STANFORD, Calif. – Sophomore Kathryn Plummer and freshman Sunny Villapando were named All-America Honorable Mention by VolleyballMag.com on Tuesday.
The honor is the first for the pair as a duo and the first All-America award for the Cardinal program this season.
As a duo in Stanford's No. 1 flight this season, Plummer and Villapando amassed an 11-5 record. Their 11 wins were third-highest on the team this season behind Morgan Hentz's and Amelia Smith's 18 wins and Courtney Bowen's and Kate Formico's 13 wins.
The pair's season featured wins over Arizona, Arizona State, Hawai'i, UCLA and Washington. In the duo's first set of road matches to open the season, Plummer and Villapando tallied wins against UCLA's Megan and Nicole McNamara and Hawai'i's Carly Kan and Laurel Weaver.
Plummer and Villapando were also named to All-Pac-12 teams this month, with Plummer earning first team honors and Villapando being named to the All-Freshman team.
VolleyballMag.com/Sand Socks All-Americans
First team
Abril Bustamante (6-0, Jr.), and Tina Graudina (6-0, Fr.), USC
Nicole McNamara (5-9, Jr.) and Megan McNamara (5-9, Jr.), UCLA
Emily Maglio (6-3, Jr.,) and Ka'iwi Schucht (5-9, Sr.), Hawai'i
Claire Coppola (6-1, So.) and Kristen Nuss (5-6, So.), LSU
Tory Paranagua (5-11, Sr.) and Vanessa Freire (5-10, Sr.), Florida State
Second team
Corinne Quiggle (5-10, Sr.) and Deahna Kraft (6-0, So.), Pepperdine
Torrey Van Winden (6-3, So.) and Tiadora Miric (5-8, Fr.), Cal Poly
Lily Justine (5-10, So.) and Sarah Sponcil (5-10, Jr.), UCLA
Madalyn Roh (5-11, Jr.) and Brook Bauer (6-1, Fr.), Pepperdine
Federica Frasca (5-9, So.) and Margherita Bianchin (6-0, Jr.), Florida International
Honorable mention
Nele Barber (6-0, Sr.) and Rachel Nieto (5-10, Sr.), Long Beach
Madeline Mertz (6-0, Sr.) and Kaylie McHugh (5-6, So.), Tulane
Hailey Luke (6-0, RS Sr.) and Katie Horton (6-1, RS Sr.), Florida State
Lea Monkhouse (6-0, Fr.) and Morgan Martin (6-1, So.), Hawai'i
Kathryn Plummer (6-6, So.) and Sunny Villapando (5-9, Fr.), Stanford
Annika Van Gunst (6-0, Gr.)and Teegan Van Gunst (6-0, Gr.), Georgia State
Molly Turner (5-8, Sr.) and Hannah Towne (5-11, So.), Grand Canyon
