Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State Capture Big Ten Weekly Volleyball Awards

Co-Player of the Week

Taylor Landfair, Minnesota

RS-So. – OH – Plainfield, Ill. – Plainfield – Major: Graphic Design

• Registered 5.79 points, 4.86 kills, 1.57 blocks and 0.86 digs per set last week in pacing Minnesota to wins over Iowa and No. 12 Purdue

• Collected 21 kills in the Golden Gophers’ four-set win over Purdue on Oct. 22

• Added 13 kills (on .324 hitting) and a career-high eight blocks in an Oct. 19 sweep of Iowa

• Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree in 2021

• Captures her second career Player of the Week award

• Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Taylor Landfair (Oct. 10, 2022)

 

Co-Player of the Week

Temi Thomas-Ailara, Northwestern

Sr. – OH – Glenwood, Ill. – Marian Catholic – Major: Biomedical Engineering

• Posted a team-high 5.57 points and 5.29 kills per set with a .350 hitting percentage in helping Northwestern to conference road wins at Rutgers and Maryland

• Posted 19 kills on .357 hitting in an Oct. 21 win at Rutgers, followed one day later with 18 kills and a .342 percentage in a sweep at Maryland

• A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2020, 2021)

• Receives her second career Player of the Week citation

• Last Northwestern Player of the Week: Temi Thomas-Ailara (Sept. 19, 2022)

 

Defensive Player of the Week

Kylie Murr, Ohio State

Sr. – DS – Yorktown, Ind. – Yorktown – Graduate Program: Kinesiology

• Averaged 5.14 digs per set last week as Ohio State picked up Big Ten wins over Illinois and Iowa

• Recorded a season-high 24 digs in an Oct. 21 victory over Iowa

• Chosen as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten award recipient the past two seasons

• Earns her fourth career Defensive Player of the Week honor

• Last Ohio State Defensive Player of the Week: Kylie Murr (Oct. 3, 2022)

 

Setter of the Week

Seleisa Elisaia, Penn State

Grad. – South Jordan, Utah – Bingham – Graduate Program: Business Management Foundations

• Tallied 12.57 assists, 2.14 digs, 0.57 blocks and 0.43 service aces per set while guiding Penn State to conference victories over Maryland and Rutgers

• Logged 55 assists and eight digs in a four-set win over Maryland on Oct. 21

• Secures her second career Setter of the Week selection

• Last Penn State Setter of the Week: Seleisa Elisaia (Sept. 5,…