Wucherer Garners Big Ten Player of the Week Honors

University of Minnesota outside hitter Mckenna Wucherer (Brookfield, Wis.) has been named Big Ten Player of the Week for her performance in the Big Ten/SEC Challenge last week. It is Wucherer's first-ever Big Ten Player of the Week honor in her Golden Gopher career. Wucherer had an outstanding weekend as a part of the 2026 Allstate Big Ten/SEC Challenge. In those two matches vs. Florida and Auburn, Wucherer produced back-to-back 21-kill nights, which tied a career high. On the week, Wucherer had 42 kills, averaged 5.25 kills per set and hit .350. She also had six aces, 20 digs and...