WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Three Boilermakers were named All-Americans following Purdue volleyball’s historic season. Taylor Anderson and Kenna Wollard were named Second Team All-America while Grace Heaney was named Third Team All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American committee.
The three accolades between second and third team mark the most All-America honors Purdue has produced in a single season.
In her first year competing at the outside hitter position in college, junior Kenna Wollard had a breakout season, ranking sixth in the nation with 577 kills, which stands as the third-most by a Boilermaker in single-season history, including the most in 14 years, and seventh in the nation with 637 total points. Over the season, she totaled 23 matches with at least 15 kills, nine matches with at least 20 kills and five matches hitting at least .400%. Averaging 4.40 kills per set in 2025, Wollard was a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection, received AVCA National Player of the Week (Oct. 7) and Big Ten Player of the Week twice (Sep. 8 and Oct. 6). Her highlights include 33 kills on a .369 clip for the reverse sweep at #24 UCLA, 23 kills on a .457 clip, 10 digs and a career-high-tying five blocks vs. No. 7/2-seed SMU in the Regional Semifinals, 19 kills on a .417 clip vs. No. 24 Penn State and 26 kills at Michigan State.
Meanwhile, she helped guide Purdue to a Regional Finals appearance, playing some of her best volleyball yet, averaging 4.6 kills per set (69 total kills) on a .423 attack % during the NCAA tournament, while showing up defensively with 3.0 digs per set and .67 blocks per set.
Anderson secured second team honors after leading the nation in assists with 1,420 – a mark that stands as the most by a Purdue setter since 2005. The junior led Purdue not only to rank No. 1 in the nation in team kills (1,834) but dished out the offense to hit at an efficient .290 clip – a mark that ranks as second-highest in Purdue history and 13th in the nation. Over the season, she produced 17 matches with at least 30 assists, and eight with 50 assists, all while guiding Purdue to 33 sets with the team hitting at a .400 attack % or better. In addition to posting 11 double-doubles this season, Anderson knocked on the door of the rare triple-double against Houston (9/13) with a career-high eight kills, 36 assists, 10 digs (two kills shy of the feat), and seven kills, 31 assists, 10 digs against No. 15 Indiana (11/29).
Over the NCAA tournament, Anderson set Purdue to an average .328 hitting %, among the most efficient of all NCAA tournament teams and 225 total kills, third among all tournament teams through Regionals play. Anderson is one of five setters named to first or second team.
Heaney earned third team honors after redshirting the 2024 season. In her redshirt sophomore season, Heaney helped lead the offense efficiency, posting nine matches hitting above .400 and four matches above .500 – including a .515 clip (19 kills, 2 errors, 33 attacks) against No. 10 SMU in September. In all, the opposite is the only player in the nation with three errorless performances with 30+ attacks in each, including the only Big Ten player with more than one performance of that caliber. Meanwhile, her 18 dig, 15 kill match at Michigan State.
Heaney is one of seven opposites honored on the All-America Teams. The opposite led the Boilermakers in Big Ten play with a .329 average attack %.
Boasting a season full of efficient matches, Heaney shined at Rutgers with an errorless 18 kills on 31 attacks at Rutgers (.581%), an errorless 15 kills on 37 attacks at Michigan State with 18 digs and a .513 hitting % vs. Oregon with 21 kills and just one error on 39 swings. In total, Heaney racked up six double-doubles this season and had just two attack errors or less in 15 matches.
Together, the Boilermakers led the program to a season defined by defying expectations. From beginning the season predicted to finish seventh in the Big Ten with no preseason All-Big Ten accolades to ending the year ranked third in the Big Ten standings, a 27-7 (15-5 Big Ten) record with a program-record-setting five All-Big Ten honorees, a program-record 10 wins versus ranked opponents, three reverse sweeps with it all leading to a Regional Finals appearance, the first since 2021.