Wisconsin outside hitter Mimi Colyer is one of four finalists for AVCA national player of the year.
As the Wisconsin volleyball team competes in the NCAA Final Four, the Badgers' star outside hitter is one of the final four players in consideration for the top individual award in the sport.
Mimi Colyer is a finalist for national player of the year, the AVCA announced Dec. 14, joining Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly, Pittsburgh opposite hitter Olivia Babcock and Kentucky outside hitter Eva Hudson.
Colyer has been dominant in her lone season with the Badgers. The Oregon transfer has averaged 5.39 kills per set, which is third among all Division I players and first among players whose teams reached the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. Her high output has been while hitting .340 – seventh-best among all outside hitters.
The 6-foot-3 senior has recorded at least 10 kills in all but one match this season, and she has elevated her game in the postseason. She has recorded 20-plus kills in each of Wisconsin’s last three matches, including a 27-kill performance against Stanford in the regional semifinals.
The winner will be announced on Friday, Dec. 19 at the AVCA’s awards banquet. Babcock, Colyer and Hudson are all competing in the national semifinals on Dec. 18, with Colyer’s Badgers facing Hudson’s Wildcats in the latter match of the evening.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin's Mimi Colyer is finalist for national player of the year
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