Pac-12 2022

[vballfan17]

Taking a stab at Mid-season All-Conference selections.  (NOTE: This is as of this point, but injuries can change these.)

Player of the Year:	Kendall Kipp	Stanford
Setter of the Year:	Ella May Powell	Washington
Libero of the Year:	Gala Trubint	USC
Freshman of the Year:	Mimi Colyer	Oregon
Coach of the Year:	Jesse Mahoney	Colorado

*For POY, Fields & Nuneviller are all very close too. I could see any of the 3 winning it at this point. For LOY, Trubint & Oglivie are my leaders right now and I keep going back & forth.  I think Stanford gets at least 1 award, so if Fields takes POY, I'd go with Oglivie for LOY. I went with Mahoney for COY since it seems they are overperforming so far.

1st Team (18)

Meegan Hart	MB	Colorado
Maya Tabron	OH	Colorado
Brooke Nuneviller	OH	Oregon
Hannah Pukis	S	Oregon
Mimi Colyer	OH	Oregon
Kendall Kipp	OPP	Stanford
Elena Oglivie	L	Stanford
Kami Miner	S	Stanford
Sami Francis	MB	Stanford
Skylar Fields	OH	USC
Mia Tuaniga	S	USC
Gala Trubint	L	USC
Madelyn Robinson	OH	Utah
Claire Hoffman	OH	Washington
Ella May Powell	S	Washington
Marin Grote	MB	Washington
Magda Jehlarova	MB	Washington State
Pia Timmer	OH	Washington State

Honorable Mention (15)

Iman Isanovic	OH	Arizona State
Lydia Grote	OH	Cal
Taylor Simpson	S	Colorado
Georgia Murphy	L	Oregon
Kiari Robey	MB	Oregon
Gloria Mutiri	OPP	Oregon
Caitie Baird	OH	Stanford
Elia Rubin	OH	Stanford
elan McCall	OH	UCLA
Matti McKissock	S	UCLA
Emilia Weske	OPP	USC
Vanessa Ramirez	L	Utah
Emoni Bush	OH/OPP	Washington
Argentina Ung	S	Washington State
Laura Jansen	OH	Washington State

Just missed: Hiapo, Levinska, Hadrych, Kuehl, Vernon, Vicini, Alupei, Cole, Luper (will get added in soon with more matches played), Bays, Ryan

*If Pukis doesn't come back, she'll drop down/off and I could see Luper taking her place on 1st-team if she stays healthy.

All-Freshman Team (7)

Mikayla Hayden	Cal
Mimi Colyer	Oregon
Elia Rubin	Stanford
Grayce Olson	UCLA
Jordan Wilson	USC
Gala Trubint	USC
Ashley West	Utah

[slxpress]

I’m not clear on what Pukis’s injury is.

Is there any kind of timetable for her return? Or is it completely up in the air?

Also, Fields is winning that POY award. She’s just getting cooking. I do like Kipp as the better all around player when including serving and defense, but she can’t hold a candle to Fields on the pin or in the back row, and that’s not a knock on Kipp. I also think Fields is a better blocker, although I don’t know the stats, which I do think are important. While I’ve watched some of both teams, I’ve missed too many matches by both teams to even have an eye test opinion on effective touches at the net which aren’t being counted as blocks.

Then you have Nuneviller who is obviously next level as an all around player.

In the preseason I thought Fields might have a chance at national player of the year, but next year is a better opportunity for that if USC can get a little better.

[Sbilo]

I think these awards are very much based on the final standings of each team at the end of the season.

If Stanford wins the conference, hard to imagine they will only get one award.

Same can be said for USC/Washington/Oregon.

[BumpSetKill]

Oct 18, 2022 11:20:59 GMT -5 Sbilo said:

I think these awards are very much based on the final standings of each team at the end of the season.

If Stanford wins the conference, hard to imagine they will only get one award.

Same can be said for USC/Washington/Oregon.

They aren't getting one award with that projection.  Stanford is getting 6 awards (not including HM).

[alwayslearning]

I would hope Claire Hoffman is at least in the conversation for POY. There is still a lot of volleyball to be played.

[mikegarrison]

Oct 18, 2022 11:20:59 GMT -5 Sbilo said:

I think these awards are very much based on the final standings of each team at the end of the season.

If Stanford wins the conference, hard to imagine they will only get one award.

Same can be said for USC/Washington/Oregon.

Well, given that there have been years when Washington won the conference and didn't get *any* of the individual awards.....

[mikegarrison]

Just last year:

Nov 27, 2021 0:55:31 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

Conference Finish

Washington: First
UCLA: Second
Utah: Third
WSU and Oregon and Stanford: Fourth
USC: Seventh
Arizona: Eighth
ASU: Ninth
Colorado: Tenth
OSU: Eleventh
Cal: Twelfth

===================================

POY: Mac May (UCLA)
FOY: Kami Miner (Stanford)
SOY: Ella May Powell (Washington)
LOY: Zoe Fleck (UCLA)
COY: Jen Greeny and Michael Sealy (WSU and UCLA)

Oh look, Washington won, and they had 1 person on the individual honors list.

[oldnewbie]

Oct 18, 2022 12:23:52 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

Just last year:

Nov 27, 2021 0:55:31 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

Conference Finish

Washington: First
UCLA: Second
Utah: Third
WSU and Oregon and Stanford: Fourth
USC: Seventh
Arizona: Eighth
ASU: Ninth
Colorado: Tenth
OSU: Eleventh
Cal: Twelfth

===================================

POY: Mac May (UCLA)
FOY: Kami Miner (Stanford)
SOY: Ella May Powell (Washington)
LOY: Zoe Fleck (UCLA)
COY: Jen Greeny and Michael Sealy (WSU and UCLA)

Oh look, Washington won, and they had 1 person on the individual honors list.

UCLA had 3 of 5? I'll bet they are really good this year!

[mikegarrison]

2016:

Nov 26, 2016 4:48:46 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

Conference Finish

Washington: First
Stanford and UCLA: Second
Oregon: Fourth
WSU and Utah: Fifth
Arizona and USC: Seventh
Colorado: Ninth
ASU and OSU: Tenth
Cal: Twelfth

===================================

POY: Courtney Schwan (Washington)
FOY: Kathryn Plummer (Stanford)
SOY: Penina Snuka (Arizona)
LOY: Taylor Formico (UCLA)
COY: Jen Greeny (Washington State)

Oh look, Washington won and they had 1 person on the individual honors list.

[mikegarrison]

2015:

Nov 29, 2015 4:22:43 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

Conference Finish

USC and Washington: First
Stanford: Third
UCLA: Fourth
Colorado: Fifth
Oregon: Sixth
Arizona: Seventh
ASU: Eighth
WSU: Ninth
OSU and Utah: Tenth
Cal: Twelfth

===================================

POY: Samantha Bricio (USC)
FOY: Hayley Hodson (Stanford)
SOY: Madi Bugg (Stanford)
LOY: Taylor Formico (UCLA)
COY: Mick Haley (USC)

Oh look, Washington won (tied with USC, both teams went 18-2) and they had ZERO (0!) names on the individual honors list.

[mikegarrison]

So don't be coming in here whining that if Stanford wins then they automatically deserve a bunch of winners on the individual honors list.

[tomclen]

I always like it when UW wins the conference, but Stanford gets a better seed.

[huskyvolley]

I am pretty confident POY is Fields to lose at this point. The committee seems to like players who singlehandedly carry their teams rather than the top player on a balanced team.

[mikegarrison]

Oct 18, 2022 12:33:59 GMT -5 huskyvolley said:

I am pretty confident POY is Fields to lose at this point. The committee seems to like players who singlehandedly carry their teams rather than the top player on a balanced team.

There is no "committee".

These awards are given by a vote of the coaches.

Coaches give a ranked vote for players on the all-conference team (can't vote for their own team). The highest point total player is named POY (no separate vote for that).

They do the same for freshmen, and the highest point total player in that vote gets FOY.

There are separate votes for LOY, SOY, and COY.

[geddyleeridesagain]

Oh, hey, I'm looking for the Washington pity party - am I in the right place?