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Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Weekly Awards - Oct. 2, 2023

Oct 2, 2023

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kendall Kipp, 5th, RS, Stanford (Newport Beach, Calif.)         
» 5.83 KPS (35 total), .412 PCT, 7.9 PPS, 13 digs, 10 aces, 5 blocks

  • Led No. 3 Stanford to a pair of sweeps over No. 25 Arizona State and Arizona to stay perfect in Pac-12 play.
  • Averaged 5.83 kills on .412 hitting to go along with 1.67 aces per set (10 total) and 7.9 points per set.
  • Helped hand a previously undefeated Sun Devil squad their first loss of the season, tallying a match-high 15 kills, two aces, three blocks and 11 digs for her second double-double of the season.
  • In the weekend finale, again recorded a match-high in kills with 20 on .425 hitting while collecting a career-high eight aces to tie the school single-match record in the rally-scoring era.
  • Kipp's fourth Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week award of her career and second this season (Sept. 12, 2022; Nov. 7, 2022; Sept. 4, 2023).
  • Stanford's 29th offensive player of the week award, a league record for most all-time.

ALSO NOMINATED: Skylar Fields, USC; Magda Jehlárová, WSU; Marta Levinska, ASU; Maggie Li, California; Kara McGhee, ORE; May Pertofsky, WASH; Maya Tabron, COLO; Viktoria Wahlgren, UTAH.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Magda Jehlárová, 5th, MB, Washington State (Prerov, Czech Republic)      
» 1.57 BPS (11 total), .395 PCT, 4.3 PPS, 22 kills

  • Was key in helping No. 7 Washington State extend its winning streak to 13 with a sweep at Oregon State and a 3-1 top-10 win at No. 6 Oregon.
  • WSU's career leader in total blocks (672) and career attack percentage (.380) finished the weekend with 11 blocks and 22 kills on .395 hitting.
  • In the win over the Beavers, recorded four blocks with 10 kills on .643 hitting, contributing 4.5 points per set.
  • Against the Ducks, had a team-leading seven blocks to go along with 12 kills and 4.1 points per set.
  • Ranked No. 11 in the nation with 1.44 blocks per set and No. 7 in attacking percentage at .447.
  • 10th career Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award and 11th career weekly award overall (also earned Offensive - March 16, 2021 and Freshman - Nov. 4, 2019).
  • Her 11 combined defensive and offensive weekly selections is a new Pac-12 record for most weekly honors all-time, surpassing the 10 by former Washington standout Krista Vansant (2011-14). 
  • Washington State's 16th defensive selection and 45th weekly honor (not including freshman awards). 

ALSO NOMINATED: Lauren Bays, WASH; Geli Cyr, ASU; Tara DeSa, CAL; Skyy Howard, COLO; Kara McGhee, ORE; Elena Oglivie, STAN; Vanessa Ramirez, UTAH; Gala Trubint, USC.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Maggie Li, Fr., OH, California (Beijing, China)            
» 4.44 KPS (40 total), .235 PCT, 2.44 DPS (22 total), 4.8 PPS, 3 Aces

  • Led the Bears to a 3-1 win over Arizona, breaking Cal's 57-match losing streak against Pac-12 opponents, and helped push Cal to five sets against No. 25 Arizona State.
  • Averaged 4.44 points per set, 2.44 digs per set and 4.8 points per set over the two matches.
  • In the win over the Wildcats, recorded a match-high 21 kills on .340 hitting with 13 digs for her seventh double-double of the season.
  • Tallied a team-high 19 kills against the Sun Devils and came up one dig short of a double-double.
  • Ranks second in the Pac-12 with 234 kills.
  • Fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award this season after becoming first Golden Bear to earn a weekly award in three consecutive weeks and first Pac-12 freshman to earn the nod the first three weeks of the season. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Kierstyn Barton, WASH; Kamryn Gibaldo, UTAH; Cayla Payne, COLO.

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
Sept. 11 Skylar Fields, USC Elena Oglivie, STAN Maggie Li, CAL
Sept. 18 Marta Levinska, ASU Magda Jehlárová, WSU London Wijay, USC
Sept. 25 Marta Levinska, ASU Karson Bacon, ORE London Wijay, USC
Oct. 2 Kendall Kipp, STAN Magda Jehlárová, WSU Maggie Li, CAL