Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Volleyball Awards
Minnesota’s Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Nebraska’s Briana Holman, Penn State’s Haleigh Washington and Wisconsin’s Sydney Hilley earn weekly honors
Player of the Week
Haleigh Washington, Penn State
MB – Sr. – Colorado Springs, Co. – Doherty
- Averaged 2.40 kills and 1.40 blocks per game with a .500 hitting percentage to help No. 5 Penn State defeat top-ranked Stanford and Texas A&M in College Station, Texas
- Recorded 10 kills on 16 attempts without committing a single error, for a hitting percentage of .625 to snap top-ranked Stanford’s 13-match win streak
- Added 12 kills, six blocks and hit .417 in the five-set win over Texas A&M
- Earns her sixth career Player of the Week award
- Last Penn State Player of the Week: Simone Lee (Oct. 10, 2016)
Defensive Player of the Week
Briana Holman, Nebraska
MB – Sr. – DeSoto, Texas – Cedar Hill
- Averaged 2.8 kills and 2.0 blocks per set with a .525 hitting percentage last weekend to pace Nebraska to the team title at the Ameritas Players Challenge
- Named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, highlighted by 25 kills with a .525 hitting percentage to go with 18 blocks
- The 2016 Academic All-Big Ten honoree collects her first career Defensive Player of the Week accolade
- Last Nebraska Defensive Player of the Week: Amber Rolfzen (Nov. 7, 2016)
Setter of the Week
Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Minnesota
S – Jr. – Minnetonka, Minn. – Hopkins
- Posted 126 set assists to average 14.0 per set with an .667 hitting percentage in guiding No. 2 Minnesota to straight-set wins at home over West Virginia, USTA and Tennessee
- Piloted a Gophers’ offense that hit a season-best .396 against the Volunteers, adding a season-best 49 assists along with three kills, seven digs and two block assists
- Named to the All-Tournament Team
- Receives her seventh career Setter of the Week citation
- Last Minnesota Setter of the Week: Samantha Seliger-Swenson (Oct. 3, 2016)
Freshman of the Week
Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin
S – Brooklyn Park, Minn. – Champlin
- Registered 116 set assists to average 12.89 per set, helping No. 6 Wisconsin post 3-0 wins over Syracuse, Arkansas and Kansas State
- Posted a career-high four service aces against Syracuse, averaging 0.44 aces per set
- Added 2.00 digs and 0.67 blocks per set across the three matches
- Was error-free in hitting on the weekend, including a perfect three kills in as many attempts against Kansas State
- Ran the Badger offense that hit .433 on the weekend
- Receives her second career Setter of the Week award
- Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Dana Rettke (Aug. 28, 2017)
2017 Big Ten Players of the Week
Aug. 28
P: Stephanie Samedy, Fr., MINN
P: Dana Rettke, Fr., WIS
D: Ali Bastianelli, Jr., ILL
S: Sydney Hilley, Fr., WIS
F: Stephanie Samedy, MINN
F: Dana Rettke, WIS
Sept. 5
P: Haleigh Washington, Sr., PSU
D: Briana Holman, Sr., NEB
S: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Jr., MINN
F: Sydney Hilley, WIS
