2019 VOLLEYBALL RECORD BOOK (UPDATED - 8/30/19) MEET THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE WEST COAST CONFERENCE NOTABLES #WCCHOOPS LEGACY OF SUCCESS BEST... FALL... EVER. H The WCC posted a strong 10-6 record The West Coast Conference experienced in the 2018 postseason, with at least two perhaps the best Fall sports season in wins in all four tournaments - Gonzaga (2-1 history in 2018. NCAA), Saint Mary’s (2-1 NIT), San Diego Consider the following... (2-1 CIT) & San Francisco (4-2 CBI). H Two WCC Men’s Cross Country pro- H Gonzaga qualified for its 20th consecutive grams turned in podium finishes for the NCAA Tournament (21st overall) and only second consecutive year: three programs own a longer active March NCAA Runner-Up BYU; Third: Portland Madness streak - Kansas (29), Duke (23) & H BYU Volleyball was ranked No. 1 for 11 Michigan State (21) consecutive weeks H H WCC Active Postseason Streaks: Three teams achieved a top-5 ranking Gonzaga: 20 seasons; BYU: 13 seasons; H Nine teams achieved a top-10 ranking H Saint Mary’s:11 seasons; San Francisco: 2 13 teams achieved a top-25 ranking seasons Since 2017 WCC Fall Programs have won H 2018 marks the fifth time in WCC history Gloria Nevarez, WCC Commissioner 20 NCAA Tournament Matches... (third in the last five seasons) the conference @GloNevarez H Men’s Soccer: 5 has sent multiple teams to the NIT Postsea- H Women’s Soccer: 4 son. Meet the Commish H H Volleyball: 11 2018 was the eighth straight year at least The West Coast Conference Presidents’ H Since 2016, the WCC has sent multiple four WCC programs have competed in the Council has selected Gloria Nevarez to serve teams to the NCAA Postseason in all of its postseason. The conference record is seven as the fourth full-time Commissioner in the (2 NCAA, 2 NIT, 3 CIT) established in 2014. sponsored Fall Sports: M/W Cross Coun- 66-year history of the West Coast Confer- try, M/W Soccer & Volleyball. ence. She replaces Lynn Holzman, who #WCCHOOPS IN THE... departed in January to serve as NCAA Vice “BOXING OUTSIDE OUR NAISMITH HALL OF FAME President for Women’s Basketball. WEIGHT CLASS...” COACHES The West Coast Conference owns a proud Al Duer - Pepperdine* Nevarez, who started her post at the WCC tradition of success across the board in Pete Newell – in March of 2018, is one of 10 female con- multiple sports. San Francisco*/Loyola Marymount ference commissioners serving in Division Consider the following... Jerry Tarkanian – UNLV I Athletics and is the first Latin American Since 2014 the WCC has turned in NCAA Phil Woolpert – San Francisco woman to ascend to the commissioner’s Championship Runner-Up finishes in chair in Division I. PLAYERS seven sports Dennis Johnson – Pepperdine Nevarez joins the WCC after spending the 2018 Men’s XC (BYU) K.C. Jones – San Francisco last eight years with the Pac-12 where she 2018 Women’s Tennis Singles (Pepperdine) Steve Nash – Santa Clara served as the senior associate commis- 2017 Women’s XC (San Francisco) Bill Russell – San Francisco sioner and senior woman administrator 2017 Men’s XC (Portland) John Stockton – Gonzaga overseeing all Pac-12 championships with 2017 Beach Volleyball (Pepperdine) the exception of football. The Pac-12’s pri- 2017 Men’s Basketball (Gonzaga) #WCCHOOPS IN THE... mary liaison for men’s basketball, Nevarez 2014 Women’s Volleyball (BYU) NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL played a comprehensive role overseeing HALL OF FAME #WCCSPORTS ALUMNI REPORT officiating, scheduling, television issues COACHES H Santa Clara’s Steve Nash became management, event management and the Al Duer - Pepperdine* the fifth WCC basketball student-athlete student-athlete experience. Pete Newell – inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame San Francisco*/Loyola Marymount While at the Pac-12, Nevarez played a key (2018). Eddie Sutton – San Francisco role in the creation and execution of league H Gonzaga’s Courtney Vandersloot set Phil Woolpert – San Francisco expansion, taking the Pac-12 membership the WNBA single-season record for assists from 10 schools to 12, and the launch WNBA single-season record for assists PLAYERS and development of the Pac-12 Networks. (258) with the Chicago Sky in 2018 K.C. Jones – San Francisco H In addition, Nevarez moved basketball Portland’s Tiffeny Millbrett was induct- Bill Russell – San Francisco championships to Las Vegas (men’s) and ed into the National Soccer Hall of Fame John Stockton – Gonzaga Seattle (women’s) and was instrumental in (2018). #WCCHOOPS IN THE... creating a six-conference men’s basketball H San Diego’s Kris Bryant won 2016 FIBA HALL OF FAME officiating consortium, which includes the National League Player of the Year honors Pete Newell – LMU/San Francisco Pac-12 and West Coast Conference. and led the Chicago Cubs to a World Bill Russell – San Francisco Series title A veteran athletics administrator with more than 25 years of experience in Division I, Nevarez has served on campus at Oklahoma (2007-10) as the Senior Woman ABOUT THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE Administrator, California (1999-01) where The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to become she served as the Assistant Athletic Direc- a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate athletics, with 15 tor for Compliance and Legal and at San conference-sponsored sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s beach Jose State (1998-99) as the first full-time volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, women’s rowing, director of compliance. Her initial foray into men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball. conference work was at the West Coast The WCC is characterized by the stability of its membership and its unique emphasis on Conference (2002-07) where she served combining excellence in athletics with excellence in academics. For more information, visit as the Associate Commissioner and Senior WCCsports.com or follow the WCC on Twitter @WCCsports. Women’s Administrator. WCC VOLLEYBALL REVIEW - 2018 IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS (2014-18)... • BYU’s rise to the top of the national AVCA poll marked the first No. 1 ranking for a WCC member volleyball program in conference history. The Cougars spent 11 consecutive weeks at No. 1 before falling at LMU in the regular season finale. • BYU has advanced to two Final Fours (2014 & 2018) including the 2014 NCAA Championship title game • Three WCC programs have advanced to seven Sweet 16 appearances - BYU (2014-18), LMU (2015) & San Diego (2018) • Six WCC programs have competed in the NCAA Tournament and league programs have made a combined 17 appearances • In 2018, five teams represented the WCC in the NCAA Tournament: BYU, LMU, Pepperdine, Saint Mary’s & San Diego • Four WCC teams won at least one 2018 NCAA Postseason match - BYU (4-1), LMU (1-1), Pepperdine (1-1) & San Diego (2-1) • In 2014, BYU marched to the NCAA National Championship BYU Cougars - 2018 #WCCchamps match in the second Final Four appearance for the WCC • The Cougars made a return trip to the Final Four in 2018 after 2018 WCC Volleyball By The Numbers hosting the first NCAA Regional in program history • The Cougars have made a remarkable seven straight Sweet- Career victories for BYU head coach Heather Olm- 16s (starting in 2012) 118 stead. In her fourth season in Provo, Olmstead leads • The WCC owned a streak to 36 consecutive weeks with two all active coaches in winning percentage 118-13 (.907) teams in the AVCA top-25 poll (San Diego and BYU) • At least two WCC programs earned a top-25 national Number of NCAA Tournament victories for West ranking in the final AVCA polls in each of the last four years 34 Coast Conference members since 2010 season (2015-18) - BYU & San Diego (2016-18); BYU & LMU (2015) Assists per set for BYU in the 2018 NCAA Postseason 14.77 - tops in the tournament #WCC Volleyball NCAA Division I national stats ranking for LMU in 7th both aces (1.74) and assists (13.74) per set NCAA Tournament History Kills per set in the 2018 NCAA Postseason for 2018 NCAA Berths - 89 6.08 WCC Player of the Year, BYU All-American Roni Tournament Wins - 77 Jones-Perry - tops in the tournament. Jones-Perry also leads the postseason field in points per set (6.88) Sweet 16 Appearances - 18 Elite Eight Appearances - 5 Opposing hitting percentage for BYU opponents - (BYU - 2014 & 2018, Pepperdine - 2002 & 2011, .143 best among NCAA Division I stat leaders Santa Clara - 2005) Number of current WCC coaches leading active Final Four Appearances - 3 2 NCAA Division I career winning percentage charts: BYU’s Olmstead & Gonzaga men’s basketball head (BYU - 2014 & 2018, Santa Clara - 2005) *All stats current as of 12/10/18 2018 WCC All-Americans Table of Contents 2017 Year in Review ...................................................1 Annual Individual/Team Leaders ............................ 2-3 Career Records ...................................................... 4-7 Single-Season Records .........................................8-11 WCC All-Academic Teams .................................. 12-13 AVCA ALL-AMERICANS Major Academic Honors ...........................................13 BYU Major Individual Honors ...................................... 14-15 Roni Jones-Perry 1st Lyndie Haddock-Eppich 1st All-Region/All-American...................................... 16-17 Mary Lake 2nd All-WCC Teams - Year-by-Year .......................... 18-20 Heather Gneiting 3rd All-WCC Honors By Program ...................................21 Kennedy Eschenberg HM WCC Players of the Week - Year-by-Year .......... 22-23 McKenna Miller HM WCC Coaching Records/Honors ........................ 24-25 LMU Year-by-Year Standings ...................................... 26-27 Tess Reid HM WCC in the Final National Poll .................................27 San Diego WCC Series Records ......................................... 28-35 Addison Picha HM WCC NCAA Tournament ...................................