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38 2015 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE // REVIEW 2014 SEASON REVIEW Washington's Krista Vansant led the Huskies to the NCAA semifinal in 2013. Vansant was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and AVCA National Player of the Year. Conference Overall W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT 3G 4G 5G STREAK Stanford $* 19 1 .950 10-0 9-1 33 2 .943 17-0 12-1 4-1 17-0 11-2 5-0 L 1 Washington * 18 2 .900 10-0 8-2 31 3 .912 17-1 10-2 4-0 21-0 5-1 5-2 L 1 Arizona * 12 8 .600 6-4 6-4 24 10 .706 13-5 7-5 4-0 16-4 6-5 2-1 L 1 Oregon * 11 9 .550 7-3 4-6 23 10 .697 15-3 6-6 2-1 9-2 11-7 3-1 L 1 UCLA * 11 9 .550 6-4 5-5 22 12 .647 8-4 7-6 7-2 12-8 5-2 4-2 L 1 Colorado * 11 9 .550 6-4 5-5 20 14 .588 12-4 6-7 2-3 7-6 8-4 5-4 L 1 Oregon State * 9 11 .450 6-4 3-7 21 13 .618 7-5 6-7 8-1 8-3 7-9 6-1 L 1 Utah * 9 11 .450 8-2 1-9 20 13 .606 12-2 4-11 4-0 11-6 6-2 3-5 L 1 Arizona State * 9 11 .450 4-6 5-5 20 14 .588 10-7 8-6 2-1 7-6 5-2 8-6 L 1 USC * 8 12 .400 4-6 4-6 16 16 .500 4-8 6-7 6-1 7-6 7-7 2-3 L 1 California 2 18 .100 0-10 2-8 10 20 .333 2-11 5-8 3-1 3-9 4-8 3-3 L 1 Washington State 1 19 .050 1-9 0-10 10 22 .312 3-10 2-10 5-2 6-7 3-9 1-6 L 10 $ - Pac-12 Champion; * - NCAA Tournament participant 2014 ALL-PAC-12 TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN Inky Ajanaku, STAN*** MB 6-3 Jr. Tulsa, Okla. Alexis Austin, COLO OH 6-2 Jr. Houston, Texas Martenne Bettendorf, ORE OH 6-0 Jr. Portland, Ore. Liz Brenner, ORE *** OH 6-1 Sr. Portland, Ore. Samantha Bricio, USC *** OH 6-2 Jr. Guadalajara, Mexico Madi Bugg, STAN S 6-0 Jr. Apex, N.C. Jordan Burgess, STAN *** OH 6-1 Jr. Fort Meyers, Fla. Shelby Dalton, UTAH OPP 6-1 Sr. Moab, Utah Macey Gardner, ASU *** OH 6-0 Jr. Gilbert, Ariz. Madi Kingdon, ARIZ ** OH 6-1 Sr. Phoenix, Ariz. Karsta Lowe, UCLA ** OH 6-4 Sr. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Merete Lutz, STAN MB 6-8 RFr. Houston, Texas Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU OH 6-1 Fr. Coppell, Texas Kaleigh Nelson, WASH ** OH 6-0 Sr. Salem, Ore. Penina Snuka, ARIZ S 5-6 So. Gilbert, Ariz. Lianna Sybeldon, WASH MB 6-1 Jr. Folsom, Calif. Taylor Simpson, COLO OH 6-3 Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo. Krista Vansant, WASH *** OH 6-2 Sr. Redlands, Calif. ** two-time selection; *** three-time selection Honorable Mention: Taylor Arizobal, ARIZ; Bailey Bateman, UTAH; Amanda Benson, ORE; Morgan Boukather, STAN; Reily Buechler, UCLA; Julie Consani, UCLA; Taylor Formico, UCLA; Kyle Gilbert, STAN; Christina Higgins, CAL; Brittany Howard, STAN; Kacey Nady, ORE; Arica Nassar, OSU; Ebony Nwanebu, USC; Alicia Ogoms, USC; Lillian Schonewise, CAL; Cassie Strickland, WASH; Lara Vukasovic, CAL; Melanie Wade, WASH. LEAGUE-RECORD 10 TEAMS IN POSTSEASON, STANFORD CLAIMS PAC-12 TITLE STANFORD claimed the 2014 Pac-12 regular-season crown and headlined a league-record 10 NCAA Tourna- ment bids for the Conference, taking down the short-lived record of nine teams 2013. The Cardinal advanced to the national semifinal and it marked the fifth-consecutive year a Pac-12 teams had appeared in the national semifinals. It is the 31st time in 34 years at least one league squad had advanced that far in the postseason event. Stanford highlighted a stacked Pac-12 contigency in the tournament that went a Pac-12 record 10-0 in the first round, only dropping three sets in total. Collectively, the Conference posted a 17-10 record in the NCAA Tournament and is 416-222 all-time. The Cardinal earned the top seed overall and for the second-straight year, Washington garnered the No. 3 seeding with three others also earning one of the top-16 seeds: No. 10 OREGON, No. 11 ARIZONA and No. 12 UCLA. Joining the five seeded teams were ARIZONA STATE, COLO- RADO, OREGON STATE, USC and UTAH. The Pac-12 also set a league record for most teams ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll with nine teams in the top 25 of the final ranking. Fourteen Pac-12 players were named to AVCA All-America teams, the most selections for the league since 2006. It was the 13th-consecutive year that the Pac-12 has had at least eight student-athletes on the All-America teams. A whopping 22 players were named to the AVCA All-Region teams, with 14 on the All-Pacific North Region squad and eight on the All-Pacific South team. The 22 student-athletes on teams bests the league's previous record of 16 all-region honorees, which was set last year when the All-Pacific team split into North and South divisions. Washington's Krista Vansant was voted the ESPNW National Player of the Year. Vansant was the Pac-12 Player of the Year for the second-straight year. Taras Liskevych of Oregon State was voted the Coach of the Year honor and helped guide Mary-Kate Marshall to Freshman of the Year nods. For the secnod-consecutive year, Stanford's Madi Bugg was the Setter of the Year and UW's Cassie Strickland was named Libero of the Year. 2014 PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. HOMETOWN Adora Anae, UTAH OH 6-1 Laie, Hawaii Reily Buechler, UCLA OH 6-1 Del Mar, Calif. Crissy Jones, WASH OH/MB 6-2 Los Alamitos, Calif. Merete Lutz, STAN MB 6-8 Houston, Texas Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU OH 6-1 Coppell, Texas Tia Scambray, WASH OH 6-0 Dana Point, Calif. Frankie Shebby, ORE OH 6-0 La Mirada, Calif. Honorable Mention: Halle Harker, ASU; McKenzie Jacobsen, ARIZ; Anna Pfefferle, COLO; Maggie Scott, ORE; Gabby Simpson, COLO; Olga Strantzali, UCLA; Bailey Tanner, WASH. PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Krista Vansant, Washington PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Mary-Kate Marshall, Oregon State PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Taras Liskevych, Oregon State PAC-12 SETTER OF THE YEAR: Madi Bugg, Stanford PAC-12 LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Cassie Strickland, Washington PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Krista Vansant, Washington 2014 PAC-12 CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS