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2 0 1 9 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 / / R E V I E W 38 2 0 1 8 S E A S O N R E V I E W Stanford's Kathryn Plummer was selected AVCA National Player of the Year and Pac-12 Player of the Year for the second-straight year. She is the first since 2001-02 to win back-to-back national player of the year honors. Conference Overall W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT 3G 4G 5G STREAK Stanford*^ 20 0 1.000 10-0 9-1 34 1 0.971 17-0 13-1 4-0 22-0 10-0 2-1 W 32 Oregon^ 13 7 .650 5-5 8-2 23 11 .676 11-5 10-3 2-3 11-5 8-4 4-2 L 1 USC^ 13 7 .650 6-4 7-3 22 11 .667 10-5 9-4 3-2 9-6 7-3 6-2 L 1 Washington State^ 12 8 .600 7-3 5-5 23 10 .600 12-3 9-6 2-1 9-1 10-5 4-4 L 1 Arizona^ 11 9 .550 6-4 5-5 22 11 .667 12-4 6-6 4-1 13-3 4-4 5-4 L 1 Colorado^ 10 10 .500 5-5 5-5 18 14 .562 10-6 5-6 3-2 9-3 5-6 4-5 L 2 Utah^ 10 10 .500 6-4 4-6 19 14 .576 9-5 5-9 5-0 9-5 5-4 5-5 L 1 Washington^ 10 10 .500 5-5 5-5 20 13 .606 8-6 7-6 5-1 8-6 9-5 3-2 L 1 UCLA 8 12 .400 3-7 5-5 13 14 .481 5-7 7-7 1-0 3-9 6-4 4-1 L 3 California 7 13 .350 3-7 4-6 15 16 .484 7-7 5-8 3-1 8-7 4-4 3-5 L 2 Arizona State 5 15 .250 2-8 3-7 14 18 .438 7-9 3-8 4-1 6-11 7-6 1-1 L 2 Oregon State 1 19 .050 0-10 1-9 11 21 .344 1-10 5-10 5-1 5-11 3-4 3-6 L 8 * - Pac-12 Champion and NCAA Champion; ^ - NCAA Tournament participant. 2018 ALL-PAC-12 TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN Naghede Abu, COLO MB 6-4 SR Riverside, Calif. Tami Alade, STAN MB 6-2 SR Alberta, Canada Kara Bajema, WASH OH 6-2 JR Lynden, Wash. Brooke Botkin, USC OH 6-1 SO Houson, Texas Kendra Dahlke, ARIZ OH 6-0 SR Bonsall, Calif. Dani Drews, UTAH OH 6-0 SO Sandy, Utah Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN** OH 6-6 JR Overland Park, Kan. Jenna Gray, STAN** S 6-1 JR Shawnee, Kan. Morgan Hentz, STAN** L 5-9 JR Lakeside Park, Ky. Khalia Lanier, USC*** OH 6-2 JR Scottsdale, Ariz. Mac May, UCLA OH 6-3 SO Dubuque, Iowa Meghan McClure, STAN OH 6-0 SO Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Taylor Mims, WSU** OH 6-3 SR Billings, Mont. Kathryn Plummer, STAN*** OH 6-6 JR Aliso Viejo, Calif. Alexa Smith, COLO** OH 6-1 SR Colorado Springs, Colo. Ronika Stone, ORE** MB 6-2 JR San Jose, Calif. Lindsey Vander Weide, ORE*** OH 6-3 SR Turlock, Calif. McKenna Woodford, WSU OH 6-4 SR Chandler, Ariz. ** two-time selection; *** three-time selection; **** four-time selection STANFORD WINS SECOND NCAA TITLE IN THREE YEARS Pac-12 Champion STANFORD claimed its nation-leading eighth NCAA title and second in three years, giving the Pac-12 its 16th women's volleyball title all-time, the most for any conference. The Cardinal highlighted eight Pac-12 teams that earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2018, the most of any league, marking the 19th- consecutive year at least six teams have participated in the "Big Dance" and the fifth time in the last six years at least eight received postseason invitations. The No. 1 seed overall, it marked the first time since 2009 the top seeded team won the tournament. Six Pac-12 teams ended the season ranked in the final AVCA Coaches Poll with Stanford claiming the top spot while OREGON was No. 9, the first time the Ducks are in the final top 10 since 2012 and just the fourth time ever. WASHINGTON STATE ended at No. 16, its highest final ranking since 2002 and just the third time it appeared in the final ranking since that year. WASHINGTON was No. 18, USC was No. 21 and ARIZONA was tied for 25th. In the NCAA Tournament, in addition to the Cardinal earning the top seed, USC was the No. 11 seed, Oregon was the No. 15 seed and WSU was the No. 16 seed. It was the Cougs' highest seeding since 2002. Arizona, COLORADO, UTAH and WASHINGTON received NCAA Tournament bids, as well. In addition to the five-set national-championship thriller between Stanford and Nebraska, Conference teams were involved in some of the 2018 tournament's most exciting matches, including the Huskies upsetting Big East Champion and No. 9-seed Creighton on the road in the second round. The Ducks took down second-seeded Minnesota, winning an epic 41-39 second set, which led to a 3-1 victory in Minneapolis to claim a spot in the regional final. Stanford won its 18th all-time Pac-12 crown, going a perfect 20-0. Junior Kathryn Plummer was voted the Pac-12 Player of the Year for the second-straight year. Teammates Jenna Gray and Morgan Hentz repeated as the Pac-12 Setter and Libero of the Year, respectively. Stanford's Kevin Hambly was tabbed the Pac-12 Coach of the Year and USC's Raquel Lázaro was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Plummer was selected AVCA National Player of the Year for the second- straight year, becoming the first player since 2001 and 2002 to win the honor in back-to-back seasons and just the fourth overall. Plummer headlined a list of 13 AVCA All-Americans from the Pac-12, representing seven teams. HONORABLE MENTION: Preslie Anderson, California; Emily Baptista, USC; Ashley Brown, WSU; Devyn Cross, ARIZ; Brianna Doehrmann, UTAH; Alyse Ford, ASU; Lauren Forte, CAL; Madeleine Gates, UCLA; Willow Johnson, ORE; Kenzie Koerber, UTAH; Raquel Lázaro, USC; Brooke Nuneviller, ORE; Mima Mirkovic, CAL; Zana Muno, UCLA; Julia Patterson, ARIZ; August Raskie, ORE; Lauren Sanders, WASH; Jocelyn Urias, WSU. 2018 PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. HOMETOWN Holly Campbell, STAN MB 6-4 Austin, Texas Jenna Ewert, COLO S 5-10 Antioch, Calif. Lauren Forte, CAL MB 6-3 Tempe, Ariz. Raquel Lázaro, USC S 6-0 Córdoba, Spain Brooke Nuneviller, ORE L/OH 5-11 Chandler, Ariz. Ella May Powell, WASH S 6-0 Fayetteville, Ark. Anyse Smith, COLO OH 5-10 Amarillo, Texas PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kathryn Plummer, Stanford PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Raquel Lázaro, USC PAC-12 SETTER OF THE YEAR: Jenna Gray, Stanford PAC-12 LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Morgan Hentz, Stanford PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Kevin Hambly, Stanford PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Tami Alade, Stanford 2018 PAC-12 CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS