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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
11/2/2009 Kyle Haumersen Men's Soccer
11/2/2009 Jessica Novickas Women's Soccer
10/27/2009 Justin Pedersen Men's Soccer
10/27/2009 Britney Schenck Women's Soccer
10/21/2009 Mike Budzinski Football
10/21/2009 Liz Wong Women's Soccer
10/16/2009 Jill Smart Women's Volleyball
10/16/2009 Brandon Vicory Men's Golf
10/7/2009 Lauren Hastings Women's Tennis
9/29/2009 Jill Smart Women's Volleyball
9/29/2009 Brandon Vicory Men's Golf
9/15/2009 Amy Reynolds Women's Volleyball
9/15/2009 Mike Budzinski Football
9/9/2009 Nick Helmer Men's Soccer
9/9/2009 Haley Pschirrer Women's Soccer
7/23/2009 Adrian Kibiersza Football
7/23/2009 Anna Snyder Softball
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