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2018 Volleyball Media Guide

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2 0 1 8 P A C - 1 2 V O L L E Y B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 38 2 0 1 7 S E A S O N R E V I E W Stanford's Kathryn Plummer is the 15th Cardinal to win Pac-12 Player of the Year honors. She is also the second player in Conference history, and first in 27 years, to earn the honor a season after being selected the freshman 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 30 4 0.882 15-0 13-1 2-3 22-0 5-2 3-2 L 1 Washington^ 14 6 .700 8-2 6-4 25 8 0.758 14-4 8-4 3-0 17-2 5-1 3-5 L 1 USC^ 14 6 .700 8-2 6-4 25 10 0.714 12-2 9-6 4-2 7-5 12-3 6-2 L 1 Utah^ 13 7 .65 7-3 6-4 24 10 0.706 12-4 8-5 4-1 11-1 11-4 2-5 L 1 Colorado^ 12 8 .600 6-4 6-4 24 10 0.706 12-3 9-5 3-2 13-4 5-3 6-3 L 1 UCLA^ 12 8 .600 7-3 5-5 21 11 0.656 9-4 9-7 3-0 12-3 7-5 2-3 L 1 Oregon State^ 11 9 .550 6-4 5-5 21 12 0.636 9-4 7-6 5-2 12-6 5-3 4-3 L 3 Oregon^ 10 10 .500 5-5 5-5 18 12 0.600 11-5 5-6 2-1 11-4 2-5 5-3 L 1 Washington State^ 6 14 .300 4-6 2-8 18 16 0.529 7-7 7-9 4-0 9-6 7-7 2-3 L 1 Arizona 5 15 .250 4-6 1-9 11 18 0.379 8-8 1-10 2-0 6-8 3-5 2-5 W 1 California 4 16 .200 3-7 1-9 13 18 0.419 9-8 2-10 2-0 4-15 8-2 1-1 L 8 Arizona State 0 20 .000 0-10 0-10 11 18 0.312 3-10 2-11 5-1 7-8 3-10 0-4 L 20 * - Pac-12 Champions. ^ - NCAA Tournament Participant, $ NCAA Semifinals 2017 ALL-PAC-12 TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN Brittany Abercrombie, USC** OPP 6-2 SR Carlsbad, Calif. Taylor Agost, ORE OH 6-2 SR Happy Valley, Ore. Adora Anae, UTAH*** OH 6-1 SR Punaluu, Hawaii Reily Buechler, UCLA OH 6-1 SR Del Mar, Calif. Carly DeHoog, WASH OH 6-4 SR Ontario, Calif. Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN MB 6-6 SO Overland Park, Kan. Madeleine Gates, UCLA MB 6-3 SO San Diego, Calif. Jenna Gray, STAN S 6-1 SO Shawnee, Kan. Morgan Hentz, STAN L 5-9 SO Lakeside Park, Ky. Khalia Lanier, USC** OH 6-2 SO Scottsdale, Ariz. Merete Lutz, STAN**** OPP 6-8 RS-SR Houston, Texas Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU*** OH 6-1 SR Coppell, Texas Taylor Mims, WSU OH 6-3 JR Billings, Mont. Oluoma, ASU MB 6-1 SR Lakewood, Calif. Kathryn Plummer, STAN** OH/S 6-6 SO Aliso Viejo, Calif. Courtney Schwan, WASH** OH 6-1 SR Auburn, Wash. Ronika Stone, ORE MB 6-2 SO San Jose, Calif. Alexa Smith, COLO OH 6-1 JR Colorado Springs, Colo. ** two-time selection; *** three-time selection; **** four-time selection STANFORD CLAIMS 17TH PAC-12 CROWN Pac-12 Champion STANFORD led nine league teams earning NCAA Tournament bids, the Cardinal making its 21st all-time NCAA semifinal appearance. It marked the 12th-consecutive year the Pac-12 had at least six teams earn tournament berths. League teams went 8-1 in the first round this season, eventually advancing five teams to the round of 16, the 18th time at least three Pac-12 teams reached the regional semifinal round. Six Pac-12 teams appeared in the final AVCA poll, with the Cardinal spending the entire season in the top five and finishing at No. 4. USC ended up in the top 10 at No. 7 after starting the season unranked, while UTAH received its highest final rating at No. 11. UCLA (No. 14), WASHINGTON (No. 15) and COLORADO (No. 19). Stanford won its 17th all-time Pac-12 crown and first under head coach Kevin Hambly, who was in his first season on the Cardinal bench. Sophomore Kathryn Plummer took home several awards, garnering national player of the year honors by the AVCA and ESPNW. Plummer is the sixth Pac-12 student- athlete to earn the AVCA honor in the last eight years, and the first Cardinal since 2007. Plummer was also tabbed the Pac-12 Player of the Year one year after being voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and AVCA National Freshman of the Year. She is just the second player in league history, and first since 1989, to earn Conference freshman and player of the year honors in back-to-back seasons. Sophomore teammates Jenna Gray and Morgan Hentz were also voted the Pac-12 Setter and Libero of the Year, respectively. Joining the list of honorees were OREGON STATE's Mark Barnard who was tabbed the Pac-12 Coach of the Year after a campaign the saw the Beavers accomplishments not seen in decades. OSU's Kylee McLaughlin was picked the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. 11 Pac-12 student-athletes were selected AVCA All-Americans with seven of those honored being sophomore or juniors on the first or second teams. Stanford was the most represented with five All-Americans. An additional received honorable mention status. Eight different teams were represented, in all. Honorable Mention: Naghede Abu, Colorado; Tami Alade, Stanford; Brynna DeLuzio, Colorado; Joslyn Hayes, Colorado; Crissy Jones, Washington; Tawnee Luafalemana, Utah; Mac May, UCLA; Kylee McLaughlin, Oregon State; Berkeley Oblad, Utah; Jolie Rasmussen, Oregon; Lauren Sanders, Washington; Tia Scambray, Washington; Frankie Shebby, Colorado; Sarah Sponcil, UCLA; Bailey Tanner, Washington; Carly Trueman, Utah; Lindsey Vander Weide, Oregon; Niki Whithers, USC. 2017 PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. HOMETOWN Brynna DeLuzio, COLO S 5-9 Windermere, Fla. Maddie Goings, OSU OH 5-9 Aledo, Texas Mac May, UCLA OH 6-3 Dubuque, Iowa Meghan McClure, STAN OH 6-0 Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif Kylee McLaughlin, OSU S 5-10 Carrollton, Texas Jenny Mosser, UCLA OH 5-11 Lakeville, Minn. Lauren Sanders, WASH MB 6-4 Snohomish, Wash. PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kathryn Plummer, Stanford PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Kylee McLaughlin, Oregon State PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Mark Barnard, Oregon State PAC-12 SETTER OF THE YEAR: Jenna Gray, Stanford PAC-12 LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Morgan Hentz, Stanford PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Casey Schoenlein, Washington State 2017 PAC-12 CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

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