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Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Weekly Awards - Sept. 4, 2023

Sep 4, 2023

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kendall Kipp, 5th, OPP, Stanford (Newport Beach, Calif.)    
» 5.00 KPG, .324 PCT, 5.8 PPS, 2.17 DPG, 9 blocks

  • The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year led the Cardinal to a split against a pair of top-10 squads, the win coming at defending national champion and seventh-ranked Texas.
  • Tallied 15 kills apiece against No. 8 Florida and No. 7 Texas, averaging 5.00 kills per set on .324 hitting, 1.50 blocks per set and 5.8 points per set across the two matches.
  • In the loss to the eighth-ranked Gators, tallied a team-high 15 kills on .306 hitting with a pair of blocks and three digs.
  • In the Sunday sweep at No. 7 Texas, tallied 15 kills on .343 hitting to go along with a season-high seven blocks and 10 digs for her first double-double of the season. 
  • Kipp's third Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week award of her career (Sept. 12, 2023; Nov. 7, 2023).
  • Stanford's 28th offensive player of the week award, tying Washington for the league record for most all-time.

ALSO NOMINATED: Madi Endsley, WASH; Skyy Howard, COLO; Iman Isanovic, WSU; Lauren Jardine, UTAH; Marta Levinska, ASU; Maggie Li, CAL; Sofia Maldonado diaz, ARIZ; Iman Ndiaye, UCLA; Hannah Pukis, ORE; Mychael Vernon, OSU.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kami Miner, Jr., S, Stanford (Redondo Beach, Calif.)    
» 4.00 DPS, 0.50 BPS, 11.33 APS

  • Led No. 2 Stanford to a 1-1 record against top-10 squads, including the program's first ever sweep over No. 7 Texas in Austin.
  • Averaged a team-high 4.00 digs per set and 0.50 blocks per set while dishing out 11.33 assists per set.
  • In the loss to No. 8 Florida, tallied 10 digs to go along with 33 assists, two kills and an ace.
  • In the road sweep over No. 7 Texas, had a season-high and match-high 14 digs with three blocks, 35 assists and an ace.
  • Miner's sixth career weekly awards (four-time Freshman of the Week winner; Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 24, 2023) and first Defensive Player of the Week nod.
  • Stanford's league-leading 32nd all-time defensive weekly award.  

ALSO NOMINATED: Desiree Becker, UCLA; Skyy Howard, COLO; ; Tara DeSa, CAL; Magda Jehlarova, WSU; Kara McGhee, ORE; May Pertofsky, WASH; Vanessa Ramirez, UTAH; Mary Shroll, ASU; Mychael Vernon, OSU.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Maggie Li, Fr., OH, California (Beijing, China)    
» 4.71 KPS, .329 PCT, 2.00 DPS, 5.5 PPS

  • The Beijing native earns a second straight Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award to start her collegiate career after leading Cal to a pair of wins over the weekend to move to 5-0 on the season.
  • Collected 33 kills on .329 hitting while recording 14 digs, five service aces and 5.5 points per set across the two wins.
  • In a 3-1 win over Portland State, led all players on both teams with 20 kills to go along with nine digs and three service aces.
  • In a sweep at home against Southern Utah, tallied 4.33 kills per set (13 total) on .579 hitting and added five digs, one block and a pair of aces.
  • Only second time in conference history Cal has earned back-to-back freshman of the week nods since award was introduced in 2011 (Christina Higgins Oct. 17, 2011; Lillian Schnewise Oct. 24, 2011).

ALSO NOMINATED: Lily Dwinell, COLO; Kamryn Gibadlo, UTAH; Elise Hani, WASH; Ashley Mullen; UCLA.

2023 PAC-12 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL WEEKLY AWARDS

  Offensive Defensive Freshman
Aug. 28 Mimi Colyer, ORE Karson Bacon, ORE Maggie Li, CAL
Sept. 4 Kendall Kipp, STAN Kami Miner, STAN Maggie Li, CAL