USC and Wisconsin Share Big Ten Volleyball Weekly Honors

by | Sep 22, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Women's Volleyball

USC and Wisconsin Share Big Ten Volleyball Weekly Honors
Badgers’ Colyer, Booth and Fuerbringer and Trojans’ Messer earn weekly awards

Player of the Week
Mimi Colyer, Wisconsin
Sr. – OH – Lincoln, Calif.

• Helped the Badgers to another 2-0 week after wins over No. 15 Florida (3-1) and Marquette (3-0)

• Reached double figures in kills in both matches, including a season-high 27 against the nationally ranked Gators. Added 14 digs in the effort for her second double-double of the season and 38th of her career

• Finished the week with 40 kills while hitting .390 (40-8-82), tallying 13 kills with a .550 hitting percentage vs. Marquette

• Averaged 5.71 kills per set, 2.86 digs per set and 6.50 points per set over the two matches

• Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Mimi Colyer (Sept. 15, 2024)

Defensive Player of the Week
Carter Booth, Wisconsin
Sr. – MB – Denver, Colo.

• Led the Badger defense as part of a 2-0 week totaling 12.0 blocks in seven sets, including a season-high nine blocks against No. 15 Florida

• Averaged 1.71 blocks per set while adding 1.57 kills per set and 2.50 points per set

• Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: Carter Booth (Oct. 21, 2024)

Setter of the Week
Charlie Fuerbringer, Wisconsin
So. – S – Hermosa Beach, Calif.

• Led the Badgers to a 2-0 weekend, including a sweep at Marquette and a 3-1 win against No. 15 Florida

• In seven sets, Fuerbringer averaged 11.71 assists per set, 2.14 digs per set and added 0.86 kills and blocks per set

• Against the nationally ranked Gators, Fuerbringer dished out a season-best 50 assists and recorded her fourth double-double of the season adding 15 digs. Fuerbringer set the Badgers to a .265 hitting percentage

• Tallied 32 assists in three sets against Marquette, leading Wisconsin to a .487 hitting percentage, the fourth time this season that Wisconsin has hit above .440 in a match

• Earns second consecutive Setter of the Week honor

• Last Wisconsin Setter of the Week: Charlie Fuerbringer (Sept. 15, 2025)

Freshman of the Week
Reese Messer, USC
S – Olathe, Kan.

• Led USC to three wins to extend to a four-match win streak and finish non-conference play 9-1

• Averaged 11.36 assists per set and 2.64 digs per set in 11 sets of action across the three wins against LSU (twice) and California

• Produced her third and fourth double-doubles with 40 assists and 10 digs against LSU and 43 assists and a career-high 12 digs against Cal

• Reached a career-best five blocks against Cal with three solo blocks

• Last USC Freshman of the Week: Jadyn Livings (Sept. 23, 2024)

2025 Big Ten Players of the Week
Aug. 26
P: Kennedy Martin, Jr., PSU
D: Rebekah Allick, Sr., NEB
S: Bergen Reilly, Jr., NEB
F: Virginia Adriano, NEB
Sept. 1
P: Julia Hanson, Sr., MINN
D: Leah Ford, RS-So., USC
S: Stella Swenson, RS-Fr., MINN
F: Alanah Clemente, ORE
Sept. 8
Co-P: Allison Jacobs, Gr., MICH
Co-P: Kenna Wollard, Jr., PUR
D: Duru Gökçen, So., MD
S: Teodora Kričković, Fr., IND
F: Jaidyn Jager, IND
Sept. 15
P: Mimi Colyer, Sr., WIS
D: Ryan McAleer, So., PUR
S: Charlie Fuerbringer, So., WIS
F: Malayah Long, MSU
Sept. 22
P: Mimi Colyer, Sr., WIS
D: Carter Booth, Sr., WIS
S: Charlier Fuerbringer, So., WIS
F: Reese Messer, USC

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