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Post by roy on Nov 21, 2006 22:48:17 GMT -5
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Post by roy on Nov 21, 2006 22:49:37 GMT -5
All-Conference
First Team Alice Borden New Mexico State MH Sr. Jackie Choi New Mexico State S Sr. Erin Curtis Idaho MB Sr. Cameron Flunder Boise State MB Sr. Kari Gregory Hawai‘i M Jr. Jamie Houston Hawai‘i LS So. Kanoe Kamanao Hawai‘i S Sr. Sarah Mason Hawai‘i LS Sr. Kim Oguh New Mexico State OH Jr. Juliana Sanders Hawai‘i M Jr. Jessie Shull San Jose State L Sr. Amber Simpson New Mexico State MH So.
Second Team Saxony Brown Idaho S Sr. Colleen Burke San Jose State MB So. Niki Clement San Jose State OH So. Teal Ericson Nevada OH Jr. Tristin Johnson Nevada S Sr. Haley Larsen Idaho OH So. Amanda Nielson Utah State OH/OPP Jr. Shannon Phillips Louisiana Tech OH Jr. Karly Sipherd Nevada MB Jr. Stacy Sode Idaho DS Sr. Jackie Stroud Boise State L Sr. Krystal Torres New Mexico State L/DS So.
All-Freshman Lacey Gera Fresno State OH Jayme Lee Hawai‘i L Debbie Pederson Idaho MB Melissa Larson Utah State MB Jorgan Staker Nevada RS Amber Kaufman Hawai‘i RS
WAC Player of the Year: Kanoe Kamana`o, Hawai‘i WAC Coach of the Year: Mike Jordan, New Mexico State WAC Freshman of the Year: Lacey Gera, Fresno State
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Post by roy on Nov 21, 2006 23:03:59 GMT -5
Sorry, but I was too lazy to put a table together. No huge surprises. A bit odd to see 3 liberos on the All WAC second team, but all good choices. Obviously Hawaii and NMSU were going to dominate the all WAC selections. Jordan is a great choice for COY. All teams except Frenso State has someone on the first or second team. Fresno State has the FOY, so that is something.
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Post by thewacster on Nov 21, 2006 23:10:04 GMT -5
t4p. Congrats to Kanoe and the rest of the girls.
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Post by Aikea on Nov 22, 2006 1:03:59 GMT -5
Congrats to everyone.
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Post by italianmattd on Nov 22, 2006 3:59:13 GMT -5
wow... no hawaii on 2nd team??
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Post by italianmattd on Nov 22, 2006 4:00:07 GMT -5
then again.... who else is left on Hawaii's team.
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Post by aaronic on Nov 22, 2006 4:08:41 GMT -5
Congratulations to Kanoe she beat out Choi! I think it might have been due to winning the WAC reg. season.
Jordan as COY? I would have to disagree, I 100% think that Shoji should have gotten it; he did an incredible job this season.
Suprised to not see Lee on there- besides Frosh team. And congratulations to Kaufman, for only playing half of the WAC season.
I thought i'd see Nielson, Hayes, and Johnson on the First team.... suprised with Gregory as a first team thought i'd see her as a second... other than that everything looks about right.
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Post by roy on Nov 22, 2006 4:18:40 GMT -5
Congratulations to Kanoe she beat out Choi! I think it might have been due to winning the WAC reg. season. Jordan as COY? I would have to disagree, I 100% think that Shoji should have gotten it; he did an incredible job this season. Suprised to not see Lee on there- besides Frosh team. And congratulations to Kaufman, for only playing half of the WAC season. I thought i'd see Nielson, Hayes, and Johnson on the First team.... suprised with Gregory as a first team thought i'd see her as a second... other than that everything looks about right. Jordan was the heavy favorite for COY. I think had Hawaii run the table in the WAC, Shoji might have gotten COY. But Jordan's team stopped Hawaii's win streak so credit has to be given for that. I don't think Choi was the front runner for NMSU. I would have guessed Borden would have been the top choice. Choi wasn't going to beat out Kamanao, but arguments could have been made for Borden. The only problem is that there really isn't one star from NMSU. They all play their part and the offense gets spread really well. Choi is a great setter, but based on stats, Kamanao has her team hitting for a higher percent, has more assists per game, top 10 in aces per game, and just fell out of the top 10 for blocks. Choi sets her offense well, but based on the stats, Kamanao had the heavy advantage.
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Post by aaronic on Nov 22, 2006 4:34:06 GMT -5
Congratulations to Kanoe she beat out Choi! I think it might have been due to winning the WAC reg. season. Jordan as COY? I would have to disagree, I 100% think that Shoji should have gotten it; he did an incredible job this season. Suprised to not see Lee on there- besides Frosh team. And congratulations to Kaufman, for only playing half of the WAC season. I thought i'd see Nielson, Hayes, and Johnson on the First team.... suprised with Gregory as a first team thought i'd see her as a second... other than that everything looks about right. Jordan was the heavy favorite for COY. I think had Hawaii run the table in the WAC, Shoji might have gotten COY. But Jordan's team stopped Hawaii's win streak so credit has to be given for that. I don't think Choi was the front runner for NMSU. I would have guessed Borden would have been the top choice. Choi wasn't going to beat out Kamanao, but arguments could have been made for Borden. The only problem is that there really isn't one star from NMSU. They all play their part and the offense gets spread really well. Choi is a great setter, but based on stats, Kamanao has her team hitting for a higher percent, has more assists per game, top 10 in aces per game, and just fell out of the top 10 for blocks. Choi sets her offense well, but based on the stats, Kamanao had the heavy advantage. Choi is NMSU's whole offense which finished in second place. She is the founder of NMSU's hitting pct.- which I believe was rated top in the WAC. NMSU finished second in the WAC after Hawaii- I think that was where KK edged her out. However at the same time, a Hawaii player has always won the award for at least the past decade. KK is legit and I'm not sure if the WAC pollsters would have overlooked that....but anyway my point is that Choi was justified as KK's main competition for the award. As for Jordan, yes he did beat Hawaii this season ONCE. That's it! He had a great team which had six starters return this season- expected to challenge Hawaii hard(a la 2005); Hawaii on the other hand returned only three(Mason, KK, Sanders; Hittle started over Houston). I don't think there is anyway you can deny Shoji the award this season after the great job he did with all the injuries and such. This team could have lost more than just one match this season.... I can't believe i'm the only one who's seen that. Of course if the Wahine still lost once to the Aggies this season without the whole injury predicament, then Jordan should have received it.
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Post by pope on Nov 22, 2006 5:18:45 GMT -5
Isn't Gregory leading the WAC in bpg? If so, this maybe a reason why she was on the First Team.
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Post by triasfan on Nov 22, 2006 7:28:34 GMT -5
Jordan was the heavy favorite for COY. I think had Hawaii run the table in the WAC, Shoji might have gotten COY. But Jordan's team stopped Hawaii's win streak so credit has to be given for that. I don't think Choi was the front runner for NMSU. I would have guessed Borden would have been the top choice. Choi wasn't going to beat out Kamanao, but arguments could have been made for Borden. The only problem is that there really isn't one star from NMSU. They all play their part and the offense gets spread really well. Choi is a great setter, but based on stats, Kamanao has her team hitting for a higher percent, has more assists per game, top 10 in aces per game, and just fell out of the top 10 for blocks. Choi sets her offense well, but based on the stats, Kamanao had the heavy advantage. Choi is NMSU's whole offense which finished in second place. She is the founder of NMSU's hitting pct.- which I believe was rated top in the WAC. NMSU finished second in the WAC after Hawaii- I think that was where KK edged her out. However at the same time, a Hawaii player has always won the award for at least the past decade. KK is legit and I'm not sure if the WAC pollsters would have overlooked that....but anyway my point is that Choi was justified as KK's main competition for the award. As for Jordan, yes he did beat Hawaii this season ONCE. That's it! He had a great team which had six starters return this season- expected to challenge Hawaii hard(a la 2005); Hawaii on the other hand returned only three(Mason, KK, Sanders; Hittle started over Houston). I don't think there is anyway you can deny Shoji the award this season after the great job he did with all the injuries and such. This team could have lost more than just one match this season.... I can't believe i'm the only one who's seen that. Of course if the Wahine still lost once to the Aggies this season without the whole injury predicament, then Jordan should have received it. I think Jordan deserved coach of the year. Yes he had six starters returning and Hawaii, with all the injuries had just three, but you have to give credit to him for leading his team past Hawaii. Yes it was just one time, but it was the first time in 8 years. Even you have to agree that the win was monumental. I agree with you about Choi however. Borden was not NMSU's player of the year candidate. For all her hitting capabilities, she did not play back row. I'm sorry but in my eyes, in order for an outside hitter to garner player of the year consideration she has to at least play all the way around and Borden doesn't. Choi was NMSU's leading candidate to challenge Kamana'o and the statistics leaned Kanoe's way.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 22, 2006 11:39:23 GMT -5
Shoji deserved WAC COY over Jordan. Shoji had to deal with the loss of 3 starters, including his best All around player in Hittle. Sure NMSU's record looks good but look at their schedule and it's not that impressive. The Aggies broke Hawaii's streak but that had more to do with Hawai'i itself than Jordan.
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Post by StuffU on Nov 22, 2006 11:45:55 GMT -5
I have no problem with Jordan winning COY.
No matter the "reasoning" for Hawaii's loss to NMSU this year, it was still the only loss in conference since 1998. If anything, this one match is reason enough for recognition. The fact that he also got wins over WCC champ, USD, can't be overlooked either.
NMSU's successes only help Hawaii and the conference.
Shoji still has more talent than any other program in the WAC, even after losing three starters to injury. While he has managed to get them through the WAC as regular season champions again, it doesn't hide the fact that Hawaii is still not playing its best volleyball. There have been major improvements from the beginning of the year, but this team rarely plays at a consistent level from game to game, much less match to match. That inconsistency with the level of talent that Hawaii has (in comparison to other WAC teams) shows me that Shoji was the second best coach in the WAC this year.
Jordan did more ..with less talent .. and deserved the award this year.
No worries, Dave will win MANY MANY MANY more to come.
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Post by roy on Nov 22, 2006 12:06:49 GMT -5
I agree with you about Choi however. Borden was not NMSU's player of the year candidate. For all her hitting capabilities, she did not play back row. I'm sorry but in my eyes, in order for an outside hitter to garner player of the year consideration she has to at least play all the way around and Borden doesn't. Choi was NMSU's leading candidate to challenge Kamana'o and the statistics leaned Kanoe's way. Borden plays all the way around. She is #4 on her team in digs per game, tops in kills per game, second in aces (Choi is #1), and is also a primary passer. She isn't the Houston kind of player where you notice her getting kill after kill. But from what I have seen, she is the "work horse" of the team and really gets the team out of trouble when then passing breaks down. As far as Choi, the stats did work against her. She might have been the leading candidate but she wasn't going to beat out Kamanao. I believe WAC honors are based only on WAC statistics and that gives Hawaii the best hitting percent.
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