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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.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/22/2019 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
10/22/2019 Matt Napolitano Men's Soccer
10/16/2019 Kelsey Deck Women's Soccer
10/16/2019 Colton Jewell Football
10/9/2019 Brandon Estrada Men's Cross Country
10/9/2019 Connor Olson Football
10/1/2019 Hannah Schulz Women's Golf
10/1/2019 Ryan Vanderway Men's Golf
9/25/2019 Hannah Schulz Women's Golf
9/25/2019 Imani Freeman Women's Volleyball
9/18/2019 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
9/18/2019 Jacolby Maxwell Football
9/10/2019 Gavin Zimbelman Football
9/10/2019 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
9/4/2019 Kelsey Deck Women's Soccer
9/4/2019 Julio Acosta Men's Soccer
7/2/2019 Makayla Fincher Women's Volleyball
7/2/2019 Alexis Abelove Women's Soccer
6/20/2019 Lauren Anderson Women's Golf
6/20/2019 Bryce Wallgard Men's Lacrosse
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