Hudson Tabbed AVCA All-America Honorable Mention

 
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue volleyball freshman Eva Hudson rounds out the 2022 season as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Honorable Mention. Hudson is the first freshman in program history to receive an All-America nod.
 
The full-rotation outside hitter was also recently named AVCA Midwest Region Team honoree as well as regional Freshman of the Year, Big Ten Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten and a unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection. Hudson closed out her inaugural season leading the Big Ten in total points (570.5). On the national stage, the Fort Wayne, Indiana, native ranks 14th in total points, seventh in total attacks and 15th in total kills.
 

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Eva Hudson
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
All-Midwest Region Team
Midwest Region Freshman of the Year
Big Ten Freshman of the Year
First Team All-Big Ten
Unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team

• First Purdue freshman to earn an AVCA All-America nod.
• First AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year in program history.
• First Purdue freshman to be recognized on the All-Region team since 1986.
• Second Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Purdue history (last: Debbie McDonald, 1986).
• First unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection.
• Ranks T-No 4 in program history with 1,420 attacks this season. Not only is it the most-ever by a Purdue freshman, Hudson is one of only three Boilermakers to post as many attempts in a single-season (joins Ariel Turner: 2012, 2011, 2010 and Collen DeMeyer (1979).
• Closed the season three kills shy of tying the 10th-most kills by a Boilermaker in a single season – a feat only four Boilermakers this century have managed – all of whom were All-Americans (Ariel Turner in 2011 and 2012, Sherridan Atkinson in 2018, Danielle Cuttino in 2016 and Annie Drews in 2015).
• As the Big Ten leader in points/set and kills/set for the first 10 straight weeks, Hudson has set the standard for Big Ten freshmen.
• Currently, Hudson leads the Big Ten in total points (546) and second in total kills (480). Meanwhile, on the national stage, she ranks No. 11 in total attacks (1,332), No. 17 in total points (546) and No. 18 in total kills (480) among all players.
• The Fort Wayne, Indiana native has reached…