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93 2017 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10. Following are the 2016-17 award winners: 2016-17 PAC-12 TOM HANSEN CONFERENCE MEDAL WINNERS School Men Women Arizona Aaron Castle, Track & Field Laura Larson, Volleyball Arizona State Jared du Toit, Golf Monica Vaughn, Golf California Ryan Murphy, Swimming Farida Osman, Swimming Colorado Jaron Thomas, Track & Field Haley Smith, Basketball Oregon Jayson Amos, Tennis Maggie Schmaedick, Cross Country Oregon State Dustin Stanton, Football Sydney Wiese, Basketball Stanford Akash Modi, Gymnastics Maggie Steffens, Water Polo UCLA Felix Vobejda, Soccer Kari Korver, Basketball USC Zach Banner, Football Anika Apostalon, Swimming Utah Hunter Dimick, Football Hannah Flippen, Softball Washington Justin Schmidt, Soccer Kelsey Plum, Basketball Washington State Josh Hawkinson, Basketball Nicole Hare, Rowing LEARFIELD SPORTS DIRECTORS' CUP The STANFORD Cardinal captured their 23rd-consecutive Directors' Cup in leading the Pac-12 Conference to another impressive finish in the final 2016-17 Division I Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced. Led by four NCAA titles (women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's swimming and div- ing, and women's water polo), Stanford won its 23rd-consecutive Cup. In all, the Cardinal posted 11 top five finishes in tallying an impressive 1,563.00 points. That's 219.25 points more than runner-up Ohio State. Behind a pair of NCAA titles (women's soccer and beach volleyball), USC finished fourth with 1,251.25 points for its fourth consecutive top 10 finish. OREGON placed ninth overall with 1,027.00 points, the best-ever finish by the Ducks in the Directors' Cup. Oregon col- lected three NCAA titles for the second straight season as it claimed the triple crown with titles in women's cross country, women's indoor track and field, and women's outdoor track and field. UCLA placed 11th overall with 1,007.00 points, while CALIFORNIA, aided by its men's water polo title, finished 14th with 916.75 points. That gave the Pac-12 five teams among the top 15, more than any other conference. WASHINGTON added an NCAA title in women's rowing, the Pac-12's 500th NCAA title all-time, and placed 22nd with 801.25 points. COLORADO finished 34th (641.00), followed by ARIZONA at 42nd (545.50). ARIZONA STATE was right behind the Wildcats at 43rd (543.50), thanks in part to the women's golf program capturing their nation-leading eighth NCAA golf title. UTAH, which picked up its 11th NCAA skiing title, was 54th (459.50), fol- lowed by OREGON STATE (69th, 333.75) and WASHINGOTN STATE (101st, 202.50). The success of the Pac-12 in the Directors' Cup was bolstered by the capturing of 13 NCAA titles, most among all conferences. In addition, 10 Pac-12 league members com- bined to post 39 top-four finishes in 24 NCAA championships. The Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports - 10 women's and 10 men's. CONFERENCE COMPARISON Conference* Top 15 Membership Schools Ratio 1. Pac-12 (12) 5 .417 2. Big Ten (14) 4 .286 SEC (14) 4 .286 4. ACC (15) 2 .133 * based on 2015-16 membership WHERE THEY RANKED School Total Pts 1. Stanford 1563.00 4. USC 1251.25 9. Oregon 1027.00 11. UCLA 1007.00 14. California 916.75 22. Washington 801.25 34. Colorado 641.00 42. Arizona 545.50 43. Arizona State 543.50 54. Utah 459.50 69. Oregon State 333.75 101. Washington State 202.50 TOM HANSEN CONFERENCE MEDAL WINNERS

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