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Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Weekly Awards - Oct. 23, 2023

Oct 23, 2023

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Skylar Fields, Sr., OH, USC (Missouri City, Texas)                
» 4.40 KPS (44 total), .241 PCT, 4.8 PPS, 26 digs, 6 blocks

  • Led USC to a 2-0 weekend at home with wins over No. 4 Washington State and Washington.
  • Recorded 4.40 kills per set, 2.60 digs per set and 4.8 points per set to go along with six blocks across the two matches.
  • Tallied 21 kills and 23 kills against WSU and UW, her 48th and 49th matches in double-digit kills as a Trojan, while she added 15 digs and 11 digs in the respective matches for her 14th and 15th-career double-doubles.
  • Led USC in points in both matches (21.5 and 26.0) and needs five kills to reach the 1,000-kill mark as a Trojan and 80 to reach 2,000 in her career.
  • Second Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season and sixth of her career (Oct. 3, 2022; Oct. 10, 2022; Oct. 17, 2022; Nov. 28, 2022; Sept. 11, 2023).
  • USC's 29th offensive honor all-time moving the Trojans into second-most in the conference.

ALSO NOMINATED: Lexi Hadrych, COLO; Magda Jehlarova, WSU; Maggie Li, CAL; Kara McGhee, ORE; Emrie Satuala, UTAH; Audrey Pak, UCLA; Elia Rubin, STAN.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kendall Kipp, 5th, RS, Stanford (Newport Beach, Calif.)        
» 1.80 BPS (13 total), 13 digs, 4.57 KPS, .365 PCT, 5.8 PPS 

  • Was key to Stanford's 2-0 road weekend with wins at Oregon State and No. 8 Oregon, improving to 11-0 on the road this season and extending the Cardinal's conference winning streak to 28 straight.
  • Tallied 13 total blocks and 13 digs to go along with 32 kills and 40.5 points across the two matches.
  • In the sweep at Oregon State, matched her career-high with eight blocks, including two solo, while recording five digs and a match-high 15 digs on .500 hitting as the Cardinal improved to 74-0 all-time against the Beavers.
  • Helped Stanford end a three-match losing skid to Oregon, recording eight digs and five blocks along with a match-high 17 kills and an ace.
  • Kipp's first career Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honor and fifth weekly award of her career (Four-time Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week - Sept. 12, 2022; Nov. 7, 2022; Sept. 4, 2023; Oct. 2, 2023).
  • Stanford's league-leading 35th all-time defensive weekly award. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Tyrah Ariail, USC; Tara DeSa, CAL; Skyy Howard, COLO; Magda Jehlarova, WSU; Hannah Pukis, ORE; Vanessa Ramirez, UTAH.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: London Wijay, Fr., OH, USC (Porter Ranch, Calif.)               
» 2.33 KPS (21 total), 1.89 DPS (17 total), 2.7 PPS, 3 Aces

  • After missing the previous six matches, returned to the lineup to help the Trojans upset No. 4 Washington State and beat Washington at home.
  • Collected 21 kills, 17 digs, 24.0 points and three service aces in the two victories.
  • In the win over the top-five ranked Cougars, tallied 12 kills and nine digs and followed with nine kills, eight digs and two aces in the win over Washington.
  • First Trojan to earn the freshman honor three times in the same season since Raquel Lazaro was a four-time award winner in 2018.
  • USC's 24th freshman honor overall.

ALSO NOMINATED: Maggie Li, CAL; 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
Oct. 9 Caitie Baird, STAN Elena Oglivie, STAN Kierstyn Barton, WASH
Oct. 16 Mychael Vernon, OSU Ryan White, OSU Kierstyn Barton, WASH
Oct. 23 Skylar Fields, USC Kendall Kipp, STAN London Wijay, USC