Pac-10 Player of the Year

[hwy101]

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From the Stanford website:

Ogonna Nnamani Named Pac-10 Volleyball Player of the Year
The 2004 USA Olympic team member has collected a Pac-10 record 2,285 kills on a league record 5,164 attack attempts.

Nov. 29, 2004

Walnut Creek, Calif. - Stanford senior outside hitter Ogonna Nnamani has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Volleyball Player of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced Monday.

Nnamani, a four-time All-Pac-10 selection, becomes the ninth Stanford player to be named Pac-10 Player of the Year. Those nine players have combined to win the Pac-10 Player of the Year honor a total of 11 times. She is also the 10th player in Pac-10 history to be named All-Conference four times. Nnamani led Stanford to a second place finish in Pac-10 play at 15-3, and the Cardinal enter NCAA Tournament play with a 24-6 record overall.

Nnamani, a native of Normal, Ill., led the Pac-10 Conference in kills (5.88 kpg) and points (6.55 ppg), while posting the league's sixth best attack percentage (.343) this season. She has posted a Stanford single-season record 658 kills this season. During her career, the 2004 USA Olympic team member has collected a Pac-10 record 2,285 kills on a league record 5,164 attack attempts. She also has tallied double digit kills in 59 consecutive matches.





Sophomore outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, UT) was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection as well. Richards averaged 3.69 kills and a team-leading 3.65 digs per game during the regular season. She recorded a league-best 18 double-doubles in 2004. Teammate Jennifer Hucke (Fallon, NV) was an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection as well. Hucke is averaging 2.72 kills and 2.11 digs while hitting at a .302 clip.

Freshmen Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, OH) and Franci Girard (Brooklyn, NY) were named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team. Kehoe led the team with 12.07 assists per game, adding 2.76 digs per game as well. Girard averaged 1.78 kills and 0.98 blocks per game during the regular season for the Cardinal.

2004 ALL-PAC-10 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM


PLAYER,TEAM
Emily Adams, USC***
Keao Burdine, USC***
Bibiana Candelas, USC**
Kim Glass, ARIZ*** OH
Brie Hagerty, WASH OH
Jolene Killough, ARIZ
Candace Lee, WASH
Camille Leffall, CAL
Christal Morrison, WASH
Ogonna Nnamani, STAN****
Angie Pressey, CAL OH 5-8
Kristin Richards, STAN**
Courtney Thompson, WASH
Chrissie Zartman, UCLA***
** two-time selection
*** three-time selection
**** four-time selection

Honorable Mention: Gabrielle Abernathy, CAL; Samantha Carter, CAL; Becky Green, UCLA; Jennifer Hucke, STAN; Bre Ladd, ARIZ; Allison Lawrence, OSU; Sarah Mason, ORE; Krystal McFarland, UCLA; Nana Meriwether, UCLA; Brynn Murphy, UCLA; Darla Myhre, WASH; Alicia Powers, CAL; Debora Seilhamer, USC; Jennifer Todd, WSU.
2004 PAC-10 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM


PLAYER, TEAM
Sydney Donahue, ASU
Sarah Florian, USC
Franci Girard, STAN
Bryn Kehoe, STAN
Collette Meek, ASU
Christal Morrison,
Angie Pressey, CAL

Honorable Mention: Nina Baltimore, OSU; Diane Copenhagen, USC; Rachel Mittelstaedt, ASU

[Amazon]

Good going Ogonna!! Fashion girl is my favorite Stanford player of all TIME!!



GO BEACH !! 2014 CHAMPS BABY!!

[I Luv Danny R]

Good job Ogonna, I was hopen a USC Player would get it....

[BearClause]

Here's the full Pac-10 release:

www.pac-10.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112904aaj.html

As expected, Washington's Christal Morrison was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, and Jim McLaughlin was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Congrats to those two.

[bigfan]

[quote author=BearClause link=board=general&thread=1101764792&start=3#0 date=1101766060]Here's the full Pac-10 release:

www.pac-10.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112904aaj.html

As expected, Washington's Christal Morrison was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, and Jim McLaughlin was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Congrats to those two.[/quote]Morrison would not have been a stretch to be POY

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bigfan said:

Morrison would not have been a stretch to be POY

I don't think she had the numbers. A healthy Sanja Tomasevic did have the stats to contend.

[beachman]

Healthy or not, I can't believe that Tomasevic didn't make this team! I hope that she remembers this throughout the playoffs. I predict that they will win their regional!

[brybry]

Beachman said:

Healthy or not, I can't believe that Tomasevic didn't make this team! I hope that she remembers this throughout the playoffs. I predict that they will win their regional!

I don't think she thinks much of it. She missed half the season or something. Probably didn't have the numbers to even qualify. Her mind is only on getting UW to the Final Four. Good luck to the Huskies.

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brybry said:

I don't think she thinks much of it. She missed half the season or something. Probably didn't have the numbers to even qualify. Her mind is only on getting UW to the Final Four. Good luck to the Huskies.

She played in 51 of UW's 92 games (55.4%). I'm sure she didn't meet the requirements. Had she not broken her hand, I think she might have been the favorite for Pac-10 POY. She was at 4.46 kills/game, .309 hitting, and 3.31 digs/game. Those were better stats than April Ross (who got Pac-10 POY) last season. I think being the best player on the #1 team in the country might be worth some serious consideration for Pac-10 POY. Alas, we'll never know.

[bigfan]

[quote author=BearClause link=board=general&thread=1101764792&start=8#0 date=1101778219]
She played in 51 of UW's 92 games (55.4%). I'm sure she didn't meet the requirements. Had she not broken her hand, I think she might have been the favorite for Pac-10 POY. She was at 4.46 kills/game, .309 hitting, and 3.31 digs/game. Those were better stats than April Ross (who got Pac-10 POY) last season. I think being the best player on the #1 team in the country might be worth some serious consideration for Pac-10 POY. Alas, we'll never know.[/quote]FF MVP will make up for anything

[dishdaball]

"Healthy or not, I can't believe that Tomasevic didn't make this team! I hope that she remembers this throughout the playoffs. I predict that they will win their regional!" -
I couldn't agree more. Washington would not be where they are without her. She was key and even though she got hurt the momentum had started and been established.
Ironic though because Morrison got FOY for the exact reasons that Tomasevic was left off.................

[cbrown1709]

I know its not Pac-10 but didn't B Jenkins from Florida get on the first team AA and didn't she only play like 1/4 of the season?

[Cubicle No More ...]

I didn't realize that Glass had played enuff games to qualify for all-conference consideration. And even then, I didn't realize she impressed enuff. Weren't her stats, particularly her hitting %, sub-par for a good stretch after she returned from injury?

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Cubicle said:

I didn't realize that Glass had played enuff games to qualify for all-conference consideration. And even then, I didn't realize she impressed enuff. Weren't her stats, particularly her hitting %, sub-par for a good stretch after she returned from injury?

First of all, she played in 52 of Arizona's 54 conference games, which is also 52 of Arizona's 95 total games. So all of her playing time this season is in conference, and she barely missed any of the conference season. 4.81 kills/game, hitting .214, with 2.93 digs/game. Not terribly impressive, but similar to other players on the All Pac-10 team. I would have liked to see Jillian Davis on the All Pac-10 team (perhaps over Angie Pressey) but I guess she didn't play enough conference games to qualify.

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Oh - I would have been totally peeved if Camille Leffall was left off the All Pac-10 teams. I thought she should have gotten the honor last season.