Nebraska’s Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were named to the ACVA Player of the Year Watch List on Wednesday. The three Husker seniors are among 30 players on the Player of the Year Watch List.
The Player of the Year Watch List was compiled by the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Awards Committee. They will also be the group working on the additional phases of the Player of the Year process. Midseason additions to the list will come in October, and the semifinalists will be named in November. Finalists will be announced on Dec. 14, and the Player of the Year Award will be presented in San Antonio at the AVCA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 18.
Jackson is coming off a junior campaign where she was named the AVCA Middle Blocker of the Year and received First-Team All-America honors for the second consecutive season in 2025. The senior middle blocker recorded 2.74 kills per set and led the nation with a .467 hitting percentage, which ranks third-best in a single season in program history. Jackson hit .559 to break the Big Ten record for hitting percentage in conference-only matches last season, surpassing the previous record of .541 set in 2008 by Penn State’s Arielle Wilson.
Murray earned AVCA All-America and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third straight season in 2025. As a junior, Murray led the Huskers with a career-best 3.54 kills per set on a career-high .295 hitting percentage. A standout six-rotation player, Murray also contributed 2.16 digs per set and 0.60 blocks per set along with a team-high 34 aces while totaling a career-high 4.21 points per set on the season. Murray finished last season at 1,181 career kills, which ranks 19th all-time in school history and 10th in the rally-scoring era.
Reilly was named a First-Team All-American and selected as the AVCA Setter of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Setter of the Year last season. The senior became Nebraska’s second-ever Big Ten Player of the Year and second player in Big Ten history to be named Big Ten Setter of the Year three times. Reilly averaged 10.47 assists per set, 2.70 digs per set and totaled 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces. Reilly guided the NU offense to a school-record .351 hitting percentage last season, including nine matches with at least a .400 hitting percentage.