Purdue Northwest Volleyball senior Livia Thomsen (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) has earned this weeks RUSH Physical Therapy Athlete of the Week honors after her amazing weekend of play at the Midwest Volleyball Crossover.

Thomsen had an incredible weekend on the defensive end for the team, leading PNW with 76 total digs and 5.84 digs per set en route to a 3-0 weekend for the Pride. Livia had a match high 23 digs in a three-set sweep over Mckendree followed up with a match high 29 digs against Drury in a five-set thrilling victory on Friday night and continues to show why she is one of the top liberos in the conference.

She currently sits third in the GLIAC in digs per set and top-10 in total digs. This is her third recognition this week after being named to the Midwest Volleyball Crossover All-Tournament Team and earning GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors.

The RUSH Physical Therapy Athlete of the Week is a new Purdue Northwest Athletics honor to help celebrate our student-athletes each and every week. 

RUSH Physical Therapy is the official physical therapy and athletic training provider of Purdue Northwest Athletics and has locations in Indiana and Illinois as well as a location in the Purdue University Northwest Hammond Campus Fitness and Recreation Center. The athletic trainers and physical therapists from RUSH help keep our student-athletes healthy and have been working with athletes like Thomsen and her teammates for the past several years and they can help you, too. Schedule online at RUSHpt.com and experience the power of physical therapy today.

Continue too follow all PNW Athletics social medias and check pnwathletics.com for future RUSH Physical Therapy Player of the Week honorees.