Seven Huskies Earn All-Pac-12 Honors
December 01, 2015 | Volleyball
SEATTLE – Led by All-Conference selections Cassie Strickland and Lianna Sybeldon, a total of seven Dawgs earned recognition today as the conference announced the All-Pac-12 Team, with results based on voting from the Pac-12's head coaches. It's the second time on the 14-player top team for Sybeldon, with Strickland making the cut for the first time.
Along with the two players on the All-Conference Team, four more Dawgs were honorable mention All-Pac-12, including sophomores Crissy Jones, Tia Scambray, and Bailey Tanner, and senior Melanie Wade. It's the first honorable mention honor for the three sophomores, and the second in a row for Wade. Jones and Scambray were All-Freshman Team members last year, and Tanner was an All-Freshman honorable mention.
Sybeldon leads the NCAA with a .475 attack percentage and ranks second in the Pac-12 with 1.41 blocks per set. Her 259 kills are second on the team. The senior won three Pac-12 Player of the Week honors this season and now ranks third in UW history with 525 career blocks.
Strickland makes the All-Pac-12 Team for the first time after being honorable mention a year ago. The senior libero leads the Huskies and ranks fourth in the league with 4.32 digs per set, and she is fifth in the Pac-12 with 0.29 aces per set. Strickland was a three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week this year, and ranks fourth in school history with 1,489 digs, and second with 147 aces.
Jones ranks fourth on the team this season with 211 kills, hitting .280, and averaging just under a block per set with 0.98. Her 2.13 kills per set average is well up from the 1.50 mark she posted as a freshman. Scambray is the team leader in kills and points, with 267 kills and 339.0 points. Her 0.34 aces per set average ranks third in the Pac-12. Scambray raised her production across the board this year, going from 2.32 kills per set last year to 2.70 this season, from 0.28 aces per set to 0.34, from 2.23 digs per set to 2.41 and from 0.55 blocks per set to 0.66.
Tanner expanded her role this season to include some outside hitting, as she led UW in kills in wins over USC and California, with 74 total kills to go with 5.71 assists per set. Wade ranks third in the Pac-12 with 1.31 blocks per set, and seventh in attack percentage at .366. Her 1.75 kills per set average is a big career-best, up from 1.35 last year. Wade ranks seventh in school history with 465 total blocks.
Freshman Destiny Julye also was voted honorable mention on the All-Freshman Team. Julye has played an important reserve role and also started several matches, leading UW in kills at USC and at home vs. Arizona State, averaging 2.08 kills per set.
Washington, seeded fifth in the NCAA tourney, is set to host Denver in the first round of the tournament this Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m.
2015 Pac-12 All-Conference Honors
PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Samantha Bricio, USC
PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Haley Hodson, Stanford
PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Mick 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: Madi Bugg, Stanford
All-Conference
Brittany Abercrombie, USC
Adora Anae, Utah
Jordan Anderson, UCLA
Alexis Austin, Colorado
Samantha Bricio, USC
Madi Bugg, Stanford
Nicole Edelman, Colorado
Haley Hodson, Stanford
Kyra Holt, Washington State
Brittany Howard, Stanford
Merete Lutz, Stanford
Kalei Mau, Arizona
Alicia Ogoms, USC
Lilian Schonewise, California
Penina Snuka, Arizona
Cassie Strickland, Washington
Lianna Sybeldon, Washington
Lindsay Vander Weide, Oregon
Honorable Mention
BreElle Bailey, Arizona State
Amanda Benson, Oregon
Reily Buechler, UCLA
Claire Felix, UCLA
Whitney Folette, Arizona State
Alyse Ford, USC
Taylor Formico, UCLA
Jennie Frager, UCLA
Baylee Johnson, USC
Crissy Jones, Washington
Mary-Kate Marshall, Oregon State
Zana Muno, UCLA
Elise Ruddins, USC
Tia Scambray, Washington
Gabby Simpson, Colorado
Bailey Tanner, Washington
Melanie Wade, Washington
Taylor Whittingham, USC
All-Freshman Team
Haley Hodson, Stanford
Alyse Ford, USC
Baykee Johnson, USC
Zana Muno, UCLA
Tyler Spriggs, Arizona
Lindsay Vander Weide, Oregon
McKenna Woodford, Washington State
Honorable Mention
Naghede Abu, Colorado
Kayla Ellis, Oregon State
Destiny Julye, Washington
Halland McKenna, Stanford
Berkeley Oblad, Utah
