Nebraska Volleyball Big Ten Honors

Big Ten Conference honors were chosen by a vote of the conference’s 18 head coaches. Wisconsin graduate student and outside hitter Sarah Franklin was selected as Player of the Year, Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez was named Libero of the Year and Bergen Reilly earned Setter of the Year. Penn State’s Izzy Starck was named Freshman of the Year and Katie Schumacher-Cawley was named Coach of the Year by both the coaches and media.

It’s the third individual honor of Rodriguez’s career, earning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 and 2023. Rodriguez is also a three-time All-American. This season she averages 3.80 digs per set. Rodriguez recently passed Kayla Banwarth for No. 2 all-time in…