Minnesota, Penn State and Purdue Capture Big Ten Weekly Volleyball Awards

Player of the Week

Taylor Landfair, Minnesota

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

• Recorded 5.44 points, 4.88 kills and 1.13 digs per set with a .333 hitting percentage last week as No. 9 Minnesota earned victories over conference foes Michigan and Illinois

• Posted 20 kills on .500 hitting (one error on 38 swings) and added five digs in the Golden Gophers’ sweep of Michigan on Nov. 4

• Collected Academic All-Big Ten plaudits last season

• Captures her third career Player of the Week award

• Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Taylor Landfair (Oct. 24, 2022)

 

Defensive Player of the Week

Maddie Schermerhorn, Purdue

Sr. – L – Ligonier, Ind. – West Noble – Major: Kinesiology

• Tallied 5.00 digs per set last week to anchor the backline for No. 14 Purdue in four-set conference wins at Michigan State and Michigan

• Registered a career-high 28 digs in Sunday’s victory at Michigan, the fourth-highest total by a Big Ten player this season

• Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree in the spring of 2021

• Receives her second career Defensive Player of the Week honor

• Last Purdue Defensive Player of the Week: Ali Hornung (Sept. 26, 2022)

 

Setter of the Week

Seleisa Elisaia, Penn State

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

• Averaged 13.29 assists and 2.14 digs per set last week in pacing No. 15 Penn State to conference wins over Maryland and Rutgers

• Picked up a double-double (52 assists, 10 digs) in the Nov. 2 victory over Maryland

• Secures her third career Setter of the Week selection

• Last Penn State Setter of the Week: Seleisa Elisaia (Oct. 24, 2022)

 

Freshman of the Week

Eva Hudson, Purdue

OH – Fort Wayne, Ind. – Bishop Dwenger – Major: Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Medicine

• Logged 4.31 points, 3.38 kills and 1.88 digs per set last week as No. 14 Purdue gathered a pair of Big Ten wins on the road at Michigan State and Michigan

• Had 15 kills and seven digs in Sunday’s victory at Michigan, as well as 12 kills, eight digs and a career-high four aces in the Nov. 4 win at MSU

• Garners her sixth career Freshman of the Week award, tying for second-most in Big Ten history (most since Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke had a conference-record nine in 2017;…