Chambana Sun

Illinois volleyball player Raina Terry has been named to the First Team All-Big Ten for the second consecutive year. The league announced this recognition on Thursday, acknowledging Terry's significant contributions during her senior season.

Terry led the conference with 618 total points and finished second in total kills with 539. Her performance placed her sixth nationally in kills per set at 4.69 and seventh in points per set at 5.37, ranking second in both categories within the Big Ten. She recorded 13.18 attacks per set and a total of 1,516 attacks, ranking third nationally and first in the conference.

Throughout the season, Terry had ten matches with over 20 kills, including seven against Big Ten opponents. She also achieved three double-doubles and led her team in kills for 28 out of 30 matches this year.

In conference play alone, she ranked second with an average of 5.41 points per set and third with 4.72 kills per set. Additionally, she averaged 0.37 aces per set, placing her tenth in the conference for service aces.

A native of Marengo, Ohio, Terry became the first Big Ten player to surpass 500 kills this year during Senior Night against Michigan on November 18th. She also posted a career-high of 28 kills against Ohio State.

After four years with Illinois, Terry ranks tenth all-time with a career total of 1,634 kills. She is positioned between Megan Cooney and Michelle Bartsch-Hackley on Illinois' all-time list and stands fourth all-time with 164 career aces. Notably, she is currently the only active player in the Big Ten with over both 1,500 kills and 150 aces.

Terry is now among thirteen Illini players who have received multiple first-team accolades and is the first to earn back-to-back awards since Jacqueline Quade did so in 2018 and 2019.

In addition to Terry's achievements, Kennedy Collins was recognized as Illinois' Sportsmanship Award winner after concluding her five-year tenure with impressive statistics including eighth all-time records for blocks and block assists at Illinois.