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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
10/11/2016 Peyton McKenzie Women's Volleyball
9/13/2016 Travon Royal Football
9/13/2016 Jackie Schane Women's Cross Country
9/8/2016 Alex Duncan Men's Cross Country
9/8/2016 Jackie Schane Women's Cross Country
8/12/2016 Kalmon Stokes Men's Basketball
8/12/2016 Nicci Bermudes Women's Soccer
9/16/2014 Victoria Phipps Women's Golf
9/16/2014 Peyton McKenzie Women's Volleyball
9/9/2014 Emily Paull Women's Cross Country
9/9/2014 TJ Pitcock Men's Cross Country
9/3/2014 Emily Paull Women's Cross Country
9/3/2014 Jason O'Brien Men's Soccer
4/22/2014 Adam Holka Men's Lacrosse
4/22/2014 Vanessa Hartzell Softball
4/22/2014 Kalmon Stokes Men's Track and Field
4/14/2014 Spencer Fuqua Men's Lacrosse
4/8/2014 Natalie Zanella Softball
4/8/2014 Lisa Rodriguez Women's Track and Field
4/7/2014 Jack Barry Men's Lacrosse
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