Harper Murray Season 2024

Honors & Awards
• AVCA All-America First Team (2025)
• AVCA All-America Second Team (2024)
• AVCA All-America Third Team (2023)
• AVCA Region Freshman of the Year (2023)
• AVCA All-Region Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2023)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2023)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (Oct. 13, 2025)
• NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
• NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player (2024)
• NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team (2024, 2025)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Aug. 28, 2023; Sept. 18, 2023; Oct. 2, 2023)
• Ameritas Players Challenge MVP (Aug. 27, 2023)
• AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025; Beach-2024)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024; Spring 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024, 2025)

2025 (Junior)
• Earned AVCA All-America and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third straight year
• Led the Huskers with a career-best 3.54 kills per set on a career-high .295 hitting percentage
• A standout six-rotation player, also contributed 2.16 digs per set and 0.60 blocks per set along with a team-high 34 aces
• Totaled a career-high 4.21 points per set for the season
• Finished the season at 1,181 career kills, which ranks 19th all-time in school history and 10th in the rally-scoring era
• Her 109 career aces are the sixth-most at NU in the rally-scoring era
• Named to the NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team after a career-high 25 kills, nine digs, three aces and two blocks against No. 6 Texas A&M
• Named Big Ten Player of the Week on Oct. 13 after 16 kills on 25 error-free swings (.640) at No. 12 Purdue
• Had 23 kills on .340 hitting with a season-high 15 digs and five blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 7 Kentucky on Aug. 31
• Notched 17 kills and 10 digs in a 3-2 win at No. 18 Creighton on Sept. 16
• Posted 15 kills to open the season in a 3-1 win against No. 3 Pittsburgh on Aug. 22
• Had 15 kills, eight digs, four blocks and two aces in a sweep at No. 11 Wisconsin on Oct. 31
• Recorded 14 kills on .370 hitting with seven digs and three aces in a sweep of Cal on Sept. 7
• Tallied 14 kills and hit .333 in a sweep of Arizona on Sept. 20
• Also had 14 kills at UCLA on Nov. 14
• Had 13 kills and hit .500 with no errors at Michigan State on Oct. 17
• Put down 12 kills on .407 hitting with seven digs in a sweep of Washington on Oct. 10
• Notched 11 kills and hit .476 with seven digs and four blocks in a sweep of No. 25 Penn State on Nov. 28
• Had 11 kills on .333 hitting with four digs, three blocks and an ace in a sweep at Rutgers on Oct. 4
• Had 10 kills and 10 digs with a pair of aces in a sweep over Maryland on Sept. 27

2024 (Sophomore)
• Was selected to the AVCA All-America Second Team, her second career All-America honor, as well as to the All-Big Ten First Team and AVCA All-Region Team for the second year in a row
• Led the team in kills with 3.40 per set and hit .257 on the season with a team-high 39 service aces
• Contributed 2.43 digs per set and finished the season with nine double-doubles
• Had a career-high 22 kills with a season-high 16 digs, four aces and four blocks in a 3-1 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over No. 23 Dayton on Dec. 13
• Added 10 kills, 12 digs and four blocks in the regional final sweep of No. 7 Wisconsin and was named the NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player
• Recorded 20 kills, 15 digs, three aces and a career-high six blocks in the NCAA Semifinal against No. 2 Penn State on Dec. 19 and was named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
• Had 20 kills and hit .302 with six digs and three blocks in a 3-1 win over TCU on Aug. 31
• Recorded 17 kills in a 3-2 win over No. 10 Purdue on Oct. 11
• Put down 17 kills and hit .333 with seven digs and three aces in a 3-1 win against Michigan on Oct. 26
• Posted 16 kills and 14 digs in a 3-2 win against No. 9 Creighton on Sept. 10
• Tallied 14 kills and hit .414 with 10 digs and an ace in a sweep at No. 12 Oregon on Nov. 7
• Notched 14 kills and 11 digs with a career-high .542 hitting percentage in a sweep of Wichita State on Sept. 14
• Posted 13 kills and 13 digs at No. 4 Penn State on Nov. 29

2023 (Freshman)
• Was an AVCA All-America Third Team selection and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• Earned AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year, as well as All-Big Ten First Team, Big Ten All-Freshman Team and AVCA All-Region accolades
• Finished second on the team with 3.23 kills per set and had a .237 hitting percentage to go with 2.07 digs per set and a team-high 36 service aces
• Ended the season with the highest kills per set average by a Husker freshman since Kadie Rolfzen (3.46) in 2013
• Notched double-digit kills in 23 matches and had eight double-doubles on the season 
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Ameritas Players Challenge MVP after averaging 3.67 kills per set on .343 hitting with 2.33 digs per set in the first three matches of her career
• Received Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades again on Sept. 18 after 12 kills on .417 hitting with six digs, four blocks and three aces at Stanford, and 17 kills on .308 hitting with 10 digs and three blocks vs. Kentucky
• Had a season-high 21 kills with 10 digs in a 3-2 win at Purdue on Sept. 29, the most kills by a Husker freshman since Madi Kubik had 22 in 2019
• Recorded 17 kills on .368 hitting in a 3-1 win at Indiana on Sept. 30 and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time after her performances at Purdue and Indiana
• Put down 14 kills with 15 digs in a 3-2 win over No. 1 Wisconsin on Oct. 21, scoring the final four points for the Huskers in set five
• Posted 13 kills and hit .273 in the NCAA Semifinal win over Pittsburgh 

High School/Club
• Named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and Michigan Volleyball Player of the Year for 2022
• Won gold with the U.S. Girls U19 Team at the 2022 Pan American Cup and received the “Best Spiker” award at the tournament
• Had 13 kills and two blocks in the 3-0 win over Brazil in the championship match 
• Competed on the U.S. Girls U18 Team at the 2021 FIVB World Championships, earning the bronze medal
• Selected to play in the 2022 Under Armour All-America Game 
• Named an AVCA and MaxPreps High School First-Team All-American
• Attended Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Received Michigan’s Miss Volleyball honor for 2022
• Led the Eagles to the Division I regional semifinals in 2022 with 726 kills, 409 digs, 86 aces and a .405 hitting percentage
• As a junior, finished runner-up in the Division I state finals and ended the season with 652 kills and a .430 hitting percentage
• Played club volleyball for Legacy and won the AAU U17 National Championship in 2021
• Ranked the No. 1 overall recruit by PrepVolleyball.com

Beach Volleyball
2024: Posted an 18-9 overall record, including 7-7 with Laney Choboy and 6-0 with Merritt Beason...tied for highest individual single-season win total in school history 
2023: Went 12-8 with partner Merritt Beason in her first year of beach volleyball at Nebraska