WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Three Boilermakers: Eva Hudson, Raven Colvin and Maddie Schermerhorn garnered All-Big Ten honors, announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Eva Hudson was voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten and a unanimous All-Freshman Team honoree. Meanwhile, sophomore Raven Colvin and senior Maddie Schermerhorn earned Second Team nods.
Hudson is the second freshman in Boilermaker history to be named Freshman of the Year, including the first under Dave Shondell‘s guidance (last: Debbie McDonald in 1986 – also First Team All-Big Ten). Moreover, she is the first Purdue newcomer to make All-Big Ten first, second or honorable mention since Stephanie Lynch in 2005’s HM. In fact, she is one of three players in Purdue history to earn the honor. Her All-Freshman team honor also marks the third consecutive year a Boilermaker has made the list.
Libero and leader Schermerhorn received her first postseason award while in her first year of starting for the Boilermakers. One of the most consistent defensive specialists/liberos in the nation, Schermerhorn ranks second among all Power Five players with 4.62 and is on track to finish the season as one of only three Boilermakers in program history to ever produce as many digs per set in a single season. In addition to her Second Team All-Big Ten selection, Schermerhorn was chosen as Purdue’s Sportsmanship Award recipient.
In an explosive sophomore campaign, middle blocker Raven Colvin set two records this season: first the Purdue hitting % record in a four-setter (20+ attempts) with an errorless .696%, before setting not just a Purdue, but Big Ten rally-scoring era record of 16 blocks in a single match. Colvin, who ranks ninth in the nation in total blocks and is coming off a 2021 All-Freshman Team nod a year ago, earns her first Second Team-All-Big Ten award.
The trio helped to lead Purdue to a sixth-place finish in the Big Ten standings behind a 20-10, 11-9 Big Ten record, marking the 12th time in the last 13 years Purdue has finished as high in the standings. Hudson, Colvin and Schermerhorn, who were not represented on the preseason All-Big Ten, guided the program to its best league start in 37 years (last: 1985, started 5-0) after posting the most non-conference wins (nine) in a season since 2018.
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