Lexi Rodriguez Season 2021

Honors & Awards
• Honda Sport Award for Volleyball Finalist (2024)
• AVCA National Player of the Year Finalist (2024)
• AVCA All-America First Team (2021, 2023, 2024)
• AVCA All-America Second Team (2022)
• Academic All-America First Team (2023)
• Academic All-America Third Team (2022)
• AVCA National Freshman of the Year (2021)
• AVCA Region Player of the Year (2024)
• AVCA Region Freshman of the Year (2021)
• AVCA All-Region Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2021, 2023, 2024)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (four times)
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, 2021; Nov. 15, 2021; Oct. 10, 2022; Oct. 16, 2023; Nov. 20, 2023; Sept. 30, 2024; Nov. 11, 2024)
• Nebraska Female Newcomer of the Year (2021-22)
• NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team (2023, 2024)
• Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023)
• Academic All-District (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024; Beach-2022, 2023, 2024)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023; Spring 2021, 2024)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022, 2023, 2024)

2024 (Senior)
• Finished her Husker career as the school's all-time career leader in digs with 1,897
• Was a four-time AVCA All-American, becoming the third Husker in school history to earn four All-America honors
• Was also the fifth Husker in school history to be named first-team all-conference four times in a career
• In her senior season, was named a finalist for AVCA National Player of the Year and for the Honda Sport Award for Volleyball
• Was a first-team AVCA All-American for the third time and was named Big Ten Libero of the Year, her third career Big Ten annual defensive honor
• Named to the All-Big Ten First Team and the AVCA All-Region Team for the fourth consecutive year
• Became the first libero to earn an AVCA Region Player of the Year accolade
• Started all 36 matches at libero and averaged 3.88 digs per set with 127 set assists and 17 service aces
• Had a season-high 22 digs with four assists in a sweep at Ohio State on Oct. 19
• Tied her season high of 22 digs in a 3-1 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over No. 23 Dayton
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30 after 20 digs against UCLA and 13 in a sweep of No. 20 USC 
• Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week again after 14 digs and 11 digs, respectively, in sweeps at No. 12 Oregon and Washington on Nov. 7 and Nov. 9
• Recorded 17 digs in a 3-0 regional final sweep of No. 7 Wisconsin on Dec. 15
• Voted to the NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team

2023 (Junior)
• Named to the AVCA All-America First Team, her third career All-America honor and second selection to the first team
• Became the 14th Husker in school history to earn at least three All-America honors at Nebraska
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career, becoming the fifth player in Big Ten history to receive that honor twice in a career
• Chosen to the AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten First Team for the third straight year
• Named to the Academic All-America First Team, her second career Academic All-America accolade
• Led the Huskers to a nation-leading opponent hitting percentage for the second year in a row with 3.60 digs per set to go with 150 set assists and 15 service aces
• Moved to No. 5 in school history with 1,424 career digs
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 16 after leading the Huskers to a pair of wins against Michigan State and Penn State, averaging 4.86 digs per set along with 1.57 assists per set
• Earned another Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award on Nov. 20 after 19 digs in a sweep at Iowa and 15 digs in a sweep of Michigan
• Had a season-high 20 digs in the NCAA regional final win over Arkansas and was named to the Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team
• Named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after the opening weekend during which she averaged 3.67 digs per set in three Husker sweeps 
• Had a career-high 11 set assists with 13 digs in a 3-2 reverse sweep at Penn State
• In the summer following her junior season, earned a silver medal with the U.S. National Team at the NORCECA Final Six in the Dominican Republic

2022 (Sophomore)
• Named to the AVCA All-America Second Team and was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection and AVCA All-Region honoree for the second consecutive year
• Selected to the Academic All-America Third Team 
• Led the Huskers to a nation-leading .128 opponent hitting percentage with 4.26 digs per set 
• Also recorded 25 service aces and had 135 set assists in the Huskers' 6-2 system
• Selected Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10 after averaging 6.00 digs per set in sweeps at Michigan State and Michigan
• Chosen to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 4.33 digs per set in three Husker sweeps to begin the season 
• Named to the Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.83 digs per set in wins over Pepperdine and LMU
• Recorded a season-high 25 digs in a sweep at Michigan
• Accounted for 24 digs and eight assists at Ohio State

2021 (Freshman)
• Recognized as the AVCA National Freshman of the Year, a first-team AVCA All-American, AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year and All-Region
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and was a first-team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection
• Captured six weekly Big Ten awards, including four as Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Aug. 30, Oct. 11, Oct. 18 and Nov. 29) and two as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18 and Nov. 15)
• Appeared in all 34 matches, averaging 4.33 digs and 1.10 assists per set while adding 16 aces
• Set a Nebraska freshman record for total digs (524) and digs per set (4.33), while her 524 digs were fifth-most in school history
• Totaled 20 or more digs eight times, including a career-high 28 twice (at Minnesota on Oct. 30 and at Purdue on Nov. 27) 
• Named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.83 digs per set in wins over Omaha, Georgia and Arizona State
• In the summer following her freshman season, named team captain for the U.S. U21 National Team that won gold at the Pan American Cup in Mexico
• Recorded 24 digs and 12 excellent receptions in the gold-medal win over Argentina

High School/Club
• Led the U.S. U21 National Team to a fifth-place finish at the FIVB U20 World Championship in 2021, its highest finish in a decade
• Was the Americans’ starting libero for all eight matches and led Team USA in digs and ranked eighth among all players at the U20 World Championship in digs
• Was a member of the 2020 U.S. Women's Junior National Training Team and the 2019 U.S. U18 National Team that won the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Egypt
• Played three seasons at Sterling High School in Illinois (senior season was canceled) and averaged 7.2 digs per set with 120 career aces
• Led Sterling to Illinois 3A state titles in 2018 and 2019 and set school records for single-match digs, single-season digs and career digs 
• Was a three-time all-state selection and the 2019-20 Illinois Volleyball Gatorade Player of the Year
• Named a MaxPreps High School All-American in 2017 and 2018 
• Played club for Sports Performance and Fusion and was a three-time club national champion in the open division 
• Ranked the No. 10 overall prospect and No. 1 libero by PrepVolleyball.com 

Personal
• Born on March 11, 2003
• Parents are Chris and Crystal Rodriguez
• Completed her bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations in three years in May 2024 

Beach Volleyball
2024: Finished 16-11 with partner Lindsay Krause 
2023: Went 14-6 with partner Bekka Allick
2022: Went 12-8 with partner Bekka Allick, the most wins by a Husker pair during the beach season