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Nebraska Volleyball's Andi Jackson Honored with First Conference Weekly Honor of '24

The Husker sophomore middle blocker's monster season continued Monday as the Big Ten Conference awarded its weekly honors. Andi Jackson won her second career weekly award, being named the defensive player of the week in the BIg Ten.

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Nebraska middle blocker Andi Jackson (15) hits a ball over USC outside hitter Ally Batenhorst.
Nebraska middle blocker Andi Jackson (15) hits a ball over USC outside hitter Ally Batenhorst. / Nebraska Athletics

Andi Jackson's standout season has continued to garner more national attention.

The sophomore middle blocker for Nebraska volleyball has also received notice from her conference, as the Big Ten announced Jackson as this week's Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honoree following two home matches. The honor is Jackson's second weekly award won in her collegiate career, having earned the conference's Freshman of the Week nod on Nov. 13 last season.

Jackson shared weekly honors with Minnesota's Julia Hanson and Penn State's Izzy Starck. Jackson took home the Player of the Week while Starck doubled down with setter and freshman of the week nods. Nebraska has been stout in defensive honors this season, as Jackson becomes the third Husker to earn the Defensive Player of the Week award with fellow middle blocker Rebekah Allick and libero Lexi Rodriguez.

Allick has been awarded the honor twice this season on Sept. 2 and Oct. 7. Rodriguez earned her weekly award on Sept. 30

Nebraska volleyball players celebrate a point against Michigan.
Nebraska volleyball players celebrate a point against Michigan. / Nebraska Volleyball

Jackson's award is also the seventh time a Husker has been given weekly conference recognition from the Big Ten this season. She joins sophomore setter Bergen Reilly, Allick, and Rodriguez as Nebraska's honorees so far this season. Reilly has been named Setter of the Week three times.

The Husker sophomore received recognition this week following two standout performances in Lincoln with wins over Illinois and Michigan on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Jackson solidifed the middle with 1.57 blocks per set in the pair of wins while contributing three kills per set on .417 hitting.

In a sweep of the Illini, Jackson had six blocks to go with 11 kills on .667 hitting. Against Michigan, she had five blocks with 10 kills in the four-set win. Jackson leads the nation in hitting percentage this season at .472.

Jackson aims to keep the No.2 Huskers afloat into their next stretch of Big Ten play, traveling to Madison to face No. 7 Wisconsin.

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Austin Jacobsen
AUSTIN JACOBSEN

Austin Jacobsen is a radio broadcaster and former Sports Director in Central Nebraska. He has seen the Cornhusker state from all corners; growing up in the Panhandle, completing his college degree in Kearney, working in the rural Sandhills, and now residing in Omaha. Austin is a statewide, regional, and national radio award winner and can usually be found at a high school football field on Friday nights and tuning in to the Huskers wherever they travel. If he is not on the road, Austin enjoys movie dates with his girlfriend and their dog, Ava.

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