WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Freshman setter Taylor Anderson was selected as Big Ten Setter of the Week, announced by the conference office following the final week of the regular-season.
The Boilermakers own a program-record 15 individual weekly honors this season, including two Setter of the Week and one Freshman of the Week nod for Anderson. The Boilermaker has been honored for two straight weeks (last week: Freshman of the Week). Purdue ends the regular-season with an honoree in five of the last six weeks, including the last three straight.
Anderson led Purdue to back-to-back road wins within 24 hours with sweeps at Michigan and Michigan State to close the regular season and solidify Purdue's third-place finish in the Big Ten standings. The Boilermaker averaged a league-leading 11.50 assists per set, all the while averaging 1.67 blocks per set, which was third-highest among all Big Ten players.
Purdue hit at some of the most efficient rates of the season with Anderson guiding the team to a .348 attack % at Michigan and a .324 mark at Michigan State.
At Michigan, the San Antonio, Texas, product registered 33 assists, five blocks, four digs and a pair of kills. The following night, she upped her numbers to 36 assists, seven digs and came one-shy of matching her career-high with six total blocks (1-5).
The Boilermakers were selected to host the NCAA First & Second Rounds as a No. 3 seed and will face Fairfield on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET to open the tournament. Then, the winner will take on the winner of No. 6 seed Marquette vs. Eastern Illinois on Friday at 7 p.m. ET. All matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
Purdue in the Big Ten Weekly Awards
Week 2: September 5
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 3: September 11
Player of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Setter of the Week: Taylor Anderson
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 5: September 25
Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Week 7: October 7
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 9: October 23
Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 10: October 30
Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Week 12: November 13
Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Defensive Player of the Week: Lourdès Myers
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 13: November 20
Player of the Week: Eva Hudson
Freshman of the Week: Taylor Anderson
Week 14: November 27
Setter of the Week: Taylor Anderson
The Boilermakers own a program-record 15 individual weekly honors this season, including two Setter of the Week and one Freshman of the Week nod for Anderson. The Boilermaker has been honored for two straight weeks (last week: Freshman of the Week). Purdue ends the regular-season with an honoree in five of the last six weeks, including the last three straight.
Anderson led Purdue to back-to-back road wins within 24 hours with sweeps at Michigan and Michigan State to close the regular season and solidify Purdue's third-place finish in the Big Ten standings. The Boilermaker averaged a league-leading 11.50 assists per set, all the while averaging 1.67 blocks per set, which was third-highest among all Big Ten players.
Purdue hit at some of the most efficient rates of the season with Anderson guiding the team to a .348 attack % at Michigan and a .324 mark at Michigan State.
At Michigan, the San Antonio, Texas, product registered 33 assists, five blocks, four digs and a pair of kills. The following night, she upped her numbers to 36 assists, seven digs and came one-shy of matching her career-high with six total blocks (1-5).
The Boilermakers were selected to host the NCAA First & Second Rounds as a No. 3 seed and will face Fairfield on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET to open the tournament. Then, the winner will take on the winner of No. 6 seed Marquette vs. Eastern Illinois on Friday at 7 p.m. ET. All matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
Purdue in the Big Ten Weekly Awards
Week 2: September 5
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 3: September 11
Player of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Setter of the Week: Taylor Anderson
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 5: September 25
Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Week 7: October 7
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 9: October 23
Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 10: October 30
Defensive Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Week 12: November 13
Player of the Week: Raven Colvin
Defensive Player of the Week: Lourdès Myers
Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine
Week 13: November 20
Player of the Week: Eva Hudson
Freshman of the Week: Taylor Anderson
Week 14: November 27
Setter of the Week: Taylor Anderson