2023 / AS A SOPHOMORE
2022 / AS A FRESHMAN
HIGH SCHOOL
- AVCA ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
- All-Midwest Region Team
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Purdue Female Athlete of the Year
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Fastest Boilermaker to reach 1,000 career kills in the rally scoring era and concluded her sophomore campaign with more kills over her first two years than any player in Purdue history (1,075 kills). Her 1,000th career kill came at Michigan State (11/25/23).
- Led the Big Ten and ranked fifth nationally in kills (560)
- Ranked second in the Big Ten and 12th in the nation in total points (605.5)
- Second Boilermaker this century to post as many kills in a single season this century, joining 2011’s Ariel Turner (586 kills) and ranks #6 all-time in Purdue single-season history
- Her 1,509 attempts rank fourth in Purdue single-season history (joins Ariel Turner and Colleen DeMeyer)
- Reached double-digit kills in every match in 2023 and 62 of 64 total matches in her career
- Averaged 18.9 points per match, 17.5 kills per match and 7.9 digs per match
- Posted a career-high 30-kill performance on a then-career-high 69 attacks and just 7 errors for a .333 hitting % in the 3-2 win vs. #3 Wisconsin (11/17/23). Moreover, her 30 kills were the most by a Boilermaker since 2018 (last: All-American Sherridan Atkinson).
- Produced a career-high 73 attacks in the NCAA Second Round vs. Marquette (12/1/23)
- Set a career-high two block solos vs. #3 Wisconsin (11/17/23), both of which came in Set One
- Bested career-high hitting efficiencies in back-to-back matches: .500 at Michigan State (11/25/23) then recorded a .556% in the NCAA First Round vs. Fairfield (11/30/23)
- Rose to the occasion in Big Ten matches, with increased production in virtually every offensive category compared to regular-season non-conference play
- Improved as the season went on, averaging 4.77 kills per set in Big Ten matches compared to 3.63 during non-con action
- Totaled 213 kills over the final 11 matches of the season
- In the win vs. #16 Penn State, posted a then-career-high 24 kills in the five-set thriller and was one dig shy of a double-double in the match, ending the day with a .254 attack %. She went errorless in three of the five sets, including 6-0-8 in Set 2 (.750%).
- In the third set vs. #RV Minnesota (10/26), Hudson went errorless with 8 kills on 12 swings (.667%) to secure the sweep
- Hit .265% or better in 14 of the last 20 Big Ten matches, including seven matches at .300 or better during that span
- 15+ kill matches: 25
- 20+ kill matches: 7
- Double-doubles: 10
- Number of errorless sets in 2023: 34
- 3 or fewer attack errors in a match: 11
- Fewest attacks in a match: 27 vs. Fairfield (11/30/23)
- Number of matches hitting .300% or above: 11
- Number of matches hitting .350% or above: 5
- Number of matches hitting .500% or above: 2
2022 / AS A FRESHMAN
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
- Purdue Female Athlete of the Year
- All-Midwest Region Team
- Midwest Region Freshman of the Year
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- First Purdue freshman to earn an AVCA All-America nod.
- First AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year in program history.
- First Purdue freshman to be recognized on the All-Region team since 1986.
- Second Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Purdue history (last: Debbie McDonald, 1986).
- First unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection.
- Led the Big Ten in total points (583) and total kills (515).
- Hudson has won more Big Ten Player of the Week awards (three) as a freshman than any newcomer in league history. She started the season 5-for-7 on Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors in addition to being named Player of the Week three times. Moreover, she ties for No. 2 in Big Ten history for most Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (ties Minnesota's Samantha Seliger-Swenson six in 2015; record is nine by Wisconsin's Dana Rettke in 2017).
- Ranks T-No. 5 in program history with 1,420 attacks this season. Not only is it the most-ever by a Purdue freshman, Hudson is one of only four Boilermakers to post as many attempts in a single-season (joins Ariel Turner: 2012, 2011, 2010, Colleen DeMeyer: 1979 and Caitlyn Newton: 2021).
- Closed the season three kills shy of tying the 10th-most kills by a Boilermaker in a single season - a feat only four Boilermakers this century have managed - all of whom were All-Americans (Ariel Turner in 2011 and 2012, Sherridan Atkinson in 2018, Danielle Cuttino in 2016 and Annie Drews in 2015).
- As the Big Ten leader in points/set and kills/set for the first 10 straight weeks, Hudson has set the standard for Big Ten freshmen.
- Finished the year ranked No. 8 in total attacks (1,420), No. 14 in total points (583), No. 16 in total kills (515).
- The Fort Wayne, Indiana native has reached double-digit kills in all but two matches this season.
- In conference play, Hudson averaged 3.94 kills per set, 4.48 points per set and 2.11 digs per set.
- Hudson closed out the regular-season with a pair of double-doubles.
- Set a career-high 24 kills and 17 digs at Illinois (9/30).
- Number of 20+ kill matches: 6
- Number of 15+ kill matches: 21
- Number of matches hitting .300% or above: 11
- Number of matches hitting .350% or above: 8
- Number of matches hitting .400% or above: 6
- Matches hitting .500% or above: 1
- When reaching 20 kills in a match, Hudson has done so at some of her most efficient rates, including 23 kills with three errors on 50 swings (.400) in the NCAA First Round vs. Tennessee (12/2) and 21 kills with a .475% vs. Xavier (9/10), proof that when she gets going, she is even more difficult to stop. In the past seven years, only All-Americans Sherridan Atkinson, Grace Cleveland, Danielle Cuttino and Faye Adelaja have registered as efficient of a match while posting 20+ kills. Of those four Boilermakers, only Hudson has accomplished the feat as an underclassman.
- Hudson is the first Boilermaker in program history to win both Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week awards.
- She is the 11th player in Big Ten history to receive both Player and Freshman of the Week honors in the same week. Ten of those players went on to be named All-Americans during their career and/or Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
- Posted 36 attempts in the season-opener, the most touches by a freshman since before 2014. A feat she has continued to best and current stands at a season-high of 68 which came at Maryland (11/23).
- Hudson's 4.52 kills per set and 5.51 points per set are the most by a Boilermaker in non-con play for more than seven years. Annie Drews, who went on to win Olympic Gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, was the next closest with 4.91 points per set during her 2015 senior campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Club Team: Munciana
- Ranked the No. 25 recruit in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com for the 2022 class
- Two-time All-State selection
- 2021 AAU 18 Open National Champion
- 2021 AAU All-American
- Named to the 2020 and 2021 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team
- Four-time member of the conference
- Helped her team to a 2020 state championship title, where she set the state record for most kills in a five-set championship match
- First-ever three-time Summit Athletic Conference MVP
- Averaged a .428 hitting % during her career at Bishop Dwenger High School, including a .462% as a senior
- Totaled 1,557 kills while posting 811 digs and 264 total blocks during her high school career