The Pac-12 revealed the 2023 Women's Volleyball All-Conference Team today, as voted on by the league's 12 head coaches.
Defending champion and 2023 preseason favorite Stanford leads the way with six selections. Three of those honorees are returning Pac-12 individual award winners from last year with reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year
Kendall Kipp
, Setter of the Year
Kami Miner
and Libero of the Year
Elena Oglivie
all back to help the Cardinal try to repeat as Pac-12 Champions in 2023 and make a run at a national championship. Three-time All-Pac-12 performer
Caitie Baird
, 2022 All-Pac-12 freshman standout
Elia Rubin
and 2021 All-Freshman Team honoree
Sami Francis
were also voted preseason all-conference for the upcoming campaign.
Washington State, which garnered its highest preseason coaches poll ranking since 1996, saw three Cougars appear on the list. Three-time AVCA All-American
Magda Jehlarova
is back for a fifth year and will team up with three-time All-Pac-12 selection
Pia Timmer
to lead WSU in 2023. Arizona State transfer
Iman Isanovic
, an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection last season, is a welcome addition to a Cougar squad that is poised for a strong year.
Oregon and USC collected two selections apiece, while Arizona State and UCLA each had one earn the nod.
2022 AVCA National Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
Mimi Colyer
will be a force for the Ducks this fall, while three-time All-Pac-12 setter
Hannah Pukis
is coming off an outstanding first season in Eugene after transferring in prior to last season.
USC's
Skylar Fields
, a former transfer from Texas, returns for the Trojans after leading the Pac-12 in kills, attacks and kills average a year ago en route to AVCA All-American First Team honors. Junior
Mia Tuaniga
, a 2022 All-Pac-12 honoree and a 2021 All-Freshman Team selection, also earned a preseason team nod for the Trojans.
Arizona State's
Marta Levinska
, an all-conference honorable selection last year, and UCLA's
Anna Dodson
, a two-time All-Pac-12 honoree, round out the 15-member preseason team for 2023.
The regular season begins on Friday, Aug. 25, with all 12 Conference teams in action. The league's teams will be featured 97 times this season across Pac-12 Networks and
Pac-12 Insider
, which is available on
Pac-12.com
and the Pac-12 Now app, as well as eight partner platforms, including
Local Now,
Redbox
,
Samsung TV Plus
,
Sling
,
Sportstribal
,
The Roku Channel
,
Vizio
and
Xumo
.
2023 PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12 WOMENS VOLLEYBALL TEAM (ALPHABETICAL)
Player
|
Position
|
Height
|
Hometown
|
Caitie Baird, Stanford
|
OH
|
6-3
|
Indianapolis, Ind.
|
Mimi Colyer, Oregon
|
OH
|
6-3
|
Lincoln, Calif.
|
Anna Dodson, UCLA
|
MB
|
6-5
|
Fort Collins, Colo.
|
Skylar Fields, USC
|
OH/OPP
|
6-2
|
Missouri City, Texas
|
Sami Francis, Stanford
|
MB
|
6-6
|
San Diego, Calif.
|
Iman Isanovic, Washington State
|
OH
|
6-1
|
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Magda Jehlarova, Washington State
|
MB
|
6-3
|
Prerov, Czech Republic
|
Kendall Kipp, Stanford
|
OPP
|
6-5
|
Newport Beach, Calif.
|
Marta Levinska, Arizona State
|
OPP
|
6-0
|
Riga, Latvia
|
Kami Miner, Stanford
|
S
|
6-0
|
Redondo Beach, Calif.
|
Elena Oglivie, Stanford
|
L
|
5-10
|
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
Hannah Pukis, Oregon
|
S
|
5-11
|
Tacoma, Wash.
|
Elia Rubin, Stanford
|
OH
|
6-1
|
Brentwood, Calif.
|
Pia Timmer, Washington State
|
OH
|
6-2
|
Emlichheim, Germany
|
Mia Tuaniga, USC
|
S
|
5-9
|
Long Beach, Calif.
|
*15-member preseason team due to a tie