STANFORD, Calif. – Kerri Walsh Jennings, one of Stanford's greatest volleyball players of all-time, will be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor.
Walsh Jennings is one of 12 inductees in the Pac-12 Hall of Honor's 2018 class, including Michael Wright (Arizona), Linda Vollstedt (Arizona State), Matt Biondi (California), Bill Toomey (Colorado), Andrew Wheating (Oregon), Carol Menken-Schaudt (Oregon State), Rafer Johnson (UCLA), Cheryl Miller (USC), Missy Marlowe (Utah), Sonny Sixkiller (Washington) and Laura Lavine (Washington State).
The most decorated professional beach volleyball player in the history of the sport, Walsh Jennings was a two-time NCAA champion, four-time First Team All-American and the 1999 Co-National Player of the Year as a member of the Stanford women's volleyball team from 1996-99.
She led Stanford to four conference titles, two NCAA championships (1996 and 1997) and an outstanding 122-11 record in her prolific career on The Farm. Walsh Jennings remains in the top-10 of Stanford's career digs (seventh- 1,285), blocks (eighth- 502) and hitting percentage (sixth- .358).
Walsh Jennings was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.
A five-time Olympian (indoor- 2000, beach- 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and four-time Olympic medalist representing the United States, Walsh Jennings has distinguished herself among the all-time greats.
The Pac-12 Hall of Honor induction ceremony will take place on Friday, March 9, at 4 p.m. PT in Las Vegas. The conference will stream the ceremony live on Pac-12.com. The inductees will also be recognized in the Pac-12 Fan Plaza prior to Friday's semifinal session of the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament in nearby T-Mobile Arena, as well as on court at halftime of the first semifinal game.
The Hall of Honor class will be the 17th since its creation in 2002, but will be the first to feature legendary figures from an array of sports as the recognition pivots to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success celebrated in the Conference of Champions.
This year's 12 Hall of Honor inductees combined for 40 All-America honors and 36 NCAA team or individual national championships as collegians. Eight represented the United States in the Olympics, with six capturing gold medals.