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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
1/12/2022 Darci Matson Women's Hockey (NCAA)
1/5/2022 Julie Galauner Women's Basketball
12/15/2021 Gavin Zimbelman Football
12/15/2021 Chiara Pfosi Women's Hockey (NCAA)
12/7/2021 Danyrine White Men's Track and Field
12/7/2021 Darci Matson Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/18/2021 Karlea Ceasario Women's Bowling
11/18/2021 Trey Madsen Football
11/11/2021 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
11/11/2021 Kaitlyn Beebe Women's Volleyball
11/3/2021 Gavin Zimbelman Football
11/3/2021 Chiara Pfosi Women's Hockey (NCAA)
10/27/2021 Lulu Torres Women's Volleyball
10/27/2021 Brett Crissie Football
10/20/2021 Deedee Colon Maldonado Women's Cross Country
10/20/2021 Tyran Bailey Football
9/28/2021 Sean Reyna Football
9/28/2021 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
9/22/2021 Cameron Moore Football
9/22/2021 Kallie Sakamoto Women's Golf
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