally-scoring era. 
• A standout defensive player, Reilly is a huge reason the Huskers rank first nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.124). She is second on the team in digs (2.72 per set) and has 62 blocks.
• Reilly has double-doubles in all five of the Husker matches that have gone longer than three sets, and she has four double-doubles in sweeps. She also has 67 kills on a .387 attack percentage and has 17 aces.
• Of Reilly’s top five attacking options, all five average at least 2.09 kills per set, and all five are having career-best years hitting at least .284 or better. 
• A two-time Big Ten Setter of the Year and AVCA All-American, Reilly has been named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this season and 13 times in her career.  
• Reilly ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally-scoring era with 3,635.
• Reilly’s 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.

Laney Choboy, Jr., DS/L, Raleigh, N.C. 
• Junior libero Laney Choboy leads the Huskers in digs at 2.73 per set and was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
• Choboy was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 10 after a career-high 20 digs against Illinois and 15 digs at Minnesota. 
• Choboy was also on the AVCA All-First Serve Team in August after 16 digs against Pittsburgh.

HONORABLE MENTION
Virginia Adriano, Fr., OPP, Turin, Italy
• Freshman opposite hitter Virginia Adriano was chosen to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, averaging 2.20 kills per set with a .284 hitting percentage in her first season playing volleyball in America. 
• Adriano also contributes 0.66 blocks per set and has 14 service aces on the year.
• In Big Ten play, Adriano came on strong with 2.34 kills per set on .318 hitting.
• Adriano was a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

Taylor Landfair, Sr., OH, Plainfield, Ill.
• Senior outside hitter Taylor Landfair averages 2.09 kills per set and is hitting a career-best .316 and was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team. 
• In Big Ten play, Landfair’s numbers were even better at 2.08 kills per set with a .355 hitting percentage.
• A 2022 AVCA All-American, Landfair has played in 151 career matches, the most by any active DI player.
• Landfair has 1,517 career kills, which ranks 20th among active Division I players.