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2017 Volleyball Media Guide

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2017 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL // REVIEW 2 0 1 7 – 2 0 1 8 38 2016 SEASON REVIEW Washington's Courtney Schwan is the fourth Husky in program history to be voted the Pac- 12 Player of the Year. She helped to lead UW to its second-straight Pac-12 crown. Conference Overall W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT 3G 4G 5G STREAK Washington*^ 16 4 .800 7-3 9-1 29 5 .853 11-3 13-2 5-0 18-3 9-1 2-1 L1 Stanford^# 15 5 .750 7-3 8-2 27 7 .794 11-5 11-2 5-0 15-0 8-3 4-4 W10 UCLA^ 15 5 .750 8-2 7-3 27 7 .794 10-2 11-5 6-0 12-2 11-3 4-2 L1 Oregon^ 13 7 .650 5-5 8-2 21 10 .677 11-7 9-3 1-0 10-2 8-6 3-2 L1 Washington State^ 11 9 .550 5-5 6-4 22 12 .647 8-5 7-7 7-0 12-5 6-2 4-5 L1 Utah^ 11 9 .550 4-6 7-3 20 12 .625 7-7 10-3 3-2 8-4 5-3 7-5 L4 Arizona^ 10 10 .500 6-4 4-6 20 15 .571 9-5 7-7 4-3 10-6 6-4 4-5 L1 USC^ 10 10 .500 4-6 6-4 18 14 .562 9-9 7-4 2-1 10-4 5-6 3-4 L4 Colorado 6 14 .300 4-6 2-8 14 16 .467 9-6 2-10 3-0 5-4 3-8 6-4 W1 Oregon State 5 15 .250 2-8 3-7 12 19 .387 4-9 4-9 4-1 7-8 2-7 3-4 L1 Arizona State 5 15 .250 3-7 2-8 12 20 .375 3-7 3-11 6-2 4-11 3-7 5-2 W3 California 3 17 .150 3-7 0-10 9 21 .300 6-9 2-12 1-0 3-12 3-8 3-1 L8 * - Pac-12 Champion; # - NCAA Champion; ^ - NCAA Tournament Participant. 2016 ALL-PAC-12 TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN Inky Ajanaku, STAN**** MB 6-3 RS-SR Tulsa, Okla. Adora Anae, UTAH** OH/RS 6-1 JR Laie, Hawai'i Amanda Benson, ORE L 5-7 SR Litchfield Park, Ariz. Taylor Formico, UCLA L/DS 5-7 SR Saratoga, Calif. Jennie Frager, UCLA MB 6-5 SR Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Kyra Holt, WSU** OH 6-1 SR Hercules, Calif. Crissy Jones, WASH OH 6-2 JR Los Alamitos, Calif. Khalia Lanier, USC OH 6-2 FR Scottsdale, Ariz. Merete Lutz, STAN*** O/MB 6-8 RS-JR Houston, Texas Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU** OH 6-1 JR Coppell, Texas Kalei Mau, ARIZ** OH 6-1 SR Kahaluu, Hawai'i Kathryn Plummer, STAN O/S 6-6 FR Aliso Viejo, Calif. Elise Ruddins, USC MB 6-3 SR Laguna Niguel, Calif. Courtney Schwan, WASH OH 6-1 JR Auburn, Wash. Penina Snuka, ARIZ*** S 5-6 SR Gilbert, Ariz. Bailey Tanner, WASH S 6-1 JR San Clemente, Calif. Lindsey Vander Weide, ORE** OH 6-3 SO Turlock, Calif. Torrey Van Winden, UCLA OPP/OH 6-3 FR Napa, Calif. ** two-time selection; *** three-time selection, **** four-time selection STANFORD WINS NCAA-RECORD TYING SEVENTH NCAA TITLE STANFORD claimed its NCAA-record tying seventh national title as eight Pac-12 teams earned NCAA berths. The NCAA title marks the fifth fall national championship for Pac-12 schools this season (including two for the Cardinal after winning the men's soccer title), and a record 15th women's volleyball crown for the Pac-12. The Huskies won the Pac-12 crown outright, their second-straight league crown and the third in four years. UW's Courtney Schwan was tabbed the Pac- 12 Player of the Year. Three of the eight NCAA Tournament teams were seeded, the Cardinal earning a No. 6 seed, WASHINGTON was the No. 8 seed and UCLA was the 10th seed. ARIZONA was one of four Pac-12 teams to advance to the regional semifinal, while WASHINGTON, UCLA and Stanford reached the regional final. WASHINGTON STATE returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, winning its first posteason match since 2002. Stanford head coach John Dunning and Kathryn Plummer received national honors, Dunning garnering AVCA National Coach of the Year honors while Plummer was voted the AVCA National Freshman of the Year. Dun- ning earns the nod for the second time at Stanford and first since 2001, while Plummer is the second-straight Cardinal to receive the freshman award. Plummer was also voted the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year with UA's Penina Snuka receiving the Conference's Setter of the Year award. UCLA's Taylor Formico was the Pac-12 Libero of the Year for the second-straight year. WSU's Jen Greeny was voted the Pac-12 Coach of the Year after leading the Cougs to their best finish since 2002. 10 Pac-12 players were named to AVCA All-America teams. It is the 15th-consecutive year the Pac-12 has had at least eight student-athletes on AVCA All-America teams. Two seniors, seven juniors and a sophomore comprised the Pac-12's national honorees. Honorable Mention: Naghede Abu, COLO; Taylor Agost, ORE; Jordan Ander- son, UCLA; Kara Bajema, WASH; Reily Buechler, UCLA; Audrianna Fitzmorris, STAN; Alyse Ford, USC; Morgan Hentz, STAN; Maddy Kerr, CAL; Tawnee Luafalemana, UTAH; Taylor Mims, WSU; Oluoma Okaro, ASU; Lauren Page, ORE; Jolie Rasmussen, ORE; Casey Schoenlein, WSU; Gabby Simpson, COLO; Alexa Smith, COLO; Ronika Stone, ORE. 2017 PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. HOMETOWN Kara Bajema, WASH OH/MB 6-2 Lynden, Wash. Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN MB 6-6 Overland Park, Kansas Morgan Hentz, STAN DS 5-9 Lakeside Park, Ky. Khalia Lanier, USC OH 6-2 Scottsdale, Ariz. Kathryn Plummer, STAN O/S 6-6 Aliso Viejo, Calif. Ronika Stone, ORE MB 6-2 San Jose, Calif. Torrey Van Winden, UCLA OPP/OH 6-3 Napa, Calif. PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Courtney Schwan, Washington PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Kathryn Plummer, Stanford PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Jen Greeny, Washington State PAC-12 SETTER OF THE YEAR: Penina Snuka, Arizona PAC-12 LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Taylor Formico, UCLA PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Laura Larson, Arizona 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

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