WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced a Player of the Year Watch List, featuring outside hitters Chloe Chicoine and Eva Hudson.
The Boilermakers are two of 36 names on the inaugural list. The names will be narrowed down in November and finalists will be released before the AVCA Convention. The 2024 AVCA Player of the Year will be announced Friday, December 20 in Louisville, Kentucky during the AVCA Convention. The committee can add players that are not a part of the original group of 36 in the next watch list that will be announced in November.
Hudson, a junior, a 2023 AVCA Second Team All-American, averages 4.84 points per set and 4.35 kills per set. An efficient start for the Boilermaker has led to five matches hitting .300 or higher, including two above .400, Hudson as reached 15 kills in six of Purdue's nine matches. Following the first week of play, the Fort Wayne, Indiana native was named AVCA National player of the week after posting 46 kills and 50.5 points on a .352% in Purdue's opening-weekend sweep. The Boilermaker also led the team with a season-high 20 kills in Purdue's 3-1 victory vs. #10 Kentucky last week in Dallas and went errorless through three and a half sets at No. 10 Kansas last night.
Chicoine, the youngest Boilermaker to receive first-second-or third team honors with her Third Team All-America accolade last year, has opened her sophomore campaign with three double-doubles and posted at least 10 digs in four matches this season. The Lafayette, Indiana, native is coming off a 16-dig, .333-clip and 12-dig performance at No. 10 Kansas last night and registered a career-high four blocks at Utah State two weeks ago. She is averaging 3.42 kills and 2.87 digs per set this season.
The 36-name watch list is the first of its kind for volleyball. The Boilermakers will play a total of 17 players on this list throughout the season. Purdue is one of 11 programs with multiple players to appear on the watch list.
As a team, Purdue ranks No. 2 in the nation in blocks per set, led by the national leader Raven Colvin, and No. 9 in hitting %, which Colvin also checks in at No. 14 nationally. The Boilermakers are off to an 8-1 start to the season, including a win vs. No. 10 Kentucky, as the Boilermakers continue tonight with their third straight matchup against a top-10 opponent in No. 9 Creighton. The match will start at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+ in Lawrence, Kansas.
The Boilermakers are two of 36 names on the inaugural list. The names will be narrowed down in November and finalists will be released before the AVCA Convention. The 2024 AVCA Player of the Year will be announced Friday, December 20 in Louisville, Kentucky during the AVCA Convention. The committee can add players that are not a part of the original group of 36 in the next watch list that will be announced in November.
Hudson, a junior, a 2023 AVCA Second Team All-American, averages 4.84 points per set and 4.35 kills per set. An efficient start for the Boilermaker has led to five matches hitting .300 or higher, including two above .400, Hudson as reached 15 kills in six of Purdue's nine matches. Following the first week of play, the Fort Wayne, Indiana native was named AVCA National player of the week after posting 46 kills and 50.5 points on a .352% in Purdue's opening-weekend sweep. The Boilermaker also led the team with a season-high 20 kills in Purdue's 3-1 victory vs. #10 Kentucky last week in Dallas and went errorless through three and a half sets at No. 10 Kansas last night.
Chicoine, the youngest Boilermaker to receive first-second-or third team honors with her Third Team All-America accolade last year, has opened her sophomore campaign with three double-doubles and posted at least 10 digs in four matches this season. The Lafayette, Indiana, native is coming off a 16-dig, .333-clip and 12-dig performance at No. 10 Kansas last night and registered a career-high four blocks at Utah State two weeks ago. She is averaging 3.42 kills and 2.87 digs per set this season.
The 36-name watch list is the first of its kind for volleyball. The Boilermakers will play a total of 17 players on this list throughout the season. Purdue is one of 11 programs with multiple players to appear on the watch list.
As a team, Purdue ranks No. 2 in the nation in blocks per set, led by the national leader Raven Colvin, and No. 9 in hitting %, which Colvin also checks in at No. 14 nationally. The Boilermakers are off to an 8-1 start to the season, including a win vs. No. 10 Kentucky, as the Boilermakers continue tonight with their third straight matchup against a top-10 opponent in No. 9 Creighton. The match will start at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+ in Lawrence, Kansas.