Reilly Named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
Bergen Reilly was named the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Division I Women's Volleyball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, in addition to earning first-team Academic All-America honors on Tuesday.
The junior setter is the 13th Nebraska student-athlete all-time and the fifth volleyball student-athlete to be named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year. The last Nebraska volleyball student-athlete to do so was Sarah Pavan in 2007. Drew Wiseman (men's track and field) was the last Husker overall to earn the distinction in 2017.
Reilly's selection increased Nebraska volleyball's total to 45 Academic All-America awards, the most of any volleyball program in NCAA history. The University of Nebraska has produced 374 NCAA Division I Academic All-Americans across all sports.
Reilly earned first-team Academic All-America honors for the second year in a row. The junior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota has a 3.83 cumulative GPA as a business and law major.
Reilly set the Huskers to a school-record .351 hitting percentage, as the Big Red concluded their season with a 33-1 overall record and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play en route to a third straight conference title. Reilly averaged 10.47 assists per set and 2.70 digs per set. She also totaled 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces.
Reilly was named a first-team AVCA All-American, AVCA Setter of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, AVCA Region Player of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team. NU's .351 hitting percentage ranked first nationally and was the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State.
Reilly set Nebraska to a .400 or better hitting percentage nine times this season, a school record in the rally-scoring era. Reilly had double-doubles in all six of the Husker matches that went longer than three sets, and she had four double-doubles in sweeps.
A three-time AVCA All-American and one of four finalists for AVCA Player of the Year, Reilly ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally-scoring era with 3,723. Her career assists per set average of 10.70 ranks No. 4 among active Division I players and No. 2 in school history in the rally-scoring era.