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2016 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL // REVIEW 38 2015 SEASON REVIEW USC's Samantha Bricio had a dominating and record-breaking senior year and was named national player of the year by the AVCA and espnW, and garnered Pac-12 Player of the Year honors, as well. Conference Overall W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT 3G 4G 5G STREAK USC*^ 18 2 .900 9-1 9-1 33 3 .917 18-1 11-1 4-1 19-1 10-0 4-2 L 1 Washington*^ 18 2 .900 10-0 8-2 31 3 .912 17-0 10-2 4-1 23-0 8-2 2-1 L 1 Stanford^ 16 4 .800 9-1 7-3 23 7 .767 14-2 18-5 1-0 13-3 7-3 4-1 L 1 UCLA^ 14 6 .700 6-4 8-2 25 8 .758 9-5 12-3 4-0 12-3 8-2 4-3 L 1 Colorado 11 9 .550 7-3 4-6 19 13 .594 13-4 4-8 2-1 7-5 6-6 6-2 W3 Oregon^ 10 10 .500 5-5 5-5 16 14 .533 5-5 10-7 1-2 8-6 4-6 4-2 L 1 Arizona^ 9 11 .450 6-4 3-7 19 14 .576 11-5 5-7 3-2 9-4 7-8 3-2 L 1 Arizona State^ 8 12 .400 7-3 1-9 19 13 .594 12-3 4-9 3-1 11-7 6-3 2-3 L 5 Washington State 5 15 .250 4-6 1-9 16 16 .500 7-6 3-10 6-0 13-5 3-7 0-4 L 2 Utah 4 16 .200 3-7 1-9 10 21 .323 5-9 3-10 2-2 1-12 6-5 3-4 L 3 Oregon State 4 16 .200 3-7 1-9 6 24 .200 3-7 2-15 1-2 3-12 2-10 1-2 L 1 California 3 17 .150 2-8 1-9 9 22 .290 5-10 1-10 3-2 4-14 2-6 3-2 L 9 * - Co-Pac-12 Champions. ^ - NCAA Tournament Participant 2015 ALL-PAC-12 TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN Brittany Abercrombie, USC OH 6-2 SO Carlsbad, Calif. Adora Anae, UTAH OH 6-1 SO Laie, Hawai'i Jordan Anderson, UCLA OH 6-0 JR Flower Mound, Texas Alexis Austin, COLO ** OH 6-2 SR Houston, Texas Samantha Bricio, USC **** OH 6-2 SR Guadalajara, Mexico Madi Bugg, STAN** S 6-0 SR Apex, N.C. Nicole Edelman, COLO S 6-0 SR Boulder, Colo. Hayley Hodson, STAN OH 6-3 FR Newport Beach, Calif. Kyra Holt, WSU OH 6-1 JR Hercules, Calif. Brittany Howard, STAN ** OH 6-3 SR Los Altos, Calif. Merete Lutz, STAN ** MH 6-8 SO Houston, Texas Kalei Mau, ARIZ OH 6-1 JR Kahaluu, Hawai'i Alicia Ogoms, USC MH 6-4 SR Winnipeg, Canada Lilian Schonewise, CAL MB 6-3 SR Papilion, Neb. Penina Snuka, ARIZ ** S 5-6 JR Gilbert, Ariz. Cassie Strickland, WASH L 5-8 SO Huntington Beach, Calif. Lianna Sybeldon, WASH ** MB 6-1 SO Folsom, Calif.Lindsay Vander Weide, ORE OH 6-3 FR Turlock, Calif. ** two-time selection; *** three-time selection, **** four-time selection Honorable Mention: Taylor Arizobal, ARIZ; Bailey Bateman, UTAH; Amanda Benson, ORE; Morgan Boukather, BreElle Bailey, ASU; Amanda Benson, ORE; Reily Buechler, UCLA; Claire Felix, UCLA; Whitney Follette, ASU; Alyse Ford, USC; Taylor Formico, UCLA; Jennie Frager, UCLA; Baylee Johnson, USC; Crissy Jones, WASH; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Zana Muno, UCLA; Elise Ruddins, USC; Tia Scambray, WASH; Gabby Simpson, COLO; Bailey Tanner, WASH; Melanie Wade, WASH; Taylor Whittingham, USC. USC, WASHINGTON CROWNED CO-CHAMPIONS For the fourth time in Pac-12 history, co-champions were crowned with USC and WASHINGTON claiming a share of the regular-season title. Seven Conference teams earned NCAA Tournament berths, marking the the 16th-consecutive season at least six Conference teams earned postseason bids. The Trojans garnered the No. 1 overall seed for the third time in the history of the tournament. Both the Huskies and Trojans advanced the regional finals. Four of the seven NCAA Tournament teams were seeded in 2015. In addition to USC receiving the top seed, UW was No. 5, STANFORD was No. 8 and UCLA was No. 14. The Cardinal is one of only two teams in the country to earn a bid to all 35 NCAA Tournaments. ARIZONA, ARIZONA STATE and OREGON also recieved bids. Four teams ended the season in the final AVCA poll, USC and Washington ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, the Bruins were 12th and the Cardinal was 14th. Eight Pac-12 players were named to AVCA All-America teams. It was the 14th-consecutive year that the Pac-12 has had at least eight student-athletes on AVCA All-America teams. Another seven received honorable mention status. An impressive 21 players were named to the AVCA All-Region teams, with 13 on the All-Pacific North Region squad and eight on the All-Pacific South team. UW's Keegan Cook was selected the North's Coach of the Year, while USC's Mick Haley was tabbed the South's Coach of the Year. Stanford's Hayley Hodson (North) and USC's Baylee Johnson (South) were named their respective region's freshman of the year. USC's Samantha Bricio was the nation's top player, earning AVCA National Player of the Year, as well as espnW National Player of the Year, adding to that the Conference's Player of the Year honor. Hodson was the AVCA's top freshman in the country, following Pac-12 Freshman of the Year nods. USC's Haley garnered national and Conference recognitions, earning the Coach of the Year honors at both the national and league level. Stanford's Madi Bugg was the Pac-12 Setter of the Year for the third-straight year and UCLA's Taylor Formico was the Libero of the Year. 2015 PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM PLAYER, SCHOOL POS. HT. HOMETOWN Alyse Ford, USC OH 5-10 Laguna Beach, Calif. Hayley Hodson, STAN OH 6-3 Newport Beach, Calif. Baylee Johnson, USC S 6-0 Dayton, Ohio Zana Muno, UCLA S 5-10 Hermosa Beach, Calif. Tyler Spriggs, ARIZ OH 6-1 Los Angeles, Calif. Linsdey Vander Weide, ORE OH 6-3 Turlock, Calif. McKenna Woodford, WSU OH 6-4 Chandler, Ariz. Honorable Mention: Naghede Abu, COLO; Kayla Ellis, OSU; Destiny Julye, WASH; Halland McKenna, STAN; Berkeley Oblad, UTAH. PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Samantha Brico, USC PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Hayley Hodson, Stanford PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Mike Haley, USC PAC-12 SETTER OF THE YEAR: Madi Bugg, Stanford PAC-12 LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Taylor Formico, UCLA PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Jordan Burgess, Stanford 2015 PAC-12 CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS