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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
3/3/2020 Monique Gibson Women's Lacrosse
3/3/2020 Kyle Blunt Baseball
2/5/2020 Chiara Pfosi Women's Hockey (NCAA)
2/5/2020 Meija Rabi Women's Basketball
1/22/2020 Jocelyn Ocon Women's Track and Field
1/22/2020 Adam Keyes Men's Hockey (NCAA)
1/15/2020 Emma-Lee Martel Women's Hockey (NCAA)
1/15/2020 Nicole McKernan Women's Hockey (NCAA)
1/7/2020 Julie Galauner Women's Basketball
1/7/2020 Chiara Pfosi Women's Hockey (NCAA)
12/3/2019 Gavin Zimbelman Football
12/3/2019 Chiara Pfosi Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/19/2019 Marisa Trevino Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/19/2019 Jacolby Maxwell Football
11/13/2019 Karli Chambers Women's Volleyball
11/13/2019 Lexie Martinez Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/6/2019 Nicole McKernan Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/6/2019 Larry Jungwirth Men's Hockey (NCAA)
10/30/2019 Julia Wood Women's Volleyball
10/30/2019 Gavin Zimbelman Football
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