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SJ Nelson

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/23/2026
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • Bio
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Aurora University Athletics in conjunction with BSN Sports proudly announces the recipients of the BSN Spartan Athletes of the Week award. The honors are earned based on the student-athletes performances on their respective playing surface the previous week.

This week's honors go to AU student-athlete, junior SJ Nelson of men's volleyball.

SJ Nelson, men's volleyball - 
Nelson earned the honor after he led Aurora to a pair of wins, 3-1 at North Central and 3-0 vs Illinois Tech. He averaged 4.29 kills per set with 30 total kills in seven sets played, hitting .217. He had 20 kills in the four-set win at North Central and then reached double-digits again with 10 in the three-set win over Illinois Tech. He also collected seven digs in each match.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/28/2022 Scott Boyajian Men's Golf
12/28/2022 Alexis Janiak Women's Wrestling
12/7/2022 Eli Grundman Men's Track and Field
11/22/2022 Noah Butler Men's Basketball
11/22/2022 Tia Glube Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/15/2022 Luke Silva Men's Wrestling
11/15/2022 Marcellus Romious Football
10/26/2022 Jalen Depenbrock Men's Soccer
10/26/2022 Ben Slatcoff Football
10/19/2022 Jack Vercautren Men's Golf
10/12/2022 Kallie Sakamoto Women's Golf
10/5/2022 Kelly Deterding Women's Golf
10/5/2022 Josh Swanson Football
9/27/2022 Branden Dolezal Men's Soccer
9/27/2022 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
9/21/2022 Marcellus Romious Football
9/21/2022 Deedee Colon Maldonado Women's Cross Country
9/14/2022 Scott Boyajian Men's Golf
9/14/2022 Ben Slatcoff Football
9/7/2022 Anthony Marmolejo Men's Soccer
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