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Post by Cruz'n on Dec 1, 2015 22:43:04 GMT -5
It's based off of pac12 play and Formico lead in conference play. The travesty is how Whitingham didn't get an award. Her and Formico were the most consistent by far. Each had 11 Reception Errors in conference play and were 1 and 2 in digs per set. Stickland had 21 reception errors on the year which almost doubles both Formico and Whitingham on reception errors and was number 4 in digs per set. Quite frankly I don't see why she was even in the conversation. Whitingham and Formico were the outright 1 and 2 Liberos. Formico also has the best hands of the group, excellent setter. And she is fastest at running down loose balls, IMO.
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Post by Cruz'n on Dec 1, 2015 22:48:46 GMT -5
Someone who sets 3 rotations will never win SOY over someone who sets 6 rotations, unless there simply are no longer any 5-1 setters, or they are really really bad. I seem to recall Cassidy Lichtman (deservedly) getting All-PAC even though she set the ball in three rotations. You can definitely make all-PAC setting 3 rotations, if you are a top player at OH or OPP or wherever else you are playing. For the record, Cassidy was only setting in two rotations; Karissa was setting in four rotations.
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 2, 2015 3:24:00 GMT -5
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 2, 2015 17:12:01 GMT -5
Burgess was named 2015 Scholar-Athlete.
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 2, 2015 17:47:05 GMT -5
FYI: According to this post, coaches may not vote for players on their own teams in the voting process. I will note that I didn't see that anywhere in the PAC-12 Handbook, but that doesn't mean it's not true. ps. I don't think Jack's explanation of the Strickland/Formico thing is correct. As I posted before, I think it means that Strickland had a few coaches that voted her quite high in the overall All-PAC lists, while Formico apparently had a broader support for her as best libero but few or no coaches who put her high in the general voting.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Dec 2, 2015 21:46:35 GMT -5
There are likely a number of Pac-12 coaches who credit Strickland with being the difference in beating them. She came up big in big matches.
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Post by naujack85 on Dec 3, 2015 0:14:52 GMT -5
There are likely a number of Pac-12 coaches who credit Strickland with being the difference in beating them. She came up big in big matches. And the match in Palo Alto...
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Post by redbeard2008 on Dec 3, 2015 0:44:14 GMT -5
There are likely a number of Pac-12 coaches who credit Strickland with being the difference in beating them. She came up big in big matches. And the match in Palo Alto... I didn't say every big match. She was named DPOW three weeks in a row, however.
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