WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Four Boilermakers were named to the Big Ten volleyball postseason awards with Eva Hudson and Raven Colvin named First Team All-Big Ten while Chloe Chicoine and Taylor Anderson received Second Team honors.
It is Hudson's third consecutive year as a first team honoree, Colvin's second straight first team and third overall all-conference team nod, Chicoine's second all-conference nod (first team in 2023) and Anderson's first.
It is the fourth time Purdue has earned as many first or second teamers in the last five years.
Picking up where she left off, junior Hudson led the Big Ten in kills for the third consecutive year, totaling 516 kills during the regular season (4.73 per set). Improving as the season goes, she closed the chapter on the regular season with a season-high 28-kill performance last Thursday at #13 Oregon in a double-double effort for Purdue's 3-2 reverse sweep. Her history of performing at her best against top opponents, Hudson also posted 26 kills with just four attack errors in five sets of action (.349 hitting %) at No. 2 Nebraska (10/11) and a nearly going errorless for the entire match at then-#10 Kansas, and 15 kills in just two sets vs. then-#10 Kentucky. Meanwhile, in a head-to-head comparison of her first 10 matches versus her last 10, she upped her offensive production from 4.40 kills per set to 5.39 per set. A six rotation outside hitter, Hudson is an AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist, owns two Big Ten Player of the Week nods this season, including AVCA National Player of the Week following Week 1 of action.
Senior middle blocker Colvin leads the Big Ten in blocks and ranks No. 4 nationally with 1.56 blocks per set. Not only has she risen through the Purdue record books this season to No. 2 in Purdue history with 628 career blocks and 546 career block assists, but she is also four block assists away from tying the program record and 15 kills away from reaching her 1,000th. This season, she's totaled three double-digit block performances, including a season-high 11 blocks at No. 2 Nebraska, 10 blocks at Utah State and 10 vs. Kansas State. Meanwhile, her offensive production included a career-high 19 kills alongside a Purdue record-matching 7 aces in a five set match for the win at No. 13 Minnesota (9/28). The Boilermaker has improved in every facet compared to 2023, hitting .340% this season vs. .280% last year and 1.56 blocks per set this season vs. 1.34. She is also averaging more kills, points and aces per set.
Chicoine, a sophomore outside hitter and second team honoree, had a well-rounded season which saw sound passing, an increase in digs and blocking and season-highs in the top matches of the year. Her passing numbers have helped Purdue reach the second-highest hitting % this century (.274%). The six-rotation hitter set career-highs in hitting % (.565 at Rutgers), assists (5 at #2 Nebraska) and blocks (4 at Utah State). Meanwhile, her performances include a season-high 22 kills at No. 2 Nebraska, 16 kills at No. 10 Kansas, 17 kills vs. Kansas State and 16 kills at No. 13 Oregon. Chicoine registered 13 double-doubles with 7 matches reaching at least 10 digs and 21 matches reaching at least 10 kills. In the last 10 matches of the regular-season, she has averaged 3.36 digs per set, 3.02 points per set, registered two matches with a .500 attack % and two with 16 kills. She saw a perfect reception % in 19 matches this season and owned a 96.2 receive % during Big Ten action. It is her second consecutive year earning a Big Ten all-conference award after receiving first team a year ago.
Anderson, a sophomore setter, has guided the team to the second-highest hitting % in a single Purdue season (.274%) this century. She's dished out 13 40-plus assist matches, including five with at least 50 assists. With Anderson leading the way, the Boilermakers have posted 12 matches this season hitting at least .300%, five with at least a .360% and two matches above .400%. Anderson set a season-high 57 assists at No. 13 Oregon (11/27) and 54 assists at No. 13 Minnesota and 44 assists in just three sets of action vs. Illinois (11/17). Not only does the San Antonio, Texas, native lead all Big Ten setters in blocks (93 or .85 per set), she finished the regular-season ranked second in the league in assists (1,208 or 11.08 per set, just .04 off from the conference leader).
Additionally, Sydney Yim was selected as Purdue's Sportsmanship Award recipient, earned by one student-athlete per institution.
The Boilermakers helped Purdue to the second-most regular-season wins since the 1980's with a 25-6 overall record. The team finished fourth in the conference standings behind a 16-4 Big Ten record, which ties as the second-most wins ever by the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers have ranked in the top-10 for 14 of the 15 weeks, tallying 16 sweeps (the most since 2017) and have gone 9-1 during the month of December.
It is Hudson's third consecutive year as a first team honoree, Colvin's second straight first team and third overall all-conference team nod, Chicoine's second all-conference nod (first team in 2023) and Anderson's first.
It is the fourth time Purdue has earned as many first or second teamers in the last five years.
Picking up where she left off, junior Hudson led the Big Ten in kills for the third consecutive year, totaling 516 kills during the regular season (4.73 per set). Improving as the season goes, she closed the chapter on the regular season with a season-high 28-kill performance last Thursday at #13 Oregon in a double-double effort for Purdue's 3-2 reverse sweep. Her history of performing at her best against top opponents, Hudson also posted 26 kills with just four attack errors in five sets of action (.349 hitting %) at No. 2 Nebraska (10/11) and a nearly going errorless for the entire match at then-#10 Kansas, and 15 kills in just two sets vs. then-#10 Kentucky. Meanwhile, in a head-to-head comparison of her first 10 matches versus her last 10, she upped her offensive production from 4.40 kills per set to 5.39 per set. A six rotation outside hitter, Hudson is an AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist, owns two Big Ten Player of the Week nods this season, including AVCA National Player of the Week following Week 1 of action.
Senior middle blocker Colvin leads the Big Ten in blocks and ranks No. 4 nationally with 1.56 blocks per set. Not only has she risen through the Purdue record books this season to No. 2 in Purdue history with 628 career blocks and 546 career block assists, but she is also four block assists away from tying the program record and 15 kills away from reaching her 1,000th. This season, she's totaled three double-digit block performances, including a season-high 11 blocks at No. 2 Nebraska, 10 blocks at Utah State and 10 vs. Kansas State. Meanwhile, her offensive production included a career-high 19 kills alongside a Purdue record-matching 7 aces in a five set match for the win at No. 13 Minnesota (9/28). The Boilermaker has improved in every facet compared to 2023, hitting .340% this season vs. .280% last year and 1.56 blocks per set this season vs. 1.34. She is also averaging more kills, points and aces per set.
Chicoine, a sophomore outside hitter and second team honoree, had a well-rounded season which saw sound passing, an increase in digs and blocking and season-highs in the top matches of the year. Her passing numbers have helped Purdue reach the second-highest hitting % this century (.274%). The six-rotation hitter set career-highs in hitting % (.565 at Rutgers), assists (5 at #2 Nebraska) and blocks (4 at Utah State). Meanwhile, her performances include a season-high 22 kills at No. 2 Nebraska, 16 kills at No. 10 Kansas, 17 kills vs. Kansas State and 16 kills at No. 13 Oregon. Chicoine registered 13 double-doubles with 7 matches reaching at least 10 digs and 21 matches reaching at least 10 kills. In the last 10 matches of the regular-season, she has averaged 3.36 digs per set, 3.02 points per set, registered two matches with a .500 attack % and two with 16 kills. She saw a perfect reception % in 19 matches this season and owned a 96.2 receive % during Big Ten action. It is her second consecutive year earning a Big Ten all-conference award after receiving first team a year ago.
Anderson, a sophomore setter, has guided the team to the second-highest hitting % in a single Purdue season (.274%) this century. She's dished out 13 40-plus assist matches, including five with at least 50 assists. With Anderson leading the way, the Boilermakers have posted 12 matches this season hitting at least .300%, five with at least a .360% and two matches above .400%. Anderson set a season-high 57 assists at No. 13 Oregon (11/27) and 54 assists at No. 13 Minnesota and 44 assists in just three sets of action vs. Illinois (11/17). Not only does the San Antonio, Texas, native lead all Big Ten setters in blocks (93 or .85 per set), she finished the regular-season ranked second in the league in assists (1,208 or 11.08 per set, just .04 off from the conference leader).
Additionally, Sydney Yim was selected as Purdue's Sportsmanship Award recipient, earned by one student-athlete per institution.
The Boilermakers helped Purdue to the second-most regular-season wins since the 1980's with a 25-6 overall record. The team finished fourth in the conference standings behind a 16-4 Big Ten record, which ties as the second-most wins ever by the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers have ranked in the top-10 for 14 of the 15 weeks, tallying 16 sweeps (the most since 2017) and have gone 9-1 during the month of December.