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Athletes of the Week

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.


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9/8/2021 Kallie Sakamoto Women's Golf
9/8/2021 Jalen Depenbrock Men's Soccer
7/9/2021 Gavin Zimbelman Football
7/9/2021 Julia Wood Women's Volleyball
7/1/2021 Corey Vondra Baseball
7/1/2021 Hannah Tomasko Softball
5/27/2021 Eric Johansen Baseball
5/26/2021 Hannah Tomasko Softball
5/26/2021 Julie Galauner Women's Basketball
5/20/2021 Brianna Lewis Softball
5/18/2021 Timothy Breiter Men's Volleyball
5/13/2021 Aly Teixeira Softball
5/11/2021 Carter Turnquist Baseball
5/6/2021 Hannah Tomasko Softball
5/4/2021 Dominic Diaz Men's Lacrosse
4/29/2021 Claire Carlson Women's Lacrosse
4/27/2021 Emmanuel Chaidez Men's Volleyball
4/22/2021 Kaylee Underwood Softball
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