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2016 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Athletics Communications • Arrillaga Family Sports Center • 641 Campus Drive • Stanford, CA • 94305 • GoStanford.com Women’s Volleyball Contact • Regina Verlengiere • o. 650.723.0996 • c. 805.478.4198 • [email protected] Facebook.com/StanfordWVB • Twitter: @StanfordWVB • Instagram: @stanfordwvb 2016 Schedule Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge Up Next Overall Record: 1-1 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 Stanford moved up to No. 9 in the AVCA poll Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/26 San Diego Stanford, Calif. L, 3-2 THIS WEEK: The ninth-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team (1- 8/28 #3 Minnesota Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# 1) travels to Boulder, Colorado this week for the Big Ten/Pac-12 Chal- 9/3 #17 Illinois Boulder, Colo. 2 p.m. 9/4 #13 Penn State Boulder, Colo. 2 p.m.# lenge. The Cardinal faces No. 17 Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 3 and No. 13 9/9 Purdue Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# Penn State on Sunday, Sept. 4. Both matches are slated for 2 p.m. PT. 9/11 Cal Poly Stanford, Calif. 1 p.m. 9/16 Saint Mary’s Moraga, Calif. 7 p.m. Live stats for the matches can be found on 9/17 Pacific Stockton, Calif. 7 p.m. CATCH THE CARDINAL: 9/20 California* Berkeley, Calif. 7 p.m.# the women’s volleyball schedule page on GoStanford.com. Saturday’s 9/23 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 7 p.m.# match will be live streamed for free (link also available on the schedule 9/28 Washington* Seattle, Wash. 7 p.m.# page), while Sunday’s match will be televised on Pac-12 Network and 9/30 Washington State* Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m.# 10/7 Colorado* Stanford, Calif. 6 p.m.# Pac-12 Bay Area. 10/9 Utah* Stanford, Calif. 1 p.m. 10/14 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# SOCIAL MEDIA: 10/15 Arizona State* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. Facebook.com/StanfordWVB 10/21 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. 8 p.m.# 10/23 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. 2 p.m.$ Twitter: @StanfordWVB 10/26 Washington* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# Instagram: @stanfordwvb 10/28 Washington State* Stanford, Calif. 6 p.m.# Snapchat: StanfordWVB 11/4 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. 5 p.m.# 11/5 Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 6 p.m. 11/10 USC* Stanford, Calif. 7:30 p.m.$ AJANAKU BACK FOR FIFTH YEAR: Stanford played the 2015 campaign 11/12 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. without senior middle blocker Inky Ajanaku, the 2014 Volleyball Maga- 11/18 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. TBD# zine National Player of the Year, who sat out with an ACL injury. She en- 11/20 Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 11 a.m.# 11/23 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. TBD# tered her final season ranked second in program history in career hit- 11/25 California* Stanford, Calif. TBD# ting percentage and ninth in total blocks. She has also eclipsed 1,000 12/2-3 NCAA First & Second Rounds career kills. 12/9-10 NCAA Regionals 12/15 & 12/17 NCAA Final Four 2016 Stanford Volleyball Roster No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) *Pac-12 conference match 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 FR Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 2 Kathryn Plummer OPP/S 6-6 FR Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) #Pac-12 Networks | $ESPNU 3 Hayley Hodson OH 6-3 SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) 4 Kelsey Humphreys S 6-0 SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 6 Tami Alade MB 6-2 SO Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (Old Scona Academic) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 7 Ivana Vanjak OH 6-4 RS JR Bad Soden, Germany (Albert-Einstein-Schule) 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 FR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) BY THE NUMBERS 9 Morgan Hentz L/DS 5-9 FR Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) 10 Payton Chang S/DS 5-10 SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) NCAA Championships ............................................................6 12 Inky Ajanaku MB 6-3 RS SR Tulsa, Okla. (Bishop Kelley) 14 Halland McKenna DS 5-7 SO Laguna Beach, Calif. (Sage Hill School) Final Four Appearances .......................................................19 17 Merete Lutz MB/OPP 6-8 RS JR Houston, Texas (Mirabeau B. Lamar) National Championship Matches .......................................14 19 Alexis Froistad MB 6-2 SO Aromas, Calif. (Salinas) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................109 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 FR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................35 24 Audriana Fitzmorris MB 6-6 FR Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) Conference Championships ................................................19 25 Courtney Bowen MB 6-4 RS FR Brooklyn, N.Y. (The Chapin School) 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................17 Head Coach: John Dunning, 16th season (San Diego State ‘73) National Players of the Year ................................................15 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 28th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ..............................................................85 Assistant Coach: Cassidy Lichtman, 1st season (Stanford ‘11) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................17 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tyler Taylor, 2nd season (Arizona ‘10) All-Conference Selections .................................................115 Pronunciation Guide: Inky Ajanaku (uh-JOHN-uh-koo) Tami Alade (uh-LAD-aye) CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................18 Courtney Bowen (BOW-in) Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Alexis Froistad (FROY-stad) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................7 Hayley Hodson (HOD-son... rhymes with Rod) Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Cassidy Lichtman (LICKT-man) Merete Lutz (muh-RET-uh LUT-z) Halland McKenna (HOLL-und) Ivana Vanjak (ee-VON-uh VON-yack) --2016 Stanford Volleyball-- Stanford’s first five matches of the year are against opponents AVCA Coaches’ Poll STARTING FIVE: (Aug. 29) who are either ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA Preseason Poll. Three of the five were ranked in the top 15, including then-No. 3 Minnesota, then-No. 9 Penn 1. Nebraska (64) 2. Wisconsin State and then-No. 14 Illinois. 3. Texas 4. Kansas 5. Washington PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Two collegiate matches, two Pac-12 weekly honors for 6. Minnesota 7. Florida middle blocker Audriana Fitzmorris. The Overland Park, Kansas native earned 8. UCLA Pac-12 Defensive Player and Freshman of the Week on Aug. 29. She posted a 9. STANFORD 10. BYU conference-best 2.11 blocks per set and a team-high 3.33 points per set against 11. Ohio State San Diego and No. 3 Minnesota. 12. North Carolina 13. Penn State 14. Texas A&M CHANGING PLACES: Not one Cardinal player this season is playing the same 15. Hawai’i 16. Florida State position as a year ago. Sophomore Hayley Hodson has moved over to the left 17. Illinois after playing opposite during her rookie campaign. Merete Lutz and Ivana Van- 18. San Diego 19. Western Kentucky jak, who both played middle last season, are now playing on the right and left, 20. Loyola Marymount respectively. Senior Kelsey Humphreys, who was utilized as a serving specialist 21. Louisville 22. Creighton last season, is now one of two setters in Stanford’s system in 2016, while sopho- 23. Kentucky more Halland McKenna has relinquished her libero duties to freshman Morgan 24. Purdue 25. Colorado State Hentz and is playing in the back row as a DS. STANFORD IN THE 2016 POLL Date Rank Date Rank TOP-RANKED RECRUITS: Stanford six-member freshman class was rated No. 1 Preseason 11 in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com and Volleyball Magazine. The class features Aug. 29 9 USA Today High School Player of the Year Audriana Fitzmorris (middle blocker), the No. 2 Senior Ace, Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year and No. 14 Senior Ace Jenna Gray (setter), Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year and No. 22 Senior Ace Morgan Hentz (defensive specialist), twins Michaela (outside hitter), the No. 31 Ranking Records... • 456 all-time weeks in the top-10 Senior Ace, and Caitlin (defensive specialist) Keefe and California Gatorade Play- • 493 total weeks in the poll • 67 weeks ranked No. 1 er of the Year and No. 3 Senior Ace Kathryn Plummer (opposite/setter). 2016 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 1-1 Won a match .............................................................................................. vs. Minnesota, 8/28/16 Playing on the road: 0-0 Playing at a neutral site: 0-0 Lost a match ............................................................................................... vs. San Diego, 8/26/16 Longest winning streak: 1 Won at home ............................................................................................. vs. Minnesota, 8/28/16 Longest losing streak: 1 In three sets: 0-0 Lost at home ............................................................................................... vs. San Diego, 8/26/16 In four sets: 1-0 Won on the road ................................................................................................at UCLA, 11/27/15 In five sets: 0-1 Lost on the road...................................................................................... at Washington, 11/12/15 Stanford wins first set: 1-1 Opponent wins first set: 0-0 Won 3-0 ......................................................................................... vs. New Mexico State, 12/3/15 Winning first two sets: 1-1 Lost 3-0 ....................................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Losing first two sets: 0-0 Splitting first two sets: 0-0 Won 3-0 at home ..........................................................................