MADISON, Wis. – Five members of the Wisconsin volleyball team have been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Northeast Regional team, the AVCA announced on Tuesday.
 
Senior Dana Rettke repeats as AVCA Northeast Regional Player of the Year and is joined on the team by senior Lauren Barnes, senior Sydney Hilley, senior Grace Loberg and freshman Devyn Robinson. Redshirt senior Molly Haggerty was selected honorable mention all-region.

All players are now eligible for AVCA All-America honors, which will be announced on April 21.
 
Rettke becomes just the third Badger to earn four all-region honors, joining Sherisa Livington (1998-2001) and Lauren Carlini (2013-16) as four-time award winners. Hilley becomes a three-time all-region honoree while Loberg has earned two all-region distinctions. Barnes and Robinson are both first-time members of the team.
 

Rettke repeats as Player of the Year

Rettke is the first Badger to be named Regional Player of the Year since the award was begun in 2017. The 6-foot-8 middle blocker leads the Big Ten and ranks second nationally with 1.67 blocks per set. She also ranks second in the conference and eighth nationally in hitting percentage at .456. Rettke leads the Badgers with 3.29 kills per set, which ranks 10th in the Big Ten. She is just the second Badger to earn four first-team All-Big Ten honors.
 

Barnes, Hilley, Loberg and Robinson net honors

Barnes earned second-team All-Big Ten honors this season after leading the Badgers and ranking sixth in the Big Ten with 4.19 digs per set.
 
Hilley was named the Big Ten Setter of the Year for the second straight year in 2020-21. She ranks third in the Big Ten with 10.87 assists per set, leading the Badgers to a Big Ten-best .342 hitting percentage. Hilley also ranks second on the team with 2.18 digs per set.
 
Loberg ranks second on the Badgers with 2.89 kills per set while hitting a season-best .304. A two-time member of the All-Big Ten team, the 6-foot-3 outside hitter also ranks second on the team with 0.37 service aces per set while ranking third with 2.11 digs per set.
 
Robinson was named to the All-Big Ten first team, becoming just the fourth Badger rookie to earn all-conference honors. The 6-foot-2 right-side hitter ranks second on the team and third in the Big Ten with a .427 hitting percentage. She ranks third on the UW with 2.64 kills per set and ranks second with 0.88 blocks per set.
 

Badgers are top seed in NCAA tournament

The Badgers are the top seed in the NCAA Championship and received a first-round bye in the tournament. Wisconsin (15-0) takes on the winner of the first-round match between Bowling Green (22-1) and Weber State (18-1) in the second round on Thursday at 6 p.m. live on ESPN3 in the CHI Health Center Convention Center.
 
Wisconsin is competing in its 24th overall and eighth-straight NCAA tournament under head coach Kelly Sheffield. The Badgers are 51-23 all time in the tournament and have finished as the NCAA runners up three times – 2000, 2013 and 2019.

Northeast Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Lauren Barnes	University of Wisconsin	L	SR
Hayley Bush	Purdue University	S	RS-JR
Grace Cleveland	Purdue University	OH	JR
Sydney Hilley	University of Wisconsin	S	SR
Kaitlyn Hord	Penn State University	MB	JR
Grace Loberg	University of Wisconsin	OH	SR
Emily Londot	Ohio State University	RS	FR
Alli Lowe	Colgate University	OH	SR
Caitlyn Newton	Purdue University	OH	SR
Jena Otec	Purdue University	L	SR
Mac Podraza	Ohio State University	S	SO
Rylee Rader	Ohio State University	MB	FR
Dana Rettke	University of Wisconsin	MB	SR
Devyn Robinson	University of Wisconsin	RS	FR

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Molly Haggerty	University of Wisconsin	OH	RS-SR
Petra Indrovoa	Bowling Green State University	OH	SO
Taylor Kuper	University of Illinois	L	JR
Jonni Parker	Penn State University	RS	JR
Morgan Romano	Rider University	RS	SO
Jenna Story	Wright State University	L	JR
Taylor Trammell	Purdue University	MB	FR

Player of the Year: Dana Rettke, University of Wisconsin, MB, SR

Freshman of the Year: Emily Londot, Ohio State University, RS, FR

Coach of the Year: Allie Matters, Wright State University & Danijela Tomic, Bowling Green State University