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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
1/25/2018 Jackie Schane Women's Track and Field
1/17/2018 Hannah Meager Women's Track and Field
1/17/2018 Steven Ruffin Men's Track and Field
1/10/2018 Alyssa Brems Women's Basketball
1/10/2018 Tim Faulkner Men's Hockey (NCAA)
1/3/2018 Max Vickers Men's Basketball
1/3/2018 Meija Rabi Women's Basketball
12/19/2017 Adriana Ramirez Women's Basketball
12/12/2017 Michaela Hamm Women's Hockey (NCAA)
12/8/2017 Jacob Lysik Men's Soccer
12/7/2017 Kam Dawtyne Football
11/14/2017 Katie Vondra Women's Volleyball
11/14/2017 Julia Wood Women's Volleyball
10/17/2017 Phillip Lewy Men's Soccer
10/17/2017 Karli Chambers Women's Volleyball
10/4/2017 Connor Olson Football
10/4/2017 Jessica Ortiz Women's Soccer
9/13/2017 Phillip Lewy Men's Soccer
9/13/2017 Jackie Schane Women's Cross Country
9/6/2017 Jackie Schane Women's Cross Country
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