A HISTORY OPPONENTS REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES/STAFF PREVIEW 2004 REVIEW GENERAL 2005 Washington Volleyball Media Guide 31
2004 SEASON A NOTES GENERAL PREVIEW COACHES/STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY Overall Record: 28-3 Pacific-10 Record: 16-2, conference champions NCAA Tournament: 4-1, national semifinal FINAL FOUR: The Washington volleyball team advanced to its first Final Four where it fell to eventual NCAA Champion Stanford, 3-1, in the national semifinal. Brie Hagerty led Washington with 21 kills and a.367 attack percentage against the Cardinal, while Sanja Tomasevic pounded 20 kills to go with 22 digs and seven blocks. Darla Myhre chipped in a matchhigh 13 blocks, in addition to eight kills. Kaitlin Leck was credited with 11 kills and six blocks for the Huskies, while Courtney Thompson dished out 60 assists in the match. Candace Lee provided the Husky defense a spark with 34 digs. Washington held a 15.5-13 block advantage. UW IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT: The Huskies have made nine appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004) and have an all-time mark of 14-9. UW is 10-1 in postseason matches played in Seattle. Washington s Final Four appearance marked UW s best finish in program history. It s previous best finish included Elite Eight appearance in 1988 and 2003. UW DEFEATS UCLA IN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Before a crowd of 4,532 at Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, the Huskies rallied in the deciding fifth game to defeat UCLA by scores of 27-30, 30-19, 30-28, 24-30, 15-9. After dropping game one, the Huskies looked to be in control when they won games two and three and led 12-3 in game four before UCLA stagged a remarkable comeback. The Bruins went on a 12-3 run to tie the match at 15-15 and then pulled ahead 23-18 before tying the match at two games apiece. In the fifth game, UCLA led 8-6 before the Huskies scored six points behind the powerful arm of Brie Hagerty. Hagerty was named to the Regional All-Tournament team, as were Courtney Thompson and MVP Sanja Tomasevic. Tomasevic led all players with 24 kills, while Hagerty added 23. Thompson had 67 assists and 21 digs on the night. HUSKIES DEFEAT SAINT MARY S IN REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: Washington defeated Saint Mary s in the Regional Semifinal to advance to the Elite Eight for the third time in the program s history and for the second year in a row. The Huskies defeated the Gaels 30-20, 30-20, 30-20 and were led by Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and Pacific Region Freshman of the Year Christal Morrison. Morrison, who was making her first start since tearing her meniscus on Dec. 1, led all players with 19 kills, while hitting.439. Senior Kaitlin Leck and junior Sanja Tomasevic added 15 and 14 kills, respectively. HUSKIES DEFEAT IDAHO/KANSAS IN OPEN- ING ROUNDS: The Huskies defeated Idaho (3-0) and Kansas (3-2) in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16. Sanja Tomasevic led Washington with 5.00 kpg and 5.12 dpg. The Huskies also received strong play from Brie Hagerty (4.62 kpg), Kaitlin Leck (3.38 kpg, 1.88 bpg) and Candace Lee (5.38 dpg). WINNING WAYS: Washington finished the season with a 28-3 record and boasted its second-most wins in school history. UW also won 28 matches in 1977 Washington broke the program s attendace record on Oct. 23 when 5,712 fans packed Bank of America Arena to see the Huskies sweep Stanford 3-0. UW had the highest attendance average in the Pac-10 last season and ranked fifth in the nation with 3,211 fans per game. (28-2) and 1980 (28-12) and was 37-8-2 in 1978. The Huskies.903 winning percentage fell just shy of the 1977 squad that finished the year with a.933 winning percentage. MCLAUGHLIN NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR: Jim McLaughlin was voted Tachikara/ American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year. McLaughlin led Washington to its first-ever Pacific-10 Conference title with a 16-2 record, garnered Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors for the second time in three years and picked up the Region Coach of the Year award. The Huskies opened 2004 with a school-record 22-match win streak, and their only losses headed into the Final Four were fivegame setbacks to Southern California and Stanford. Washington was ranked as the top team in the USA Today/CSTV Top 25 Coaches Poll for a seven-week period and never fell below seventh place in 2004. McLaughlin and the Huskies worked around an injury to returning AVCA All-American Sanja Tomasevic, who missed five weeks of the 2004 season and returned just prior to the NCAA Tournament. McLaughlin boasts a 164-82 career record over eight seasons as a women s head coach, including an 82-39 mark in four years at Washington. UW PLACES THREE ON ALL-AMERICA TEAMS: Three Washington volleyball players received All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Sophomore setter Courtney Thompson was a first team selection, while freshman outside hitter Christal Morrison was named to the second team and junior libero Candace Lee was an honorable mention pick. Thompson becomes Washington's seventh first team All-American after ranking third in the nation with 14.67 assists per game and setting the UW record with 1,643 assists. Morrison is Washington's first-ever freshman to earn All-America honors. She was the Pacific Region Freshman of the Year and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year after ranking second in the conference with 4.21 kills per game and 4.79 points per game. Lee earned honorable mention accolades after leading the Pac-10 and ranking 13th in the nation with 5.95 digs per game. Lee's 666 digs were also a UW record. LEE & THOMPSON EARN ACADEMIC ALL- AMERICA AWARDS: Junior libero Candace Lee and sophomore setter Courtney Thompson were both named to the 2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All- America Women's Volleyball Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Lee and Thompson become Washington's second and third-ever recipients of an Academic All- America award. Paige Benjamin was a 2002 Verizon Academic All-American second team honoree. WASHINGTON WINS FIRST PAC-10 TITLE: With a 3-1 victory over No. 16 UCLA on Nov. 27, Washington won its first-ever Pac-10 Championship. The Huskies won the Pac-10 with a 16-2 mark, edging out second place Stanford who finished one match back with a 15-3 record. With the conference title, Washington received the league s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. UW RANKED NO. 3 IN FINAL AVCA POLL: The Huskies were ranked third in the final USA Today/ CSTV Top 25 poll released on Dec. 22. Washington, who held the No. 1 ranking for seven weeks during the season, received 1,474 points in the poll to fall just behind No. 1 Stanford (1,625 points) and No. 2 Minnesota (1,557 points). UW volleyball is just the sixth Washington program to hold top-billing. Other Husky programs to hold the coveted top ranking include football (last on 11-7-92), softball (last on 5-10-00), men s soccer (last on 9-21-98), women s crew (last on 5-14-03) and men s crew (last on 5-6-02). UW TALLIES BEST PAC-10 RECORD EVER: Washington finished the Pac-10 season with a 16-2 record, marking the most conference wins by UW in a single season. Washington s previous best conference record was 13-5, set in 1988 and again in 1997, when the teams placed second in the Pac-10. In 1988, 32 2005 Washington Volleyball Media Guide
2004 SEASON A NOTES Washington advanced to its first Elite Eight, while the 1997 squad made it to the Sweet 16. HOME SWEET HOME: The Huskies were 12-1 at home in 2004, winning nine of those matches in straight 3-0 sets. Washington lost three games to USC on Nov. 27 in its only home loss of the season and one game to UCLA on Nov. 28 in the Pac-10 finale. Washington dropped two games to Kansas and two games to UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies held a 38-10 game advantage in Bank of America Arena. FOUR EARN ALL-PACIFIC REGION RECOGNI- TION: The Washington volleyball team had four players named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Pacific Region teams, including first team selections Candace Lee, Christal Morrison and Courtney Thompson. Brie Hagerty was named to the honorable mention team. Morrison was also named the Pacific Region Freshman of the Year. THREE HUSKIES RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL- DISTRICT HONORS: The Washington volleyball team placed three players on the Academic All-District VIII University Division Volleyball Team. Junior outside hitter Sanja Tomasevic, junior libero Candace Lee and sophomore setter Courtney Thompson were named to the seven-member first team. Tomasevic, who was a second team Academic All-District selection last year, owns a 3.34 cumulative grade point average in Communications. Lee boasts a 3.78 grade point average in English with a minor in Italian, while Thompson has achieved a 3.63 grade point average in Business. JIM MCLAUGHLIN NAMED PAC-10 COACH OF THE YEAR: Washington head volleyball coach Jim McLaughlin was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second time in three years after guiding the Huskies to their first ever Pac-10 Championship (16-2) and No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament. CHRISTAL MORRISON NAMED PAC-10 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Christal Morrison, an outside hitter from Puyallup, Wash., was named Pac- 10 Freshman of the Year after ranking second in the conference with 4.10 kills per game and 4.67 points per game. She earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors and was named to the Northwest Classic and Green Mill Classic all-tournament teams. Morrison is Washington s first ever Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. FIVE HUSKIES NAMED TO ALL-PAC-10 TEAMS: Five Huskies were named to the All-Pac-10 teams, including first team members Brie Hagerty, Candace Lee, Christal Morrison and Courtney Thompson and honorable mention selection Darla Myhre. The five honorees tie the 2003 season for the most Huskies named to the All-Pac-10 teams. Washington has had 22 players receive all-conference honors since 1989. FIVE PLAYERS NAMED TO PAC-10 ALL- ACADEMIC TEAMS: Five Washington players earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors, including first team selection Candace Lee. Courtney Thompson and Sanja Tomasevic were second team picks and Kaitlin Leck and Danka Danicic were named to the honorable mention team. RECORD ATTENDANCE: The Huskies broke the school s home attendance record twice in 2004. UW first broke the record on Oct. 8 vs. Washington State with 3,673 fans, topping the previous record of 3,203 set last season vs. the Cougars. Washington shattered the record two weeks later, pulling in 5,712 fans vs. Stanford on Oct. 23, marking the fourth-highest attendance figure in Pac-10 history. UW pulled 41,738 fans through its doors in 13 home matches for an average of 3,211 fans per match. Washington had the highest attendance average in the Pacific-10 Conference and ranked fifth in the nation. TOMASEVIC MAKES HER COMEBACK: Junior All-American Sanja Tomasevic made her first start since breaking her hand on Oct. 14 against USC on Nov. 26. Tomasevic led the Huskies with 20 kills and 30 digs against USC. She followed up with 22 kills and 20 digs against UCLA on Nov. 27. She was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for her performances. LEE SETS CAREER & SEASON DIG RECORDS: Junior libero Candace Lee became the all-time digs leader at Washington against Arizona on Nov. 11, picking up 16 digs to surpass Lisa McCammond s 1,237 digs set from 1986-89. She surpassed her own singleseason record on Nov. 27 with her 368th dig vs. USC. Lee finished the season with 666 digs and 1,508 in her career, which ranks fourth on the all-time Pac-10 list. MCLAUGHLIN GETS 300TH CAREER WIN: Head coach Jim McLaughlin tallied his 300th career win as a Division I coach (including stints with both men s and women s teams) with a 3-0 sweep over Arizona State on Nov. 12. His career record as a women s coach is 164-82 (eight seasons) and he is 82-39 at Washington (four seasons). UW SHUTS THEM OUT: Washington tallied 3-0 victories in 19 of 31 matches. Washington held the 89-25 edge in game victories over its opponents in 2004. 3,000-ASSIST CLUB: With 3,233 career assists sophomore setter Courtney Thompson is just the third Husky to join the 3,000-assists club. She ranks third on the UW all-time career list, while her 1,643 assists in 2004 surpassed her own school record of 1,590 assists set in 2003. 1,000-KILL CLUB: With 18 kills against Butler on Sept. 3, Sanja Tomasevic became just the 11th player in Husky history to tally 1,000 career kills. She has 1,318 career kills to rank third on the UW all-time career list. HISTORY OPPONENTS REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES/STAFF PREVIEW Sanja Tomasevic was named the Regional MVP after leading the Huskies with 24 kills in the regional final. Christal Morrison, Courtney Thompson and Kaitlin Leck talk with media members after defeating UCLA in five games to advance to the program s first Final Four. GENERAL 2005 Washington Volleyball Media Guide 33
2004 MATCH A RESULTS GENERAL PREVIEW COACHES/STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY Overall Record: 28-3 Conference Record: 16-2 Home: 12-1 Away: 12-1 Neutral: 5-1 Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Score-by-game Record Record Time Attendance Sept. 3 vs. Butler 1 W, 3-0 30-22, 30-20, 30-20 1-0 0-0 1:25 65 Sept. 4 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1 W, 3-0 30-15, 30-10, 30-21 2-0 0-0 1:15 71 Sept. 4 at Northern Illinois 1 W, 3-0 30-26, 30-16, 30-20 3-0 0-0 1:21 125 Sept. 9 at Wichita State 2 W, 3-0 30-26, 30-21, 30-22 4-0 0-0 1:40 89 Sept. 10 vs. Arkansas 2 W, 3-0 30-20, 30-25, 30-22 5-0 0-0 1:35 67 Sept. 11 vs. Michigan State 2 W, 3-0 30-14, 30-17, 30-27 6-0 0-0 1:22 65 Sept. 18 vs. Montana W, 3-0 30-18, 30-21, 30-16 7-0 0-0 1:15 65 Sept. 24 at No. 10 UCLA* W, 3-1 30-18, 24-30, 30-18, 30-22 8-0 1-0 1:22 876 Sept. 25 at No. 2 USC* W, 3-2 22-30, 30-25, 20-30, 30-26, 18-16 10-0 2-0 2:29 591 Oct. 1 Oregon* W, 3-0 30-19, 30-15, 30-25 11-0 3-0 1:27 1,812 Oct. 2 Oregon State* W, 3-0 30-19, 30-24, 30-22 12-0 4-0 1:26 1,744 Oct. 8 Washington State* W, 3-0 30-15, 30-17, 30-20 13-0 5-0 1:18 3,673 Oct. 15 at Arizona State* W, 3-0 30-26, 30-22, 30-21 14-0 6-0 1:35 541 Oct. 16 at No. 22 Arizona* W, 3-1 30-28, 30-22, 26-30, 30-24 15-0 7-0 2:15 1,047 Oct. 22 No. 13 California* W, 3-0 30-22, 31-29, 30-20 16-0 8-0 1:30 1,922 Oct. 23 No. 11 Stanford* W, 3-0 30-16, 31-29, 30-22 17-0 9-0 1:25 5,712 Oct. 28 at Oregon State* W, 3-2 20-30, 37-39, 30-16, 30-27, 15-10 18-0 10-0 2:34 1,717 Oct. 29 at Oregon* W, 3-0 30-27, 30-19, 30-20 19-0 11-0 1:23 1,020 Nov. 5 at Washington State* W, 3-2 30-11, 30-27, 26-30, 27-30, 15-9 20-0 12-0 2:11 1,011 Nov. 11 No. 21 Arizona* W, 3-0 30-20, 30-27, 30-23 21-0 13-0 1:30 2,039 Nov. 12 Arizona State* W, 3-0 30-28, 30-17, 30-23 22-0 14-0 1:28 2,657 Nov. 18 at No. 9 Stanford* L, 2-3 30-28, 30-11, 27-30, 32-34, 18-20 22-1 14-1 2:30 1,441 Nov. 19 at California* W, 3-1 30-21, 26-30, 30-23, 30-20 23-1 15-1 1:55 755 Nov. 26 No. 6 USC* L, 2-3 28-30, 24-30, 30-25, 30-22, 15-17 23-2 15-2 2:40 5,688 Nov. 27 No. 16 UCLA* W, 3-1 29-31, 30-23, 30-23, 30-24 24-2 16-2 2:02 3,414 Dec. 3 Idaho 3 W, 3-0 30-22, 30-14, 30-19 25-2 16-2 1:24 2,091 Dec. 4 Kansas 3 W, 3-2 34-32, 30-26, 25-30, 26-30, 15-12 26-2 16-2 2:35 2,202 Dec. 10 No. 12 Saint Mary s (CA) 4 W, 3-0 30-20, 30-20, 30-20 27-2 16-2 1:24 4,252 Dec. 11 No. 13 UCLA 4 W, 3-2 27-30, 30-19, 30-28, 24-30, 15-9 28-2 16-2 2:32 4,532 Dec. 16 vs. No. 6 Stanford 5 L, 1-3 25-30, 30-23, 27-30, 24-30 28-3 16-2 2:15 8,339 1 - Northern Illinois Tournament (Dekalb, Ill.); 2 - Witchita State Tournament (Witchita, Kansas); 3 - NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds (Seattle, Wash.); 4 - NCAA Regional (Seattle, Wash.); 5 - NCAA Final Four (Long Beach, Calif.) PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Washington*& 16 2.889 28 3.903 Stanford*&# 15 3.833 30 6.833 USC*& 14 4.778 23 6.793 UCLA* 11 7.611 21 11.656 California* 11 7.611 17 12.586 Arizona* 10 8.556 19 11.633 Oregon State 5 13.278 12 16.429 Arizona State 5 13.278 10 17.373 Washington State 2 16.111 5 26.161 Oregon 1 17.056 10 19.345 * - NCAA Tournament participant & - NCAA Final Four # - NCAA Champion FINAL USA TODAY/CSTV TOP 25 COACHES POLL Total 2004 Previous Rank School (1st place votes) Points Record Week 1. Stanford (65) 1,625 30-6 6 2. Minnesota 1,557 33-5 4 3. Washington 1,474 28-3 5 4. Southern California 1,446 23-6 8 5. Nebraska 1,352 30-2 1 6. Ohio State 1,262 30-4 7 7. Penn State 1,151 29-3 3 8. Hawaii 1,122 30-1 2 9. UCLA 1,115 21-11 13 10. Tennessee 996 32-3 9 11. Texas 950 26-5 10 12. San Diego 868 24-5 11 13. Saint Mary s (CA) 810 25-4 12 14. Wisconsin 749 22-10 22 15. Florida 687 28-5 14 16. Louisville 684 30-3 15 17. Georgia Tech 669 27-7 20 18. California 496 17-12 17 19. Colorado State 458 26-4 16 20. Texas A&M 424 19-9 18 21. UC Santa Barbara 351 24-4 19 22. Arizona 275 19-11 21 23. Kansas State 189 20-11 23 24. Missouri 108 20-9 24-t 25. Florida A&M 91 28-3 24-t Others receiving votes: Purdue 49, Ohio 44, Long Beach State 32, Utah 24, Wichita State 22, Kansas 21, Maryland 7, Notre Dame 5, Pacific 5, Santa Clara 5. Bold indicates 2004 UW opponent. 34 2005 Washington Volleyball Media Guide
2004 STATISTICS/ A PAC-10 LEADERS 2004 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS No. Name GP-MP-MS K K/Game E TA Pct A A/Game SA SA/Game SE TA Pct 21 Sanja Tomasevic 71-21-20 334 4.70 82 845.298 28 0.39 24 0.34 37 341.891 10 Brie Hagerty 99-28-13 416 4.20 129 1003.286 3 0.03 3 0.03 5 25.800 9 Christal Morrison 104-30-26 426 4.10 150 1024.270 6 0.06 19 0.18 62 412.850 5 Kaitlin Leck 78-24-20 273 3.50 97 762.231 9 0.12 17 0.22 34 260.869 11 Darla Myhre 110-31-30 204 1.85 42 479.338 28 0.25 4 0.04 13 152.914 19 Jessica Veris 106-31-29 184 1.74 69 407.283 13 0.12 31 0.29 78 420.814 2 Alesha Deesing 20-13-1 25 1.25 8 55.309 1 0.05 0 0.00 4 6.333 20 Egan Metcalf 15-9-2 17 1.13 6 38.289 1 0.07 0 0.00 1 19.947 3 Courtney Thompson 112-31-31 47 0.42 9 97.392 1643 14.67 26 0.23 7 619.989 15 Danka Danicic 112-31-14 2 0.02 0 3.667 25 0.22 30 0.27 29 456.936 14 Candace Lee 112-31-0 0 0.00 1 1-1.000 33 0.29 15 0.13 21 397.947 9 Ashley Aratani 14-7-0 0 0.00 0 0.000 1 0.07 3 0.21 4 35.886 4 Carolyn Farny 2-2-0 0 0.00 2 2-1.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 3 1.000 Washington 112-31-31 1928 17.21 595 4716.283 1791 15.99 172 1.54 295 3145.906 Opponents 112-31-31 1506 13.45 777 4748.154 1422 12.70 88 0.79 198 2563.923 No. Name G RE TA Pct DIG D/Game BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE POINTS Pts/Game 21 Sanja Tomasevic 71 17 67.746 262 3.69 14 59 73 1.03 2 1 401.5 5.65 10 Brie Hagerty 99 2 2.000 77 0.78 4 47 51 0.52 12 0 446.5 4.51 9 Christal Morrison 104 23 45.489 270 2.60 7 68 75 0.72 2 0 486.0 4.67 5 Kailin Leck 78 2 6.667 130 1.67 0 64 64 0.82 6 1 322.0 4.13 11 Darla Myhre 110 0 0.000 51 0.46 13 153 166 1.51 4 1 297.5 2.70 19 Jessica Veris 106 0 1 1.000 64 0.60 6 79 85 0.80 8 3 260.5 2.46 2 Alesha Deesing 20 0 0.000 1 0.05 1 15 16 0.80 2 0 33.5 1.67 20 Egan Metcalf 15 0 0.000 6 0.40 0 7 7 0.47 2 0 20.5 1.37 3 Courtney Thompson 112 4 6.333 253 2.26 1 32 33 0.29 2 18 90.0 0.80 15 Danka Danicic 112 12 61.787 302 2.70 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 32.0 0.29 4 Carolyn Farny 2 0 0.000 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 14 Candace Lee 112 17 155.890 666 5.95 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 15.0 0.13 8 Ashley Aratani 14 0 0.000 3 0.21 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.21 Team 10 Washington 112 88 2268.961 2085 18.26 46 524 308.0 2.75 40 25 2408.8 21.50 Opponents 112 171 2668.936 1840 16.43 74 466 307.0 2.74 61 63 1901.0 16.97 KEY: GP- games played; MP- matches played; MS- matches started; K- kills, E- errors; TA- total attacks; Pct- hitting percentage; A- assists; SA- service aces; SE- service errors; RE- reception errors; BS- block solo; BA- block assist; TB- total blocks; BE- blocking error; BHE- ball handling error HITTING PERCENTAGE 1. Bibiana Candelas USC.396 2. Emily Adams USC.389 3. Jolene Killough ARIZ.388 4. Camille Leffall CAL.384 5. Ogonna Nnamani STAN.350 6. Darla Myhre WASH.338 7. Kristina Baum ARIZ.316 8. Abby Windell OSU.310 PAC-10 STATISTICAL LEADERS SERVICE ACES 1. Sarah Mason ORE 0.51 2. Sarah Watkins ASU 0.36 3. Becky Green UCLA 0.32 Gabrielle Abernathy CAL 0.32 5. Jennifer Todd WSU 0.31 6. Sydney Donahue ASU 0.30 7. Samantha Cater CAL 0.29 Jessica Veris WASH 0.29 POINTS 1. Oganna Nnamani STAN 6.90 2. Keao Burdine USC 4.90 3. Sarah Mason ORE 4.88 4. Christal Morrison WASH 4.67 5. Jennifer Todd WSU 4.62 6. Brie Hagerty WASH 4.51 7. Kristin Richards STAN 4.30 8. Allison Lawrence OSU 4.23 HISTORY OPPONENTS REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES/STAFF KILLS 1. Ogonna Nnamani STAN 6.19 2. Brie Hagerty WASH 4.20 3. Keao Burdine USC 4.20 4. Christal Morrison WASH 4.10 5. Sarah Mason ORE 4.01 6. Allison Lawrence OSU 3.87 7. Angie Pressey CAL 3.74 8. Kristin Richards STAN 3.68 BLOCKS 1. Nana Meriwether UCLA 1.63 2. Darla Myhre WASH 1.51 3. Liz Suiter STAN 1.49 4. Emily Adams USC 1.37 5. Colette Meek ASU 1.20 6. Camille Leffall CAL 1.19 7. Jennifer Todd WSU 1.17 8. Jolene Killough ARIZ 1.11 PREVIEW ASSISTS 1. Courtney Thompson WASH 14.67 2. Samantha Carter CAL 13.63 3. Stephanie Butkus ARIZ 12.41 4. Bryn Kehoe STAN 12.40 5. Krystal McFarland UCLA 12.39 6. Desma Stovall OSU 11.95 7. Nicole Martin WSU 10.78 8. Heather Madison ORE 10.77 DIGS 1. Candace Lee WASH 5.95 2. Chrissie Zartman UCLA 5.90 3. Debora Seilhamer USC 5.39 4. Katie O Neil ORE 4.65 5. Sydney Donahue ASU 4.36 6. Nine Baltimore OSU 3.82 7. Kristin Richards STAN 3.80 8. Keao Burdine USC 3.53 2005 Washington Volleyball Media Guide 35 GENERAL
HONORS/AWARDS A GENERAL PREVIEW COACHES/STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY AVCA AWARDS AVCA ALL-AMERICAN Courtney Thompson Christal Morrison + Candace Lee * AVCA NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Jim McLaughlin AVCA ALL-PACIFIC REGION Candace Lee Christal Morrison Courtney Thompson Brie Hagerty * AVCA PACIFIC REGION COACH OF THE YEAR Jim McLaughlin AVCA PACIFIC REGION FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Christal Morrison ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA Candace Lee ^ Courtney Thompson ^ ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIII Candace Lee Courtney Thompson Sanja Tomasevic + second team ^ third team * honorable mention Candace Lee was an Academic All-American and an All-America honorable mention honoree. PAC-10 ALL-CONFERENCE PAC-10 AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year: Oganna Nnamani, Stanford Freshman of the Year: Christal Morrison, Washington Coach of the Year: Jim McLaughlin ALL-PAC-10 FIRST TEAM Emily Adams USC MB Phoenix, Ariz. Keao Burdine USC OH La Habra, Calif. Bibiana Candelas USC MB Torreon, Mexico Kim Glass ARIZ OH Lancaster, Pa. Brie Hagerty WASH OH Defiance, Ohio Jolene Killough ARIZ MB Canyon Country, Calif. Candace Lee WASH L Eugene, Ore. Camille Leffall CAL MB Upland, Calif. Christal Morrison WASH OH Puyallup, Wash. Ogonna Nnamani STAN OH Normal, Ill. Angie Pressey CAL OH Heathrow, Fla. Kristin Richards STAN OH Orem, Utah Courtney Thompson WASH S Kent, Wash. Chrissie Zartman UCLA L Hermosa Beach, Calif. UW HONORABLE MENTION Darla Myhre MB Victora, British Columbia ALL-PAC-10 FRESHMAN TEAM Sydney Donahue ARIZ L Manhattan Beach, Calif. Sarah Florian USC OH Toledo, Ohio Franci Girard STAN MB Brooklyn, N.Y. Bryn Kehoe STAN S North Bend, Ohio Collette Meek ASU MB Sherwood Park, Alberta Christal Morrison WASH OH Puyallup, Wash. Angie Pressey CAL OH Heathrow, Fla. PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM Emily Adams USC 3.65 International Relatioms Kristin Bitter ORE 4.10 Undeclared Megan Camp OSU 3.95 Zoology Allison Lawrence OSU 3.62 Philosophy Candace Lee WASH 3.78 English Liz Suiter STAN 3.77 Advertising/Graphic Des. Sarah Watkins ASU 4.00 Secondary Education PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM Allison Billingsley WSU 3.61 Communications Amanda Eggert OSU 3.50 Political Science Leahi Hall STAN 3.50 Anthropology Oganna Nnamani STAN 3.44 Human Biology Katie O Neil ORE 3.59 English Courtney Thompson WASH 3.63 Business Administration Sanja Tomasevic WASH 3.34 Communications UW HONORABLE MENTION Danka Danicic, Kaitlin Leck 36 2005 Washington Volleyball Media Guide